diff --git a/flake.nix b/flake.nix
index 5af2f2a..fae18e3 100644
--- a/flake.nix
+++ b/flake.nix
@@ -18,6 +18,9 @@
         ./test/test.test.nix
         ./test/describe.test.nix
         ./test/watch.test.nix
+        ({describe, it, ...}: [(describe "suite" [
+          (it "runs this test" {actual = true; expected = true;})
+        ])])
       ];
 
       packages.x86_64-linux.example = tix.run [
diff --git a/test/test.test.nix b/test/test.test.nix
index 0cfc993..5509fd0 100644
--- a/test/test.test.nix
+++ b/test/test.test.nix
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ in [
   (describe "the test function" [
     (it "get's test results" {
       expected = {
-        name = toString ./example.test.nix;
+        name = builtins.baseNameOf ./example.test.nix;
         value = {
           "an example" = {
             succeeds = {
@@ -23,5 +23,9 @@ in [
       actual = test ./bad/string.nix;
       throws = true;
     })
+    (it "tests suite that is not a file" {
+      actual = test ({...}: []);
+      expected = {name = "anonymous"; value = {};};
+    })
   ])
 ]
diff --git a/tix/run.nix b/tix/run.nix
index d16f6f0..9068f19 100644
--- a/tix/run.nix
+++ b/tix/run.nix
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
-pkgs: files: let
+pkgs: suite: let
   test = import ./test.nix;
-  res = builtins.listToAttrs (map test files);
+  res = builtins.listToAttrs (map test suite);
   resFile = builtins.toFile "results" (builtins.toJSON res);
   filters = import ./filters.nix;
   getNix = "import ${./eval.nix} ${resFile}";
diff --git a/tix/test.nix b/tix/test.nix
index 0fc14c6..cc81c76 100644
--- a/tix/test.nix
+++ b/tix/test.nix
@@ -1,14 +1,17 @@
 path: let
   it = import ./it.nix;
   describe = import ./describe.nix;
-  suite = import path;
+  suite = if builtins.typeOf path == "path" then import path
+    else path;
+  name = if builtins.typeOf path == "path" then builtins.baseNameOf path
+    else "anonymous";
 in
-  builtins.trace ("tix: " + builtins.baseNameOf path)
+  builtins.trace "tix: ${name}"
   (
     if !builtins.isFunction suite
     then throw "A test suite should be in the form { it }: [ <tests> ]."
     else {
-      name = toString path;
+      inherit name;
       value = builtins.listToAttrs (suite {inherit it describe;});
     }
   )