diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 4b6ad401..2c1fd8b1 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -69,6 +69,10 @@ pkg-fail: compile
 	echo "$(TEST_URI)"
 	$(NF_BIN) run ./fail.nf -profile standard -plugins $(PROJECT) --outdir "$(TEST_URI)"
 
+path-input: compile
+	echo "$(TEST_URI)"
+	$(NF_BIN) run ./main.path.nf -profile standard -plugins $(PROJECT) --outdir "./results"
+
 tower-test: $(NF_BIN)
 	$(NF_BIN) run "https://github.com/quiltdata/nf-quilt" -name local_einstein  -with-tower -r main -latest --pub "$(TEST_URI)"
 
diff --git a/main.path.nf b/main.path.nf
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..4cbc6608
--- /dev/null
+++ b/main.path.nf
@@ -0,0 +1,27 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env nextflow
+/* groovylint-disable CompileStatic */
+
+nextflow.enable.dsl=2
+
+test_file_local = 'README.md'
+test_file_s3 = 's3://quilt-example/examples/protein-paint/README.md'
+test_file_quilt = 'quilt+s3://quilt-example#package=examples/protein-paint&path=README.md'
+
+myFileChannel = Channel.fromList([file(test_file_local), file(test_file_s3), file(test_file_quilt)])
+
+process CHECK_INPUT {
+    input:
+        path input
+
+    output:
+        path 'build/output/README.md'           , emit: output
+
+    script:
+    """
+    cp $input input.txt
+    """
+}
+
+workflow {
+    CHECK_INPUT(myFileChannel)
+}