diff --git a/cmd/cheatmd/widgets.go b/cmd/cheatmd/widgets.go
index b150349..01c3c2e 100644
--- a/cmd/cheatmd/widgets.go
+++ b/cmd/cheatmd/widgets.go
@@ -23,16 +23,18 @@ Then press Ctrl+G to trigger the cheatmd selector.`,
 
 func runWidget(cmd *cobra.Command, args []string) error {
 	shell := args[0]
+	var script string
 
 	switch shell {
 	case "bash":
-		fmt.Fprint(cmd.OutOrStdout(), shellgen.BashWidget())
+		script = shellgen.BashWidget()
 	case "zsh":
-		fmt.Fprint(cmd.OutOrStdout(), shellgen.ZshWidget())
+		script = shellgen.ZshWidget()
 	case "fish":
-		fmt.Fprint(cmd.OutOrStdout(), shellgen.FishWidget())
+		script = shellgen.FishWidget()
 	default:
 		return fmt.Errorf("unsupported shell: %s (supported: bash, zsh, fish)", shell)
 	}
-	return nil
+	_, err := fmt.Fprint(cmd.OutOrStdout(), script)
+	return err
 }
diff --git a/cmd/cheatmd/widgets_test.go b/cmd/cheatmd/widgets_test.go
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..1d864fe
--- /dev/null
+++ b/cmd/cheatmd/widgets_test.go
@@ -0,0 +1,51 @@
+package main
+
+import (
+	"bytes"
+	"errors"
+	"strings"
+	"testing"
+
+	"github.com/spf13/cobra"
+)
+
+type failingWidgetWriter struct {
+	err error
+}
+
+func (w failingWidgetWriter) Write([]byte) (int, error) {
+	return 0, w.err
+}
+
+func TestWidgetOutput(t *testing.T) {
+	for _, tc := range []struct {
+		shell string
+		want  string
+	}{
+		{"bash", `READLINE_LINE="$output"`},
+		{"zsh", `BUFFER="$output"`},
+		{"fish", `commandline -r "$output"`},
+	} {
+		t.Run(tc.shell, func(t *testing.T) {
+			t.Run("write error", func(t *testing.T) {
+				wantErr := errors.New("widget output failed")
+				cmd := &cobra.Command{}
+				cmd.SetOut(failingWidgetWriter{err: wantErr})
+				if err := runWidget(cmd, []string{tc.shell}); !errors.Is(err, wantErr) {
+					t.Fatalf("runWidget error = %v, want %v", err, wantErr)
+				}
+			})
+			t.Run("success", func(t *testing.T) {
+				cmd := &cobra.Command{}
+				var out bytes.Buffer
+				cmd.SetOut(&out)
+				if err := runWidget(cmd, []string{tc.shell}); err != nil {
+					t.Fatal(err)
+				}
+				if !strings.Contains(out.String(), tc.want) {
+					t.Fatalf("output %q does not contain %q", out.String(), tc.want)
+				}
+			})
+		})
+	}
+}