diff --git a/src/bin/expect_tests/syntax_error_tests.ml b/src/bin/expect_tests/syntax_error_tests.ml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..3f7e78221
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/bin/expect_tests/syntax_error_tests.ml
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+open Cli_expect
+
+let%expect_test _ =
+  run_ligo_bad [ "compile-contract" ; "../../test/contracts/negative/error_syntax.ligo" ; "main" ] ;
+  [%expect {|
+    ligo: parser error: Parse error at "-" from (1, 16) to (1, 17). In file "|../../test/contracts/negative/error_syntax.ligo"
+           {"parser_loc":"in file \"\", line 1, characters 16-17"} |} ] ;
diff --git a/src/bin/expect_tests/typer_error_tests.ml b/src/bin/expect_tests/typer_error_tests.ml
index 2fcc7f4e5..d34657cb3 100644
--- a/src/bin/expect_tests/typer_error_tests.ml
+++ b/src/bin/expect_tests/typer_error_tests.ml
@@ -1,6 +1,9 @@
 open Cli_expect
 
 let%expect_test _ =
+  run_ligo_bad [ "compile-contract" ; "../../test/contracts/negative/error_type.ligo" ; "main" ] ;
+  [%expect {| ligo: in file "error_type.ligo", line 3, characters 18-28. Adding with wrong types. Expected nat, int or tez. |} ] ;
+
   run_ligo_bad [ "compile-contract" ; "../../test/contracts/negative/error_typer_1.mligo" ; "main" ] ;
   [%expect {|
     ligo: in file "error_typer_1.mligo", line 3, characters 19-27. different type constructors: Expected these two constant type constructors to be the same, but they're different {"a":"string","b":"int"}
diff --git a/src/test/contracts/error_syntax.ligo b/src/test/contracts/negative/error_syntax.ligo
similarity index 100%
rename from src/test/contracts/error_syntax.ligo
rename to src/test/contracts/negative/error_syntax.ligo
diff --git a/src/test/contracts/error_type.ligo b/src/test/contracts/negative/error_type.ligo
similarity index 100%
rename from src/test/contracts/error_type.ligo
rename to src/test/contracts/negative/error_type.ligo
diff --git a/src/test/dune b/src/test/dune
index 9da57c8ef..b600a1fa3 100644
--- a/src/test/dune
+++ b/src/test/dune
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 (ocamllex md)
 
 (executables
-  (names test manual_test doc_test)
+  (names test doc_test)
   (libraries
     simple-utils
     ligo
diff --git a/src/test/manual_test.ml b/src/test/manual_test.ml
deleted file mode 100644
index fdf8d4d8d..000000000
--- a/src/test/manual_test.ml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,17 +0,0 @@
-open Trace
-open Ligo.Run
-open Test_helpers
-
-let syntax_error () : unit result =
-  let%bind _program = type_file `pascaligo "./contracts/error_syntax.ligo" in
-  ok ()
-
-let type_error () : unit result =
-  let%bind _program = type_file `pascaligo "./contracts/error_type.ligo" in
-  ok ()
-
-let () =
-  List.iter wrap_test_raw [
-    type_error ;
-    syntax_error ;
-  ]