diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 239ecff..0cc9f67 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -1,2 +1,3 @@
 node_modules
 yarn.lock
+!/test/fixtures/**/node_modules
diff --git a/source/context.js b/source/context.js
index d185def..4be363b 100644
--- a/source/context.js
+++ b/source/context.js
@@ -1,19 +1,16 @@
 import process from 'node:process';
 import {stripVTControlCharacters} from 'node:util';
 
-export const getContext = (previous, rawFile, rawArguments) => {
+export const getContext = (previous, raw) => {
 	const start = previous.start ?? process.hrtime.bigint();
-	const command = [previous.command, getCommand(rawFile, rawArguments)].filter(Boolean).join(' | ');
+	const command = [previous.command, getCommand(raw)].filter(Boolean).join(' | ');
 	return {start, command, state: {stdout: '', stderr: '', output: ''}};
 };
 
-const getCommand = (rawFile, rawArguments) => [rawFile, ...rawArguments]
-	.map(part => getCommandPart(part))
+const getCommand = raw => raw
+	.map(part => getCommandPart(stripVTControlCharacters(part)))
 	.join(' ');
 
-const getCommandPart = part => {
-	part = stripVTControlCharacters(part);
-	return /[^\w./-]/.test(part)
-		? `'${part.replaceAll('\'', '\'\\\'\'')}'`
-		: part;
-};
+const getCommandPart = part => /[^\w./-]/.test(part)
+	? `'${part.replaceAll('\'', '\'\\\'\'')}'`
+	: part;
diff --git a/source/index.js b/source/index.js
index f009f16..0d64903 100644
--- a/source/index.js
+++ b/source/index.js
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ export default function nanoSpawn(first, second = [], third = {}) {
 	const [rawFile, previous] = Array.isArray(first) ? first : [first, {}];
 	const [rawArguments, options] = Array.isArray(second) ? [second, third] : [[], second];
 
-	const context = getContext(previous, rawFile, rawArguments);
+	const context = getContext(previous, [rawFile, ...rawArguments]);
 	const spawnOptions = getOptions(options);
 	const nodeChildProcess = spawnSubprocess(rawFile, rawArguments, spawnOptions, context);
 	const resultPromise = getResult(nodeChildProcess, spawnOptions, context);
diff --git a/source/options.js b/source/options.js
index d860667..2bfd3f1 100644
--- a/source/options.js
+++ b/source/options.js
@@ -14,13 +14,11 @@ export const getOptions = ({
 }) => {
 	const cwd = cwdOption instanceof URL ? fileURLToPath(cwdOption) : path.resolve(cwdOption);
 	const env = envOption === undefined ? undefined : {...process.env, ...envOption};
-	const [stdioOption, input] = stdio[0]?.string === undefined
-		? [stdio]
-		: [['pipe', ...stdio.slice(1)], stdio[0].string];
+	const input = stdio[0]?.string;
 	return {
 		...options,
-		stdio: stdioOption,
 		input,
+		stdio: input === undefined ? stdio : ['pipe', ...stdio.slice(1)],
 		env: preferLocal ? addLocalPath(env ?? process.env, cwd) : env,
 		cwd,
 	};
diff --git a/test/context.js b/test/context.js
index 65c47f0..32123ef 100644
--- a/test/context.js
+++ b/test/context.js
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ import {red} from 'yoctocolors';
 import nanoSpawn from '../source/index.js';
 import {testString} from './helpers/arguments.js';
 import {assertDurationMs} from './helpers/assert.js';
-import {nodePrint, nodePrintStdout} from './helpers/commands.js';
+import {nodePrint, nodePrintFail, nodePrintStdout} from './helpers/commands.js';
 
 test('result.command does not quote normal arguments', async t => {
 	const {command} = await nanoSpawn('node', ['--version']);
@@ -27,6 +27,6 @@ test('result.durationMs is set', async t => {
 });
 
 test('error.durationMs is set', async t => {
-	const {durationMs} = await t.throwsAsync(nanoSpawn('node', ['--unknown']));
+	const {durationMs} = await t.throwsAsync(nanoSpawn(...nodePrintFail));
 	assertDurationMs(t, durationMs);
 });
diff --git a/test/fixtures/node_modules/.bin/git b/test/fixtures/node_modules/.bin/git
new file mode 100755
index 0000000..467b9df
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/fixtures/node_modules/.bin/git
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env node
+console.log('test');
diff --git a/test/fixtures/subdir/node_modules/.bin/git b/test/fixtures/subdir/node_modules/.bin/git
new file mode 100755
index 0000000..f5f95a2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/fixtures/subdir/node_modules/.bin/git
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env node
+console.log('secondTest');
diff --git a/test/helpers/assert.js b/test/helpers/assert.js
index 5ec8672..084422f 100644
--- a/test/helpers/assert.js
+++ b/test/helpers/assert.js
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ import {nonExistentCommand, nodeHangingCommand, nodeEvalCommandStart} from './co
 
 export const assertDurationMs = (t, durationMs) => {
 	t.true(Number.isFinite(durationMs));
-	t.true(durationMs > 0);
+	t.true(durationMs >= 0);
 };
 
 export const assertNonExistent = (t, {exitCode, signalName, command, message, stderr, cause, durationMs}, commandStart = nonExistentCommand, expectedCommand = commandStart) => {
diff --git a/test/index.js b/test/index.js
index 36e0914..99a32e0 100644
--- a/test/index.js
+++ b/test/index.js
@@ -1,7 +1,20 @@
 import test from 'ava';
 import nanoSpawn from '../source/index.js';
-import {assertSigterm} from './helpers/assert.js';
 import {nodePrintStdout, nodeHanging} from './helpers/commands.js';
+import {assertSigterm} from './helpers/assert.js';
+
+test('Can pass no arguments', async t => {
+	const error = await t.throwsAsync(nanoSpawn(...nodeHanging, {timeout: 1}));
+	assertSigterm(t, error);
+});
+
+test('Can pass no arguments nor options', async t => {
+	const promise = nanoSpawn(...nodeHanging);
+	const nodeChildProcess = await promise.nodeChildProcess;
+	nodeChildProcess.kill();
+	const error = await t.throwsAsync(promise);
+	assertSigterm(t, error);
+});
 
 test('Returns a promise', async t => {
 	const promise = nanoSpawn(...nodePrintStdout);
@@ -12,10 +25,8 @@ test('Returns a promise', async t => {
 });
 
 test('promise.nodeChildProcess is set', async t => {
-	const promise = nanoSpawn(...nodeHanging);
+	const promise = nanoSpawn(...nodePrintStdout);
 	const nodeChildProcess = await promise.nodeChildProcess;
-	nodeChildProcess.kill();
-
-	const error = await t.throwsAsync(promise);
-	assertSigterm(t, error);
+	t.true(Number.isInteger(nodeChildProcess.pid));
+	await promise;
 });
diff --git a/test/options.js b/test/options.js
index 48136dd..53c945f 100644
--- a/test/options.js
+++ b/test/options.js
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ import {
 	fixturesPath,
 	nodeDirectory,
 } from './helpers/main.js';
-import {testString} from './helpers/arguments.js';
+import {testString, secondTestString} from './helpers/arguments.js';
 import {
 	assertNonExistent,
 	assertWindowsNonExistent,
@@ -45,6 +45,14 @@ const testArgv0 = async (t, shell) => {
 test('Can pass options.argv0', testArgv0, false);
 test('Can pass options.argv0, shell', testArgv0, true);
 
+const testCwd = async (t, cwd) => {
+	const {stdout} = await nanoSpawn(...nodePrint('process.cwd()'), {cwd});
+	t.is(stdout, fixturesPath.replace(/[\\/]$/, ''));
+};
+
+test('Can pass options.cwd string', testCwd, fixturesPath);
+test('Can pass options.cwd URL', testCwd, FIXTURES_URL);
+
 const testStdOption = async (t, optionName) => {
 	const promise = nanoSpawn(...nodePrintStdout, {[optionName]: 'ignore'});
 	const subprocess = await promise.nodeChildProcess;
@@ -56,13 +64,24 @@ test('Can pass options.stdin', testStdOption, 'stdin');
 test('Can pass options.stdout', testStdOption, 'stdout');
 test('Can pass options.stderr', testStdOption, 'stderr');
 
+const testStdOptionDefault = async (t, optionName) => {
+	const promise = nanoSpawn(...nodePrintStdout);
+	const subprocess = await promise.nodeChildProcess;
+	t.not(subprocess[optionName], null);
+	await promise;
+};
+
+test('options.stdin defaults to "pipe"', testStdOptionDefault, 'stdin');
+test('options.stdout defaults to "pipe"', testStdOptionDefault, 'stdout');
+test('options.stderr defaults to "pipe"', testStdOptionDefault, 'stderr');
+
 test('Can pass options.stdio array', async t => {
 	const promise = nanoSpawn(...nodePrintStdout, {stdio: ['ignore', 'pipe', 'pipe', 'pipe']});
 	const {stdin, stdout, stderr, stdio} = await promise.nodeChildProcess;
 	t.is(stdin, null);
 	t.not(stdout, null);
 	t.not(stderr, null);
-	t.not(stdio[3], null);
+	t.is(stdio.length, 4);
 	await promise;
 });
 
@@ -76,29 +95,23 @@ test('Can pass options.stdio string', async t => {
 	await promise;
 });
 
-test('options.stdio array has priority over options.stdout', async t => {
-	const promise = nanoSpawn(...nodePrintStdout, {stdio: ['pipe', 'pipe', 'pipe'], stdout: 'ignore'});
+const testStdioPriority = async (t, stdio) => {
+	const promise = nanoSpawn(...nodePrintStdout, {stdio, stdout: 'ignore'});
 	const {stdout} = await promise.nodeChildProcess;
 	t.not(stdout, null);
 	await promise;
-});
+};
 
-test('options.stdio string has priority over options.stdout', async t => {
-	const promise = nanoSpawn(...nodePrintStdout, {stdio: 'pipe', stdout: 'ignore'});
-	const {stdout} = await promise.nodeChildProcess;
-	t.not(stdout, null);
-	await promise;
-});
+test('options.stdio array has priority over options.stdout', testStdioPriority, ['pipe', 'pipe', 'pipe']);
+test('options.stdio string has priority over options.stdout', testStdioPriority, 'pipe');
 
-test('options.stdin can be {string: string}', async t => {
-	const {stdout} = await nanoSpawn(...nodePassThrough, {stdin: {string: testString}});
+const testInput = async (t, options) => {
+	const {stdout} = await nanoSpawn(...nodePassThrough, options);
 	t.is(stdout, testString);
-});
+};
 
-test('options.stdio[0] can be {string: string}', async t => {
-	const {stdout} = await nanoSpawn(...nodePassThrough, {stdio: [{string: testString}, 'pipe', 'pipe']});
-	t.is(stdout, testString);
-});
+test('options.stdin can be {string: string}', testInput, {stdin: {string: testString}});
+test('options.stdio[0] can be {string: string}', testInput, {stdio: [{string: testString}, 'pipe', 'pipe']});
 
 const testLocalBinaryExec = async (t, cwd) => {
 	const {stdout} = await nanoSpawn(...localBinary, {preferLocal: true, cwd});
@@ -142,6 +155,11 @@ test('options.preferLocal true uses options.env when empty', async t => {
 	}
 });
 
+test('options.preferLocal true can use an empty PATH', async t => {
+	const {stdout} = await nanoSpawn(process.execPath, ['--version'], {preferLocal: true, env: {PATH: undefined, Path: undefined}});
+	t.is(stdout, process.version);
+});
+
 test('options.preferLocal true does not add node_modules/.bin if already present', async t => {
 	const localDirectory = fileURLToPath(new URL('node_modules/.bin', import.meta.url));
 	const currentPath = process.env[pathKey()];
@@ -186,6 +204,18 @@ test('options.preferLocal true can pass arguments to local npm binaries, space',
 test('options.preferLocal true can pass arguments to local npm binaries, *', testLocalBinary, '*');
 test('options.preferLocal true can pass arguments to local npm binaries, ?', testLocalBinary, '?');
 
+if (!isWindows) {
+	test('options.preferLocal true prefer local binaries over global ones', async t => {
+		const {stdout} = await nanoSpawn('git', {preferLocal: true, cwd: FIXTURES_URL});
+		t.is(stdout, testString);
+	});
+
+	test('options.preferLocal true prefer subdirectories over parent directories', async t => {
+		const {stdout} = await nanoSpawn('git', {preferLocal: true, cwd: new URL('subdir', FIXTURES_URL)});
+		t.is(stdout, secondTestString);
+	});
+}
+
 test('Can run global npm binaries', async t => {
 	const {stdout} = await nanoSpawn('npm', ['--version']);
 	t.regex(stdout, VERSION_REGEXP);