diff --git a/src/commands/eval.mjs b/src/commands/eval.mjs
index 03f92ad0..71469ea9 100644
--- a/src/commands/eval.mjs
+++ b/src/commands/eval.mjs
@@ -255,6 +255,7 @@ function buildEvalCommand(yargs) {
       query: {
         type: "string",
         description: "the query to run",
+        required: true,
       },
       dbname: {
         type: "string",
diff --git a/src/config/setup-test-container.mjs b/src/config/setup-test-container.mjs
index 1bb8d247..eac75672 100644
--- a/src/config/setup-test-container.mjs
+++ b/src/config/setup-test-container.mjs
@@ -41,6 +41,9 @@ export function setupTestContainer() {
   const container = setupCommonContainer();
 
   const thingsToManuallyMock = automock(container);
+  const customfs = stub(fs);
+  // this is a mock used by the default profile behavior
+  customfs.readdirSync.withArgs(process.cwd()).returns([]);
 
   const manualMocks = {
     // process specifics
@@ -51,7 +54,7 @@ export function setupTestContainer() {
     // wrap it in a spy so we can record calls, but use the
     // real implementation
     parseYargs: awilix.asValue(spy(parseYargs)),
-    fs: awilix.asValue(stub(fs)),
+    fs: awilix.asValue(customfs),
     fsp: awilix.asValue({
       unlink: stub(),
       writeFile: stub(),
diff --git a/src/lib/command-helpers.mjs b/src/lib/command-helpers.mjs
index 6fffa91b..ffa85e1e 100644
--- a/src/lib/command-helpers.mjs
+++ b/src/lib/command-helpers.mjs
@@ -100,6 +100,7 @@ export const commonQueryOptions = {
   secret: {
     type: "string",
     description: "the secret to use when calling Fauna",
+    required: true,
   },
 };