diff --git a/umu/umu_test.py b/umu/umu_test.py
index b1b7fba26..94c1f18fb 100644
--- a/umu/umu_test.py
+++ b/umu/umu_test.py
@@ -2232,6 +2232,19 @@ def test_env_wine_empty(self):
             os.environ["GAMEID"] = self.test_file
             umu_run.check_env(self.env)
 
+    def test_env_gameid_empty(self):
+        """Test check_env when $GAMEID is empty.
+
+        When the GAMEID is empty in the non-config usage, no app ids will be
+        set. As a result, no fixes will be applied to the current prefix
+
+        An ValueError should be raised
+        """
+        with self.assertRaises(ValueError):
+            os.environ["WINEPREFIX"] = ""
+            os.environ["GAMEID"] = ""
+            umu_run.check_env(self.env)
+
     def test_env_wine_dir(self):
         """Test check_env when $WINEPREFIX is not a directory.