diff --git a/SwiftCSVTests/CSVTests.swift b/SwiftCSVTests/CSVTests.swift
index 521b0e2..9e744e9 100644
--- a/SwiftCSVTests/CSVTests.swift
+++ b/SwiftCSVTests/CSVTests.swift
@@ -108,4 +108,13 @@ class CSVTests: XCTestCase {
             XCTAssertEqual(expected[index], row)
         }
     }
+
+    func testThrowsOnInvalidData() {
+        do {
+            _ = try CSV(string: "\n\n<html lang=\"en\">\n \n <meta charset=\"utf-8\"></html>", delimiter: ",", loadColumns: false)
+            XCTFail("Expected to throw")
+        } catch {
+            XCTAssert(error is CSVParseError)
+        }
+    }
 }
