diff --git a/R/conceptCohort.R b/R/conceptCohort.R
index a3037e0..b0ba082 100644
--- a/R/conceptCohort.R
+++ b/R/conceptCohort.R
@@ -74,6 +74,11 @@ conceptCohort <- function(cdm,
   omopgenerics::assertChoice(exit, c("event_start_date", "event_end_date"))
   omopgenerics::assertChoice(overlap, c("merge", "extend"), length = 1)
   omopgenerics::assertLogical(useSourceFields, length = 1)
+  omopgenerics::assertCharacter(subsetCohort, length = 1, null = TRUE)
+  if (!is.null(subsetCohort)) {
+    subsetCohort <- omopgenerics::validateCohortArgument(cdm[[subsetCohort]])
+    subsetCohortId <- omopgenerics::validateCohortIdArgument({{subsetCohortId}}, subsetCohort)
+  }
 
   useIndexes <- getOption("CohortConstructor.use_indexes")
 
@@ -108,19 +113,13 @@ conceptCohort <- function(cdm,
 
   # subsetCohort
   if (!is.null(subsetCohort)) {
-    subsetCohort <- omopgenerics::validateCohortArgument(subsetCohort)
-    subsetCohortId <- omopgenerics::validateCohortIdArgument(subsetCohortId, cohort = subsetCohort)
     subsetName <- omopgenerics::uniqueTableName(prefix = tmpPref)
-    if (!all(settings(subsetCohort)$cohort_definition_id %in% subsetCohortId)) {
-      subsetCohort <- subsetCohort |>
-        dplyr::filter(.data$cohort_definition_id %in% .env$subsetCohortId) |>
-        dplyr::compute(name = subsetName, temporary = FALSE)
-    }
     subsetIndividuals <- subsetCohort |>
+      dplyr::filter(.data$cohort_definition_id %in% .env$subsetCohortId) |>
       dplyr::distinct(.data$subject_id) |>
       dplyr::compute(name = subsetName, temporary = FALSE)
-    if (subsetIndividuals |> dplyr::tally() |> dplyr::pull("n") == 0) {
-      omopgenerics::dropTable(cdm = cdm, name = dplyr::starts_with(tmpPref))
+    if (omopgenerics::isTableEmpty(subsetIndividuals)) {
+      omopgenerics::dropTable(cdm = cdm, name = subsetName)
       cli::cli_abort("There are no individuals in the `subsetCohort` and `subsetCohortId` provided.")
     }
     if (!isFALSE(useIndexes)) {
diff --git a/tests/testthat/test-conceptCohort.R b/tests/testthat/test-conceptCohort.R
index fd618db..2464f23 100644
--- a/tests/testthat/test-conceptCohort.R
+++ b/tests/testthat/test-conceptCohort.R
@@ -929,4 +929,83 @@ test_that("test indexes - postgres", {
   CDMConnector::cdm_disconnect(cdm = cdm)
 })
 
+test_that("test subsetCohort arguments", {
+  cdm <- omock::mockCdmFromTables(
+    tables = list(
+      condition_occurrence = dplyr::tibble(
+        condition_occurrence_id = 1:3L,
+        person_id = c(1L, 2L, 3L),
+        condition_concept_id = 194152L,
+        condition_start_date = as.Date("2020-01-01"),
+        condition_end_date = as.Date("2020-01-01"),
+        condition_type_concept_id = 0L
+      ),
+      cohort = dplyr::tibble(
+        subject_id = c(1L, 2L),
+        cohort_definition_id = c(1L, 2L),
+        cohort_start_date = as.Date("2010-01-01"),
+        cohort_end_date = as.Date("2010-01-01")
+      )
+    )
+  )
+
+  cdm <- CDMConnector::copyCdmTo(con = duckdb::dbConnect(duckdb::duckdb()), cdm = cdm, schema = "main")
 
+  expect_no_error(
+    x <- conceptCohort(
+      cdm = cdm,
+      conceptSet = list(test = 194152L),
+      name = "test"
+    )
+  )
+  expect_true(all(c(1L, 2L, 3L) %in% dplyr::pull(x, "subject_id")))
+
+  expect_no_error(
+    x <- conceptCohort(
+      cdm = cdm,
+      conceptSet = list(test = 194152L),
+      name = "test",
+      subsetCohort = "cohort"
+    )
+  )
+  expect_true(all(c(1L, 2L) %in% dplyr::pull(x, "subject_id")))
+  expect_true(all(!c(3L) %in% dplyr::pull(x, "subject_id")))
+
+  expect_no_error(
+    x <- conceptCohort(
+      cdm = cdm,
+      conceptSet = list(test = 194152L),
+      name = "test",
+      subsetCohort = "cohort",
+      subsetCohortId = 1L
+    )
+  )
+  expect_true(all(c(1L) %in% dplyr::pull(x, "subject_id")))
+  expect_true(all(!c(2L, 3L) %in% dplyr::pull(x, "subject_id")))
+
+  expect_no_error(
+    x <- conceptCohort(
+      cdm = cdm,
+      conceptSet = list(test = 194152L),
+      name = "test",
+      subsetCohort = "cohort",
+      subsetCohortId = "cohort_1"
+    )
+  )
+  expect_true(all(c(1L) %in% dplyr::pull(x, "subject_id")))
+  expect_true(all(!c(2L, 3L) %in% dplyr::pull(x, "subject_id")))
+
+  expect_no_error(
+    x <- conceptCohort(
+      cdm = cdm,
+      conceptSet = list(test = 194152L),
+      name = "test",
+      subsetCohort = "cohort",
+      subsetCohortId = dplyr::starts_with("cohort")
+    )
+  )
+  expect_true(all(c(1L, 2L) %in% dplyr::pull(x, "subject_id")))
+  expect_true(all(!c(3L) %in% dplyr::pull(x, "subject_id")))
+
+  CDMConnector::cdmDisconnect(cdm = cdm)
+})