diff --git a/internal/command/run.go b/internal/command/run.go
index e3b2bad..b54188c 100644
--- a/internal/command/run.go
+++ b/internal/command/run.go
@@ -65,10 +65,16 @@ func init() {
 var runCmd = &cobra.Command{
 	Use:   "run",
 	Short: "Translate the SCORE file to docker-compose configuration",
-	RunE:  run,
+	PreRun: func(cmd *cobra.Command, args []string) {
+		cmd.SilenceUsage = false
+	},
+	RunE: run,
 }
 
 func run(cmd *cobra.Command, args []string) error {
+	// Silence usage message if args are parsed correctly
+	cmd.SilenceUsage = true
+
 	if !verbose {
 		log.SetOutput(io.Discard)
 	}
@@ -194,7 +200,7 @@ func run(cmd *cobra.Command, args []string) error {
 
 	// Open output file (optional)
 	//
-	var dest = io.Writer(os.Stdout)
+	var dest = cmd.OutOrStdout()
 	if outFile != "" {
 		log.Printf("Creating '%s'...\n", outFile)
 		destFile, err := os.Create(outFile)
diff --git a/internal/command/run_test.go b/internal/command/run_test.go
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..6e3efed
--- /dev/null
+++ b/internal/command/run_test.go
@@ -0,0 +1,167 @@
+package command
+
+import (
+	"bytes"
+	"context"
+	"os"
+	"path/filepath"
+	"testing"
+
+	"github.com/spf13/cobra"
+	"github.com/spf13/pflag"
+	"github.com/stretchr/testify/assert"
+	"github.com/stretchr/testify/require"
+	"gopkg.in/yaml.v3"
+)
+
+// executeAndResetCommand is a test helper that runs and then resets a command for executing in another test.
+func executeAndResetCommand(ctx context.Context, cmd *cobra.Command, args []string) (string, string, error) {
+	beforeOut, beforeErr := cmd.OutOrStderr(), cmd.ErrOrStderr()
+	defer cmd.SetOut(beforeOut)
+	defer cmd.SetErr(beforeErr)
+	nowOut, nowErr := new(bytes.Buffer), new(bytes.Buffer)
+	cmd.SetOut(nowOut)
+	cmd.SetErr(nowErr)
+	cmd.SetArgs(args)
+	subCmd, err := cmd.ExecuteContextC(ctx)
+	subCmd.SetContext(nil)
+	subCmd.Flags().VisitAll(func(f *pflag.Flag) {
+		_ = f.Value.Set(f.DefValue)
+	})
+	return nowOut.String(), nowErr.String(), err
+}
+
+func TestExample(t *testing.T) {
+	td := t.TempDir()
+	require.NoError(t, os.WriteFile(filepath.Join(td, "score.yaml"), []byte(`
+apiVersion: score.dev/v1b1
+metadata:
+  name: example-workload-name123
+  extra-key: extra-value
+service:
+  ports:
+    port-one:
+      port: 1000
+      protocol: TCP
+      targetPort: 10000
+    port-two2:
+      port: 8000
+containers:
+  container-one1:
+    image: localhost:4000/repo/my-image:tag
+    command: ["/bin/sh", "-c"]
+    args: ["hello", "world"]
+    resources:
+      requests:
+        cpu: 1000m
+        memory: 10Gi
+      limits:
+        cpu: "0.24"
+        memory: 128M
+    variables:
+      SOME_VAR: some content here
+    volumes:
+    - source: volume-name
+      target: /mnt/something
+      readOnly: false
+    - source: volume-two
+      target: /mnt/something-else
+    livenessProbe:
+      httpGet:
+        port: 8080
+        path: /livez
+    readinessProbe:
+      httpGet:
+        host: 127.0.0.1
+        port: 80
+        scheme: HTTP
+        path: /readyz
+        httpHeaders:
+        - name: SOME_HEADER
+          value: some-value-here
+  container-two2:
+    image: localhost:4000/repo/my-image:tag
+resources:
+  resource-one1:
+    metadata:
+      annotations:
+        Default-Annotation: this is my annotation
+        prefix.com/Another-Key_Annotation.2: something else
+      extra-key: extra-value
+    type: Resource-One
+    class: default
+    params:
+      extra:
+        data: here
+  resource-two2:
+    type: Resource-Two
+`), 0600))
+	stdout, stderr, err := executeAndResetCommand(context.Background(), rootCmd, []string{"run", "--file", filepath.Join(td, "score.yaml"), "--output", filepath.Join(td, "compose.yaml")})
+	assert.NoError(t, err)
+	assert.NotEqual(t, "", stdout)
+	assert.Equal(t, "", stderr)
+	rawComposeContent, err := os.ReadFile(filepath.Join(td, "compose.yaml"))
+	require.NoError(t, err)
+	var actualComposeContent map[string]interface{}
+	assert.NoError(t, yaml.Unmarshal(rawComposeContent, &actualComposeContent))
+	assert.Equal(t, map[string]interface{}{
+		"services": map[string]interface{}{
+			"example-workload-name123-container-one1": map[string]interface{}{
+				"image":      "localhost:4000/repo/my-image:tag",
+				"entrypoint": []interface{}{"/bin/sh", "-c"},
+				"command":    []interface{}{"hello", "world"},
+				"environment": map[string]interface{}{
+					"SOME_VAR": "some content here",
+				},
+				"ports": []interface{}{
+					map[string]interface{}{"target": 10000, "published": "1000", "protocol": "tcp"},
+					map[string]interface{}{"target": 8000, "published": "8000"},
+				},
+				"volumes": []interface{}{
+					map[string]interface{}{"type": "volume", "source": "volume-name", "target": "/mnt/something"},
+					map[string]interface{}{"type": "volume", "source": "volume-two", "target": "/mnt/something-else"},
+				},
+			},
+			"example-workload-name123-container-two2": map[string]interface{}{
+				"image":        "localhost:4000/repo/my-image:tag",
+				"network_mode": "service:example-workload-name123-container-one1",
+			},
+		},
+	}, actualComposeContent)
+}
+
+func TestVolumeSubPathNotSupported(t *testing.T) {
+	td := t.TempDir()
+	assert.NoError(t, os.WriteFile(filepath.Join(td, "score.yaml"), []byte(`
+apiVersion: score.dev/v1b1
+metadata:
+  name: example-workload-name123
+containers:
+  container-one1:
+    image: localhost:4000/repo/my-image:tag
+    volumes:
+    - source: volume-name
+      target: /mnt/something
+      path: /sub/path
+`), 0600))
+	stdout, stderr, err := executeAndResetCommand(context.Background(), rootCmd, []string{"run", "--file", filepath.Join(td, "score.yaml"), "--output", filepath.Join(td, "compose.yaml")})
+	assert.EqualError(t, err, "building docker-compose configuration: can't mount named volume with sub path '/sub/path': not supported")
+	assert.Equal(t, "", stdout)
+	assert.Contains(t, stderr, "Error: building docker-compose configuration:")
+}
+
+func TestInvalidWorkloadName(t *testing.T) {
+	td := t.TempDir()
+	assert.NoError(t, os.WriteFile(filepath.Join(td, "score.yaml"), []byte(`
+apiVersion: score.dev/v1b1
+metadata:
+  name: Invalid Name
+containers:
+  container-one1:
+    image: localhost:4000/repo/my-image:tag
+`), 0600))
+	stdout, stderr, err := executeAndResetCommand(context.Background(), rootCmd, []string{"run", "--file", filepath.Join(td, "score.yaml")})
+	assert.EqualError(t, err, "validating workload spec: jsonschema: '/metadata/name' does not validate with https://score.dev/schemas/score#/properties/metadata/properties/name/pattern: does not match pattern '^[a-z0-9][a-z0-9-]{0,61}[a-z0-9]$'")
+	assert.Equal(t, "", stdout)
+	assert.Contains(t, stderr, "Error: validating workload spec:")
+}