diff --git a/test/api/valik/split/write_seg_sequences_test.cpp b/test/api/valik/split/write_seg_sequences_test.cpp
index 8a7e9e68..dc581961 100644
--- a/test/api/valik/split/write_seg_sequences_test.cpp
+++ b/test/api/valik/split/write_seg_sequences_test.cpp
@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@ static void const test_reference_out(size_t overlap, size_t bins)
 {
     std::string path_prefix = "write_out_" + std::to_string(overlap) + "_" + std::to_string(bins);
 
-    valik::metadata meta(data_path(path_prefix + "_reference_segments.txt"));
+    valik::metadata meta(data_path(path_prefix + "_reference_metadata.txt"));
     valik::write_reference_segments(meta, data_path("database.fasta"));
 
     for (size_t i = 0; i < bins - 1; i++)
@@ -94,7 +94,7 @@ static void const test_query_out(size_t overlap, size_t bins)
 {
     std::string path_prefix = "write_out_" + std::to_string(overlap) + "_" + std::to_string(bins);
 
-    valik::metadata meta(data_path(path_prefix + "_reference_segments.txt"));
+    valik::metadata meta(data_path(path_prefix + "_reference_metadata.txt"));
     valik::write_query_segments(meta, data_path("database.fasta"));
 
     using sequence_file_t = seqan3::sequence_file_input<valik::dna4_traits, seqan3::fields<seqan3::field::seq>>;
diff --git a/test/cli/dream_test.cpp b/test/cli/dream_test.cpp
index 5151ff33..83543f7d 100644
--- a/test/cli/dream_test.cpp
+++ b/test/cli/dream_test.cpp
@@ -28,9 +28,9 @@ TEST_P(dream_short_search, short_shared_mem)
                                                         "--window", std::to_string(window_size),
                                                         "--kmer 13",
                                                         "--size 32k",
-                                                        "--from-segments",
                                                         "--ref-meta", ref_meta_path,
                                                         "--output ", index_path);
+    EXPECT_EQ(build.exit_code, 0);
 
     cli_test_result const result = execute_app("valik", "search",
                                                         "--output search.gff",
@@ -75,6 +75,7 @@ TEST_F(dream_short_search, no_matches)
                                                         "--size 32k",
                                                         "--ref-meta", data("seg_meta150overlap" + std::to_string(number_of_bins) + "bins.txt"),
                                                         "--output ", ibf_path(number_of_bins, window_size));
+    EXPECT_EQ(build.exit_code, 0);
 
     cli_test_result const result = execute_app("valik", "search",
                                                         "--output search.gff",
@@ -117,7 +118,7 @@ TEST_P(dream_split_search, split_shared_mem)
                                                         "--out", query_meta_path,
                                                         "--seg-count ", std::to_string(query_seg_count),
                                                         "--overlap 0");
-
+    EXPECT_EQ(split_query.exit_code, 0);
 
     cli_test_result const build = execute_app("valik", "build",
                                                         data("ref.fasta"),
@@ -126,6 +127,7 @@ TEST_P(dream_split_search, split_shared_mem)
                                                         "--size 32k",
                                                         "--ref-meta", ref_meta_path,
                                                         "--output ", index_path);
+    EXPECT_EQ(build.exit_code, 0);
 
     cli_test_result const search = execute_app("valik", "search",
                                                         "--output search.gff",