diff --git a/cmd/skaffold/app/cmd/fix_test.go b/cmd/skaffold/app/cmd/fix_test.go
index 4967f94a225..136f7dbf79f 100644
--- a/cmd/skaffold/app/cmd/fix_test.go
+++ b/cmd/skaffold/app/cmd/fix_test.go
@@ -154,13 +154,15 @@ deploy:
     - k8s/deployment.yaml
 `, latest.Version)
 
-	cfgFile, teardown := testutil.TempFile(t, "config", []byte(inputYaml))
-	defer teardown()
+	testutil.Run(t, "", func(t *testutil.T) {
+		cfgFile := t.TempFile("config", []byte(inputYaml))
 
-	var b bytes.Buffer
-	err := fix(&b, cfgFile, true)
+		var b bytes.Buffer
+		err := fix(&b, cfgFile, true)
 
-	output, _ := ioutil.ReadFile(cfgFile)
+		output, _ := ioutil.ReadFile(cfgFile)
 
-	testutil.CheckErrorAndDeepEqual(t, false, err, expectedOutput, string(output))
+		t.CheckNoError(err)
+		t.CheckDeepEqual(expectedOutput, string(output))
+	})
 }
diff --git a/pkg/skaffold/docker/client.go b/pkg/skaffold/docker/client.go
index 46bff3be332..0cc9fbd8a8e 100644
--- a/pkg/skaffold/docker/client.go
+++ b/pkg/skaffold/docker/client.go
@@ -121,6 +121,9 @@ func newMinikubeAPIClient() ([]string, client.CommonAPIClient, error) {
 		client.WithHost(host),
 		client.WithHTTPClient(httpclient),
 		client.WithHTTPHeaders(getUserAgentHeader()))
+	if err != nil {
+		return nil, nil, err
+	}
 
 	if api != nil {
 		api.NegotiateAPIVersion(context.Background())
diff --git a/pkg/skaffold/docker/client_test.go b/pkg/skaffold/docker/client_test.go
index 957b3b7af80..b8657336b0a 100644
--- a/pkg/skaffold/docker/client_test.go
+++ b/pkg/skaffold/docker/client_test.go
@@ -117,10 +117,7 @@ DOCKER_API_VERSION=1.23`,
 
 			env, _, err := newMinikubeAPIClient()
 
-			t.CheckError(test.shouldErr, err)
-			if !test.shouldErr {
-				t.CheckDeepEqual(test.expectedEnv, env)
-			}
+			t.CheckErrorAndDeepEqual(test.shouldErr, err, test.expectedEnv, env)
 		})
 	}
 }
diff --git a/pkg/skaffold/docker/docker_init_test.go b/pkg/skaffold/docker/docker_init_test.go
index bf2cfeb2528..8e3336f8b96 100644
--- a/pkg/skaffold/docker/docker_init_test.go
+++ b/pkg/skaffold/docker/docker_init_test.go
@@ -128,6 +128,7 @@ func TestCreateArtifact(t *testing.T) {
 	for _, test := range tests {
 		testutil.Run(t, test.description, func(t *testutil.T) {
 			artifact := test.dockerfile.CreateArtifact(test.manifestImage)
+
 			t.CheckDeepEqual(test.expectedArtifact, *artifact)
 		})
 	}
diff --git a/pkg/skaffold/docker/reference.go b/pkg/skaffold/docker/reference.go
index e65bc50147b..ac19441d9bf 100644
--- a/pkg/skaffold/docker/reference.go
+++ b/pkg/skaffold/docker/reference.go
@@ -35,34 +35,25 @@ func ParseReference(image string) (*ImageReference, error) {
 		return nil, err
 	}
 
-	baseName := image
-	var domain string
-	var path string
-	if n, ok := r.(reference.Named); ok {
-		baseName = n.Name()
-		domain = reference.Domain(n)
-		path = reference.Path(n)
+	parsed := &ImageReference{
+		BaseName: image,
 	}
 
-	fullyQualified := false
-	tag := ""
-	digest := ""
+	if n, ok := r.(reference.Named); ok {
+		parsed.BaseName = n.Name()
+		parsed.Domain = reference.Domain(n)
+		parsed.Path = reference.Path(n)
+	}
 
 	if n, ok := r.(reference.Tagged); ok {
-		tag = n.Tag()
-		fullyQualified = n.Tag() != "latest"
+		parsed.Tag = n.Tag()
+		parsed.FullyQualified = n.Tag() != "latest"
 	}
+
 	if n, ok := r.(reference.Digested); ok {
-		fullyQualified = true
-		digest = n.Digest().String()
+		parsed.Digest = n.Digest().String()
+		parsed.FullyQualified = true
 	}
 
-	return &ImageReference{
-		BaseName:       baseName,
-		Domain:         domain,
-		Path:           path,
-		Tag:            tag,
-		Digest:         digest,
-		FullyQualified: fullyQualified,
-	}, nil
+	return parsed, nil
 }
diff --git a/pkg/skaffold/docker/reference_test.go b/pkg/skaffold/docker/reference_test.go
index fc868f55c82..5a44be5fe90 100644
--- a/pkg/skaffold/docker/reference_test.go
+++ b/pkg/skaffold/docker/reference_test.go
@@ -30,6 +30,7 @@ func TestParseReference(t *testing.T) {
 		expectedTag            string
 		expectedDigest         string
 		expectedFullyQualified bool
+		shoudErr               bool
 	}{
 		{
 			description:            "port and tag",
@@ -81,16 +82,23 @@ func TestParseReference(t *testing.T) {
 			expectedTag:            "latest",
 			expectedFullyQualified: false,
 		},
+		{
+			description: "invalid reference",
+			image:       "!!invalid!!",
+			shoudErr:    true,
+		},
 	}
 	for _, test := range tests {
 		testutil.Run(t, test.description, func(t *testutil.T) {
 			parsed, err := ParseReference(test.image)
 
-			t.CheckNoError(err)
-			t.CheckDeepEqual(test.expectedName, parsed.BaseName)
-			t.CheckDeepEqual(test.expectedTag, parsed.Tag)
-			t.CheckDeepEqual(test.expectedDigest, parsed.Digest)
-			t.CheckDeepEqual(test.expectedFullyQualified, parsed.FullyQualified)
+			t.CheckError(test.shoudErr, err)
+			if !test.shoudErr {
+				t.CheckDeepEqual(test.expectedName, parsed.BaseName)
+				t.CheckDeepEqual(test.expectedTag, parsed.Tag)
+				t.CheckDeepEqual(test.expectedDigest, parsed.Digest)
+				t.CheckDeepEqual(test.expectedFullyQualified, parsed.FullyQualified)
+			}
 		})
 	}
 }
diff --git a/pkg/skaffold/kubectl/cli.go b/pkg/skaffold/kubectl/cli.go
index 6cbb21eefe6..5992a68e92c 100644
--- a/pkg/skaffold/kubectl/cli.go
+++ b/pkg/skaffold/kubectl/cli.go
@@ -63,7 +63,7 @@ func (c *CLI) Run(ctx context.Context, in io.Reader, out io.Writer, command stri
 	return util.RunCmd(cmd)
 }
 
-// Run shells out kubectl CLI with given namespace
+// RunInNamespace shells out kubectl CLI with given namespace
 func (c *CLI) RunInNamespace(ctx context.Context, in io.Reader, out io.Writer, command string, namespace string, arg ...string) error {
 	cmd := c.CommandWithNamespaceArg(ctx, command, namespace, arg...)
 	cmd.Stdin = in
@@ -72,7 +72,7 @@ func (c *CLI) RunInNamespace(ctx context.Context, in io.Reader, out io.Writer, c
 	return util.RunCmd(cmd)
 }
 
-// Run shells out kubectl CLI.
+// RunOut shells out kubectl CLI.
 func (c *CLI) RunOut(ctx context.Context, command string, arg ...string) ([]byte, error) {
 	cmd := c.Command(ctx, command, arg...)
 	return util.RunCmdOut(cmd)