diff --git a/bats/create-tables.bats b/bats/create-tables.bats
index 4002daa9eb..f9a4f6b3fa 100755
--- a/bats/create-tables.bats
+++ b/bats/create-tables.bats
@@ -118,6 +118,12 @@ teardown() {
     [[ "$output" =~ "Error creating reader" ]] || false
 }
 
+@test "try to create a table with dolt table import with a bad file name" {
+    run dolt table import -c test `batshelper bad.data`
+    skip "This panics right now with: panic: Unsupported table format should have failed before reaching here."
+    [ "$status" -eq 1 ]
+}
+
 @test "create a table with two primary keys from csv import" {
     run dolt table import -c --pk=pk1,pk2 test `batshelper 2pk5col-ints.csv`
     [ "$status" -eq 0 ]
@@ -329,4 +335,4 @@ teardown() {
     [ $status -eq 0 ]
     [ "${lines[0]}" = "diff --dolt a/test b/test" ]
     [ "${lines[1]}" = "added table" ]
-}
\ No newline at end of file
+}
diff --git a/bats/helper/bad.data b/bats/helper/bad.data
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..2d8fc28397
--- /dev/null
+++ b/bats/helper/bad.data
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+this,is,bad
+real,bad,