diff --git a/tests/cmdline/commands/test_computer.py b/tests/cmdline/commands/test_computer.py
index fa2a1c6f24..00ade7b4e7 100644
--- a/tests/cmdline/commands/test_computer.py
+++ b/tests/cmdline/commands/test_computer.py
@@ -528,7 +528,6 @@ def test_computer_export_setup(self, tmp_path, sort):
         assert result.exit_code == 0, 'Command should have run successfull.'
         assert f'{exported_setup_filename}' in result.output, 'Filename should be in terminal output but was not found.'
         assert os.path.exists(exported_setup_filename), f"'{exported_setup_filename}' was not created during export."
-
         # verifying correctness by comparing internal and loaded yml object
         with open(exported_setup_filename, 'r', encoding='utf-8') as yfhandle:
             configure_setup_data = yaml.safe_load(yfhandle)
@@ -536,6 +535,13 @@ def test_computer_export_setup(self, tmp_path, sort):
             comp
         ), 'Internal computer configuration does not agree with exported one.'
 
+        # we create a directory so we raise an error when exporting with the same name
+        # to test the except part of the function
+        already_existing_filename = tmp_path / 'tmp_dir'
+        os.mkdir(already_existing_filename)
+        result = self.cli_runner(computer_export_setup, [sort, comp.label, already_existing_filename], raises=True)
+        assert result.exit_code == ExitCode.CRITICAL
+
     @pytest.mark.parametrize('sort', ['--sort', '--no-sort'])
     def test_computer_export_config(self, tmp_path, sort):
         """Test if 'verdi computer export config' command works"""
@@ -556,7 +562,6 @@ def test_computer_export_config(self, tmp_path, sort):
             f'{exported_config_filename}' in result.output
         ), 'Filename should be in terminal output but was not found.'
         assert os.path.exists(exported_config_filename), f"'{exported_config_filename}' was not created during export."
-
         # verifying correctness by comparing internal and loaded yml object
         with open(exported_config_filename, 'r', encoding='utf-8') as yfhandle:
             configure_config_data = yaml.safe_load(yfhandle)
@@ -564,6 +569,18 @@ def test_computer_export_config(self, tmp_path, sort):
             configure_config_data == comp.get_configuration()
         ), 'Internal computer configuration does not agree with exported one.'
 
+        # we create a directory so we raise an error when exporting with the same name
+        # to test the except part of the function
+        already_existing_filename = tmp_path / 'tmp_dir'
+        os.mkdir(already_existing_filename)
+        result = self.cli_runner(computer_export_config, [comp.label, already_existing_filename], raises=True)
+        assert result.exit_code == ExitCode.CRITICAL
+
+        result = self.cli_runner(
+            computer_export_config, ['--user', self.user.email, comp.label, already_existing_filename], raises=True
+        )
+        assert result.exit_code == ExitCode.CRITICAL
+
 
 class TestVerdiComputerCommands:
     """Testing verdi computer commands.