diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 2fb754b8..3332342a 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@
 * `bedtools`:
   - `bedtools/bedtools_intersect`: Allows one to screen for overlaps between two sets of genomic features (PR #94).
   - `bedtools/bedtools_sort`: Sorts a feature file (bed/gff/vcf) by chromosome and other criteria (PR #98).
-  - `bedtools/bedtools_bedtobam`: Converts feature records (bed/gff/vcf) to BAM format (PR #111).
+  - `bedtools/bedtools_bedtobam`: Converts genomic feature records (bed/gff/vcf) to BAM format (PR #111).
 
 
 ## MINOR CHANGES
diff --git a/src/bedtools/bedtools_bedtobam/config.vsh.yaml b/src/bedtools/bedtools_bedtobam/config.vsh.yaml
index a01f243b..c2c9667c 100644
--- a/src/bedtools/bedtools_bedtobam/config.vsh.yaml
+++ b/src/bedtools/bedtools_bedtobam/config.vsh.yaml
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ links:
   repository: https://github.com/arq5x/bedtools2
 references:
   doi: 10.1093/bioinformatics/btq033
-license: GPL-2.0, MIT
+license: MIT
 requirements:
   commands: [bedtools]
 authors:
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ argument_groups:
         type: file
         description: | 
           Input genome file.
-          NOTE: This is not a fasta file. This is a two-column file
+          NOTE: This is not a fasta file. This is a two-column tab-delimited file
           where the first column is the chromosome name and the second their sizes.
         required: true
     
@@ -79,6 +79,10 @@ engines:
       - type: docker
         run: |
           echo "bedtools: \"$(bedtools --version | sed -n 's/^bedtools //p')\"" > /var/software_versions.txt
+    test_setup:  
+      - type: apt  
+        packages: 
+          - samtools
 
 runners:
   - type: executable
diff --git a/src/bedtools/bedtools_bedtobam/test.sh b/src/bedtools/bedtools_bedtobam/test.sh
index 2d9b8d5c..fdf714f6 100644
--- a/src/bedtools/bedtools_bedtobam/test.sh
+++ b/src/bedtools/bedtools_bedtobam/test.sh
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 #!/bin/bash
 
 # exit on error
-set -e
+set -eo pipefail
 
 #############################################
 # helper functions
@@ -22,29 +22,32 @@ assert_identical_content() {
 
 # Create directories for tests
 echo "Creating Test Data..."
-mkdir -p test_data
+TMPDIR=$(mktemp -d "$meta_temp_dir/XXXXXX")
+function clean_up {
+  [[ -d "$TMPDIR" ]] && rm -r "$TMPDIR"
+}
+trap clean_up EXIT
 
 # Create and populate input files
-printf "chr1\t248956422\nchr3\t242193529\nchr2\t198295559\n" > "test_data/genome.txt"
-printf "chr2:172936693-172938111\t128\t228\tmy_read/1\t37\t+\nchr2:172936693-172938111\t428\t528\tmy_read/2\t37\t-\n" > "test_data/example.bed"
-printf "chr2:172936693-172938111\t128\t228\tmy_read/1\t60\t+\t128\t228\t255,0,0\t1\t100\t0\nchr2:172936693-172938111\t428\t528\tmy_read/2\t60\t-\t428\t528\t255,0,0\t1\t100\t0\n" > "test_data/example.bed12"
+printf "chr1\t248956422\nchr3\t242193529\nchr2\t198295559\n" > "$TMPDIR/genome.txt"
+printf "chr2:172936693-172938111\t128\t228\tmy_read/1\t37\t+\nchr2:172936693-172938111\t428\t528\tmy_read/2\t37\t-\n" > "$TMPDIR/example.bed"
+printf "chr2:172936693-172938111\t128\t228\tmy_read/1\t60\t+\t128\t228\t255,0,0\t1\t100\t0\nchr2:172936693-172938111\t428\t528\tmy_read/2\t60\t-\t428\t528\t255,0,0\t1\t100\t0\n" > "$TMPDIR/example.bed12"
 # Create and populate example.gff file
-printf "##gff-version 3\n" > "test_data/example.gff"
-printf "chr1\t.\tgene\t1000\t2000\t.\t+\t.\tID=gene1;Name=Gene1\n" >> "test_data/example.gff"
-printf "chr3\t.\tmRNA\t1000\t2000\t.\t+\t.\tID=transcript1;Parent=gene1\n" >> "test_data/example.gff"
-printf "chr1\t.\texon\t1000\t1200\t.\t+\t.\tID=exon1;Parent=transcript1\n" >> "test_data/example.gff"
-printf "chr2\t.\texon\t1500\t1700\t.\t+\t.\tID=exon2;Parent=transcript1\n" >> "test_data/example.gff"
-printf "chr1\t.\tCDS\t1000\t1200\t.\t+\t0\tID=cds1;Parent=transcript1\n" >> "test_data/example.gff"
-printf "chr1\t.\tCDS\t1500\t1700\t.\t+\t2\tID=cds2;Parent=transcript1\n" >> "test_data/example.gff"
+printf "##gff-version 3\n" > "$TMPDIR/example.gff"
+printf "chr1\t.\tgene\t1000\t2000\t.\t+\t.\tID=gene1;Name=Gene1\n" >> "$TMPDIR/example.gff"
+printf "chr3\t.\tmRNA\t1000\t2000\t.\t+\t.\tID=transcript1;Parent=gene1\n" >> "$TMPDIR/example.gff"
+printf "chr1\t.\texon\t1000\t1200\t.\t+\t.\tID=exon1;Parent=transcript1\n" >> "$TMPDIR/example.gff"
+printf "chr2\t.\texon\t1500\t1700\t.\t+\t.\tID=exon2;Parent=transcript1\n" >> "$TMPDIR/example.gff"
+printf "chr1\t.\tCDS\t1000\t1200\t.\t+\t0\tID=cds1;Parent=transcript1\n" >> "$TMPDIR/example.gff"
+printf "chr1\t.\tCDS\t1500\t1700\t.\t+\t2\tID=cds2;Parent=transcript1\n" >> "$TMPDIR/example.gff"
 
 # Test 1: Default conversion BED to BAM
-mkdir test1
-cd test1
+mkdir "$TMPDIR/test1" && pushd "$TMPDIR/test1" > /dev/null
 
 echo "> Run bedtools_bedtobam on BED file"
 "$meta_executable" \
-  --input "../test_data/example.bed" \
-  --genome "../test_data/genome.txt" \
+  --input "../example.bed" \
+  --genome "../genome.txt" \
   --output "output.bam"
 
 # checks
@@ -52,7 +55,7 @@ assert_file_exists "output.bam"
 assert_file_not_empty "output.bam"
 echo "- test1 succeeded -"
 
-cd ..
+popd > /dev/null
 
 # I could not assert_identical_content (bam file is compressed and -ubam option does not seem to work on this version).
 # could use samtools view to check the content of the bam file, would need to add samtools as a dependency.
@@ -61,13 +64,12 @@ cd ..
 # However, its output is still somewhat compressed.
 
 # Test 2: BED12 file
-mkdir test2
-cd test2
+mkdir "$TMPDIR/test2" && pushd "$TMPDIR/test2" > /dev/null
 
 echo "> Run bedtools_bedtobam on BED12 file"
 "$meta_executable" \
-  --input "../test_data/example.bed12" \
-  --genome "../test_data/genome.txt" \
+  --input "../example.bed12" \
+  --genome "../genome.txt" \
   --output "output.bam" \
   --bed12 \
 #  --uncompress_bam
@@ -78,16 +80,15 @@ assert_file_not_empty "output.bam"
 # assert_identical_content "output.bam" "../test_data/expected12.sam"
 echo "- test2 succeeded -"
 
-cd ..
+popd > /dev/null
 
 # Test 3: Uncompressed BAM file
-mkdir test3
-cd test3
+mkdir "$TMPDIR/test3" && pushd "$TMPDIR/test3" > /dev/null
 
 echo "> Run bedtools_bedtobam on BED file with uncompressed BAM output"
 "$meta_executable" \
-  --input "../test_data/example.bed" \
-  --genome "../test_data/genome.txt" \
+  --input "../example.bed" \
+  --genome "../genome.txt" \
   --output "output.bam" \
   --uncompress_bam
 
@@ -98,16 +99,15 @@ assert_file_not_empty "output.bam"
 
 echo "- test3 succeeded -"
 
-cd ..
+popd > /dev/null
 
 # Test 4: Map quality
-mkdir test4
-cd test4
+mkdir "$TMPDIR/test4" && pushd "$TMPDIR/test4" > /dev/null
 
 echo "> Run bedtools_bedtobam on BED file with map quality"
 "$meta_executable" \
-  --input "../test_data/example.bed" \
-  --genome "../test_data/genome.txt" \
+  --input "../example.bed" \
+  --genome "../genome.txt" \
   --output "output.bam" \
   --map_quality 10 \
 #  --uncompress_bam
@@ -118,16 +118,15 @@ assert_file_not_empty "output.bam"
 #assert_identical_content "output.bam" "../test_data/expected_mapquality.sam"
 echo "- test4 succeeded -"
 
-cd ..
+popd > /dev/null
 
 # Test 5: gff to bam conversion
-mkdir test5
-cd test5
+mkdir "$TMPDIR/test5" && pushd "$TMPDIR/test5" > /dev/null
 
 echo "> Run bedtools_bedtobam on GFF file"
 "$meta_executable" \
-  --input "../test_data/example.gff" \
-  --genome "../test_data/genome.txt" \
+  --input "../example.gff" \
+  --genome "../genome.txt" \
   --output "output.bam"
 #  --uncompress_bam
 
@@ -137,7 +136,7 @@ assert_file_not_empty "output.bam"
 # assert_identical_content "output.bam" "../test_data/expected_gff.sam"
 echo "- test5 succeeded -"
 
-cd ..
+popd > /dev/null
 
 echo "---- All tests succeeded! ----"
 exit 0
diff --git a/src/bedtools/bedtools_bedtobam/test_copy.sh b/src/bedtools/bedtools_bedtobam/test_copy.sh
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..68b7da0f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/bedtools/bedtools_bedtobam/test_copy.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,143 @@
+#!/bin/bash
+
+# exit on error
+set -eo pipefail
+
+#############################################
+# helper functions
+assert_file_exists() {
+  [ -f "$1" ] || { echo "File '$1' does not exist" && exit 1; }
+}
+assert_file_not_empty() {
+  [ -s "$1" ] || { echo "File '$1' is empty but shouldn't be" && exit 1; }
+}
+assert_file_contains() {
+  grep -q "$2" "$1" || { echo "File '$1' does not contain '$2'" && exit 1; }
+}
+assert_identical_content() {
+  diff -a "$2" "$1" \
+    || (echo "Files are not identical!" && exit 1)
+}
+#############################################
+
+# Create directories for tests
+echo "Creating Test Data..."
+mkdir -p test_data
+
+# Create and populate input files
+printf "chr1\t248956422\nchr3\t242193529\nchr2\t198295559\n" > "test_data/genome.txt"
+printf "chr2:172936693-172938111\t128\t228\tmy_read/1\t37\t+\nchr2:172936693-172938111\t428\t528\tmy_read/2\t37\t-\n" > "test_data/example.bed"
+printf "chr2:172936693-172938111\t128\t228\tmy_read/1\t60\t+\t128\t228\t255,0,0\t1\t100\t0\nchr2:172936693-172938111\t428\t528\tmy_read/2\t60\t-\t428\t528\t255,0,0\t1\t100\t0\n" > "test_data/example.bed12"
+# Create and populate example.gff file
+printf "##gff-version 3\n" > "test_data/example.gff"
+printf "chr1\t.\tgene\t1000\t2000\t.\t+\t.\tID=gene1;Name=Gene1\n" >> "test_data/example.gff"
+printf "chr3\t.\tmRNA\t1000\t2000\t.\t+\t.\tID=transcript1;Parent=gene1\n" >> "test_data/example.gff"
+printf "chr1\t.\texon\t1000\t1200\t.\t+\t.\tID=exon1;Parent=transcript1\n" >> "test_data/example.gff"
+printf "chr2\t.\texon\t1500\t1700\t.\t+\t.\tID=exon2;Parent=transcript1\n" >> "test_data/example.gff"
+printf "chr1\t.\tCDS\t1000\t1200\t.\t+\t0\tID=cds1;Parent=transcript1\n" >> "test_data/example.gff"
+printf "chr1\t.\tCDS\t1500\t1700\t.\t+\t2\tID=cds2;Parent=transcript1\n" >> "test_data/example.gff"
+
+# Test 1: Default conversion BED to BAM
+mkdir test1
+cd test1
+
+echo "> Run bedtools_bedtobam on BED file"
+"$meta_executable" \
+  --input "../test_data/example.bed" \
+  --genome "../test_data/genome.txt" \
+  --output "output.bam"
+
+# checks
+assert_file_exists "output.bam"
+assert_file_not_empty "output.bam"
+echo "- test1 succeeded -"
+
+cd ..
+
+# I could not assert_identical_content (bam file is compressed and -ubam option does not seem to work on this version).
+# could use samtools view to check the content of the bam file, would need to add samtools as a dependency.
+# TODO: check if older versions works with -ubam option!!!
+# Version 2.27.1 (bedtools) -ubam outputs better than version 2.30.0 (bedtools).
+# However, its output is still somewhat compressed.
+
+# Test 2: BED12 file
+mkdir test2
+cd test2
+
+echo "> Run bedtools_bedtobam on BED12 file"
+"$meta_executable" \
+  --input "../test_data/example.bed12" \
+  --genome "../test_data/genome.txt" \
+  --output "output.bam" \
+  --bed12 \
+#  --uncompress_bam
+
+# checks
+assert_file_exists "output.bam"
+assert_file_not_empty "output.bam"
+# assert_identical_content "output.bam" "../test_data/expected12.sam"
+echo "- test2 succeeded -"
+
+cd ..
+
+# Test 3: Uncompressed BAM file
+mkdir test3
+cd test3
+
+echo "> Run bedtools_bedtobam on BED file with uncompressed BAM output"
+"$meta_executable" \
+  --input "../test_data/example.bed" \
+  --genome "../test_data/genome.txt" \
+  --output "output.bam" \
+  --uncompress_bam
+
+# checks
+assert_file_exists "output.bam"
+assert_file_not_empty "output.bam"
+# assert_identical_content "output.bam" "../test_data/expected.sam"
+
+echo "- test3 succeeded -"
+
+cd ..
+
+# Test 4: Map quality
+mkdir test4
+cd test4
+
+echo "> Run bedtools_bedtobam on BED file with map quality"
+"$meta_executable" \
+  --input "../test_data/example.bed" \
+  --genome "../test_data/genome.txt" \
+  --output "output.bam" \
+  --map_quality 10 \
+#  --uncompress_bam
+
+# checks
+assert_file_exists "output.bam"
+assert_file_not_empty "output.bam"
+#assert_identical_content "output.bam" "../test_data/expected_mapquality.sam"
+echo "- test4 succeeded -"
+
+cd ..
+
+# Test 5: gff to bam conversion
+mkdir test5
+cd test5
+
+echo "> Run bedtools_bedtobam on GFF file"
+"$meta_executable" \
+  --input "../test_data/example.gff" \
+  --genome "../test_data/genome.txt" \
+  --output "output.bam"
+#  --uncompress_bam
+
+# checks
+assert_file_exists "output.bam"
+assert_file_not_empty "output.bam"
+# assert_identical_content "output.bam" "../test_data/expected_gff.sam"
+echo "- test5 succeeded -"
+
+cd ..
+
+echo "---- All tests succeeded! ----"
+exit 0