diff --git a/.github/workflows/testme.yml b/.github/workflows/testme.yml
index 16c97e7..36bfec8 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/testme.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/testme.yml
@@ -1,27 +1,49 @@
 on:
   push:
-  
+
 jobs:
   lint:
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     steps:
-    - uses: actions/setup-python@v4
-      with:
-        python-version: '3.10'
-    - name: deps
-      run: pip install ruff
-    - uses: actions/checkout@v3
-    - name: lint
-      run: ruff upload.py
+      - uses: actions/setup-python@v4
+        with:
+          python-version: "3.10"
+      - name: deps
+        run: pip install ruff
+      - uses: actions/checkout@v3
+      - name: lint
+        run: ruff upload.py
   publish:
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     steps:
-    - uses: actions/checkout@v3
-    - name: upload
-      uses: ./
-      with:
-        meta-path: test/meta.json
-        org-id: ${{ secrets.test_org_id }}
-        do-upload: false
-        key-id: ${{ secrets.viam_key_id }}
-        key-value: ${{ secrets.viam_key_value }}
+      - uses: actions/checkout@v3
+      - name: update-only
+        uses: ./
+        with:
+          meta-path: test/meta.json
+          do-upload: false
+          key-id: ${{ secrets.viam_key_id }}
+          key-value: ${{ secrets.viam_key_value }}
+      - name: upload-with-meta-path
+        uses: ./
+        with:
+          meta-path: test/meta.json
+          module-path: test/module.tar.gz
+          do-upload: true
+          platform: "linux/amd64"
+          version: "0.0.0-${{ github.run_id }}-${{ github.run_attempt }}"
+          key-id: ${{ secrets.viam_key_id }}
+          key-value: ${{ secrets.viam_key_value }}
+      - name: upload-no-meta-path
+        uses: ./
+        with:
+          name: upload-ci-test
+          org-id: ${{ secrets.test_org_id }}
+          meta-path: ''
+          module-path: test/module.tar.gz
+          do-upload: true
+          do-update: false
+          platform: "linux/amd64"
+          version: "0.0.1-${{ github.run_id }}-${{ github.run_attempt }}"
+          key-id: ${{ secrets.viam_key_id }}
+          key-value: ${{ secrets.viam_key_value }}
diff --git a/action.yml b/action.yml
index 8fb6daa..0d1d5dc 100644
--- a/action.yml
+++ b/action.yml
@@ -11,9 +11,9 @@ inputs:
   name:
     description: name of the module. only necessary if you don't provide a metadata file. (see inputs.meta-path)
   org-id:
-    description: organization id. one of org-id or namespace are required if your meta.json doesn't use a namespace
+    description: organization id. one of org-id or namespace are required if you don't provide a metadata file. (see inputs.meta-path)
   namespace:
-    description: public namespace. one of org-id or namespace are required if your meta.json doesn't use a namespace
+    description: public namespace. one of org-id or namespace are required if you don't provide a metadata file. (see inputs.meta-path)
   key-id:
     description: ID of your auth key
     required: true
diff --git a/test/README.md b/test/README.md
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..e94b610
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/README.md
@@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
+This is a simple test module uploaded during the github action tests defined in .github/workflows/testme.yml
+
+The module.tar.gz was created by running:
+
+```sh
+tar -czf module.tar.gz ./run.sh
+```
+
+The meta.js points to `run.sh` so the tar command must be run from the `test` directory
diff --git a/test/meta.json b/test/meta.json
index 59538e3..5b4643f 100644
--- a/test/meta.json
+++ b/test/meta.json
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 {
-  "name": "upload-ci-test",
+  "module_id": "viam:upload-ci-test",
   "visibility": "private",
   "url": "https://github.com/viamrobotics/upload-module",
   "description": "No-op module used for the upload CI action's self-test",
diff --git a/test/module.tar.gz b/test/module.tar.gz
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..6dd98cb
Binary files /dev/null and b/test/module.tar.gz differ
diff --git a/test/run.sh b/test/run.sh
new file mode 100755
index 0000000..53e495d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/run.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env bash
+set -euo pipefile
+echo running
diff --git a/upload.py b/upload.py
index 287adad..af859f7 100755
--- a/upload.py
+++ b/upload.py
@@ -34,6 +34,9 @@ def main():
     meta_args = ()
     if args.meta_path:
         meta_args = ('--module', args.meta_path)
+    elif args.name:
+        meta_args = ('--name', args.name)
+
     org_args = ()
     if args.org_id:
         org_args = ('--org-id', args.org_id)
@@ -46,7 +49,7 @@ def main():
     subprocess.check_call([command, 'version'])
     subprocess.check_call([command, 'auth', 'api-key', '--key-id', args.key_id, '--key', args.key_value])
     if args.do_update:
-        subprocess.check_call([command, 'module', 'update', *meta_args, *org_args])
+        subprocess.check_call([command, 'module', 'update', *meta_args])
         logging.info('ran update')
     if args.do_upload:
         subprocess.check_call([command, 'module', 'upload', *meta_args, *org_args, '--platform', args.platform, '--version', args.version, args.module_path])