diff --git a/start.go b/start.go
index c332b47..629c5a3 100644
--- a/start.go
+++ b/start.go
@@ -33,13 +33,14 @@ type Panel interface {
 }
 
 // Default values for command line arguments.
+// TODO: change to os.UserHomeDir() calls
 const (
 	configPath     = "~/.config/gomu/config"
 	cacheQueuePath = "~/.local/share/gomu/queue.cache"
-	musicPath      = "~/music"
+	musicPath      = "~/music" //by default this is uppercase
 )
 
-// Args is the augs for gomu executable
+// Args is the args for gomu executable
 type Args struct {
 	config  *string
 	empty   *bool
@@ -48,14 +49,17 @@ type Args struct {
 }
 
 func getArgs() Args {
-	ar := Args{
-		config:  flag.String("config", configPath, "Specify config file"),
-		empty:   flag.Bool("empty", false, "Open gomu with empty queue. Does not override previous queue"),
-		music:   flag.String("music", musicPath, "Specify music directory"),
-		version: flag.Bool("version", false, "Print gomu version"),
-	}
+	configFlag := flag.String("config", configPath, "Specify config file")
+	emptyFlag := flag.Bool("empty", false, "Open gomu with empty queue. Does not override previous queue")
+	musicFlag := flag.String("music", musicPath, "Specify music directory")
+	versionFlag := flag.Bool("version", false, "Print gomu version")
 	flag.Parse()
-	return ar
+	return Args{
+		config:  configFlag,
+		empty:   emptyFlag,
+		music:   musicFlag,
+		version: versionFlag,
+	}
 }
 
 // built-in functions
diff --git a/start_test.go b/start_test.go
index 24fa01b..3b38e62 100644
--- a/start_test.go
+++ b/start_test.go
@@ -1,6 +1,11 @@
 package main
 
 import (
+	"flag"
+	"fmt"
+	"os"
+	"path/filepath"
+	"strconv"
 	"testing"
 
 	"github.com/issadarkthing/gomu/anko"
@@ -8,6 +13,82 @@ import (
 	"github.com/stretchr/testify/assert"
 )
 
+// Test default case
+func TestGetArgsDefaults(t *testing.T) {
+	args := getArgs()
+	assert.Equal(t, *args.config, "~/.config/gomu/config")
+	assert.Equal(t, *args.empty, false)
+	assert.Equal(t, *args.music, "~/music")
+	assert.Equal(t, *args.version, false)
+}
+
+// Test non-standard flags/the empty/version flags
+func TestGetArgs(t *testing.T) {
+	home, err := os.UserHomeDir()
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Error(err)
+		t.FailNow()
+	}
+	cfgDir, err := os.UserConfigDir()
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Error(err)
+		t.FailNow()
+	}
+
+	// Test setting config flag
+	testConfig := filepath.Join(cfgDir, ".tmp", "gomu")
+	_, err = os.Stat(testConfig)
+	if os.IsNotExist(err) {
+		os.MkdirAll(testConfig, 0755)
+	}
+	defer os.RemoveAll(testConfig)
+	//create a temporary config file
+	tmpCfgf, err := os.CreateTemp(testConfig, "config")
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Error(err)
+		t.FailNow()
+	}
+
+	testMusic := filepath.Join(home, ".tmp", "gomu")
+	_, err = os.Stat(testMusic)
+	if os.IsNotExist(err) {
+		os.MkdirAll(testMusic, 0755)
+	}
+	defer os.RemoveAll(testMusic)
+
+	boolChecks := []struct {
+		name string
+		arg  bool
+		want bool
+	}{
+		{"empty", true, true},
+		{"version", true, true},
+	}
+	for _, check := range boolChecks {
+		t.Run("testing bool flag "+check.name, func(t *testing.T) {
+			flag.CommandLine.Set(check.name, strconv.FormatBool(check.arg))
+			flag.CommandLine.Parse(os.Args[1:])
+			assert.Equal(t, check.arg, check.want)
+		})
+	}
+	strChecks := []struct {
+		name string
+		arg  string
+		want string
+	}{
+		{"config", tmpCfgf.Name(), tmpCfgf.Name()},
+		{"music", testMusic, testMusic},
+	}
+	for _, check := range strChecks {
+		t.Run("testing string flag "+check.name, func(t *testing.T) {
+			flag.CommandLine.Set(check.name, check.arg)
+			flag.CommandLine.Parse(os.Args[1:])
+			fmt.Println("flag value: ", check.arg)
+			assert.Equal(t, check.arg, check.want)
+		})
+	}
+}
+
 func TestSetupHooks(t *testing.T) {
 
 	gomu := newGomu()