diff --git a/test/units/buidler/errors.js b/test/units/buidler/errors.js
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..c39c990
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/units/buidler/errors.js
@@ -0,0 +1,180 @@
+const assert = require('assert');
+const fs = require('fs');
+const path = require('path')
+const pify = require('pify')
+const shell = require('shelljs');
+const ganache = require('ganache-core-sc');
+
+const verify = require('../../util/verifiers')
+const mock = require('../../util/integration');
+const plugin = require('../../../dist/buidler.plugin');
+
+// =======
+// Errors
+// =======
+
+describe('Buidler Plugin: error cases', function() {
+  let buidlerConfig;
+  let solcoverConfig;
+
+  beforeEach(() => {
+    mock.clean();
+
+    mock.loggerOutput.val = '';
+    solcoverConfig = { skipFiles: ['Migrations.sol']};
+    buidlerConfig = mock.getDefaultBuidlerConfig();
+    verify.cleanInitialState();
+  })
+
+  afterEach(() => {
+    mock.buidlerTearDownEnv();
+    mock.clean();
+  });
+
+  it('project contains no contract sources folder', async function() {
+    mock.installFullProject('no-sources');
+    mock.buidlerSetupEnv(this);
+
+    try {
+      await this.env.run("coverage");
+      assert.fail()
+    } catch(err){
+      assert(
+        err.message.includes('Cannot locate expected contract sources folder'),
+        `Should error when contract sources cannot be found:: ${err.message}`
+      );
+
+      assert(
+        err.message.includes('sc_temp/contracts'),
+        `Error message should contain path:: ${err.message}`
+      );
+    }
+
+    verify.coverageNotGenerated(buidlerConfig);
+  });
+
+  it('.solcover.js has syntax error', async function(){
+    mock.installFullProject('bad-solcoverjs');
+    mock.buidlerSetupEnv(this);
+
+    try {
+      await this.env.run("coverage");
+      assert.fail()
+    } catch(err){
+      assert(
+        err.message.includes('Could not load .solcover.js config file.'),
+        `Should notify when solcoverjs has syntax error:: ${err.message}`
+      );
+    }
+
+    verify.coverageNotGenerated(buidlerConfig);
+  })
+
+  it('.solcover.js has incorrectly formatted option', async function(){
+    solcoverConfig.port = "Antwerpen";
+
+    mock.install('Simple', 'simple.js', solcoverConfig);
+    mock.buidlerSetupEnv(this);
+
+    try {
+      await this.env.run("coverage");
+      assert.fail()
+    } catch (err) {
+      assert(
+        err.message.includes('config option'),
+        `Should error on incorrect config options: ${err.message}`
+      );
+    }
+  });
+
+  it('tries to launch with a port already in use', async function(){
+    const server = ganache.server();
+
+    mock.install('Simple', 'simple.js', solcoverConfig);
+    mock.buidlerSetupEnv(this);
+
+    await pify(server.listen)(8555);
+
+    try {
+      await this.env.run("coverage");
+      assert.fail();
+    } catch(err){
+      assert(
+        err.message.includes('is already in use') &&
+        err.message.includes('lsof'),
+        `Should error on port-in-use with advice: ${err.message}`
+      )
+    }
+
+    await pify(server.close)();
+  });
+
+  it('uses an invalid istanbul reporter', async function() {
+    solcoverConfig = {
+      silent: process.env.SILENT ? true : false,
+      istanbulReporter: ['does-not-exist']
+    };
+
+    mock.install('Simple', 'simple.js', solcoverConfig);
+    mock.buidlerSetupEnv(this);
+
+    try {
+      await this.env.run("coverage");
+      assert.fail();
+    } catch(err){
+      assert(
+        err.message.includes('does-not-exist') &&
+        err.message.includes('coverage reports could not be generated'),
+        `Should error on invalid reporter: ${err.message}`
+      )
+    }
+
+  });
+
+  // Truffle test contains syntax error
+  it('truffle crashes', async function() {
+    mock.install('Simple', 'truffle-crash.js', solcoverConfig);
+    mock.buidlerSetupEnv(this);
+
+    try {
+      await this.env.run("coverage");
+      assert.fail()
+    } catch(err){
+      assert(err.toString().includes('SyntaxError'));
+    }
+  });
+
+  // Solidity syntax errors
+  it('compilation failure', async function(){
+    mock.install('SimpleError', 'simple.js', solcoverConfig);
+    mock.buidlerSetupEnv(this);
+
+    try {
+      await this.env.run("coverage");
+      assert.fail()
+    } catch(err){
+      assert(err.message.includes('Compilation failed'));
+    }
+
+    verify.coverageNotGenerated(buidlerConfig);
+  });
+
+  it('instrumentation failure', async function(){
+    mock.install('Unparseable', 'simple.js', solcoverConfig);
+    mock.buidlerSetupEnv(this);
+
+    try {
+      await this.env.run("coverage");
+      assert.fail()
+    } catch(err){
+      assert(
+        err.message.includes('Unparseable.sol.'),
+        `Should throw instrumentation errors with file name: ${err.toString()}`
+      );
+
+      assert(err.stack !== undefined, 'Should have error trace')
+    }
+
+    verify.coverageNotGenerated(buidlerConfig);
+  });
+})
diff --git a/test/units/truffle/errors.js b/test/units/truffle/errors.js
index dbbf6cc..0521ec3 100644
--- a/test/units/truffle/errors.js
+++ b/test/units/truffle/errors.js
@@ -120,7 +120,6 @@ describe('Truffle Plugin: error cases', function() {
     }
   });
 
-  // This case *does* throw an error, but it's uncatch-able;
   it('tries to launch with a port already in use', async function(){
     const server = ganache.server();