diff --git a/tests/test_profile_general.py b/tests/test_profile_general.py
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+import os.path
+from pathlib import Path
+from unittest.mock import patch
+import pytest
+from importlib.machinery import SourceFileLoader
+
+omniperf = SourceFileLoader("omniperf", "src/omniperf").load_module()
+workload_1 = os.path.realpath("workload")
+app = ["./sample/vcopy", "1048576", "256"]
+
+
+def test_path():
+    with pytest.raises(SystemExit) as e:
+        with patch(
+            "sys.argv",
+            [
+                "omniperf",
+                "profile",
+                "-n",
+                "app",
+                "--path",
+                workload_1,
+                "--",
+            ] + app
+        ):
+            omniperf.main()
+            
+    #assert successful run
+    assert e.value.code == 0
+
+def test_kernel():
+    with pytest.raises(SystemExit) as e:
+        with patch(
+            "sys.argv",
+            [
+                "omniperf",
+                "profile",
+                "-n",
+                "app",
+                "--path",
+                workload_1,
+                "--kernel",
+                "kernel_name"
+                "--",
+            ] + app
+        ):
+            omniperf.main()
+            
+    #assert successful run
+    assert e.value.code == 0
+    
+def test_kernel_summaries():
+    with pytest.raises(SystemExit) as e:
+        with patch(
+            "sys.argv",
+            [
+                "omniperf",
+                "profile",
+                "-n",
+                "app",
+                "--path",
+                workload_1,
+                "--kernel-summaries",
+                "--",
+            ] + app
+        ):
+            omniperf.main()
+            
+    #assert successful run
+    assert e.value.code == 0
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