diff --git a/data/recipes/aws_forensics.json b/data/recipes/aws_forensics.json
index 51f9afdce..2e67faecf 100644
--- a/data/recipes/aws_forensics.json
+++ b/data/recipes/aws_forensics.json
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@
   "name": "aws_forensics",
   "short_description": "Copies a volume from an AWS account to an analysis VM.",
   "description": "Copies a volume from an AWS account, creates an analysis VM in AWS (with a startup script containing installation instructions for basic forensics tooling), and attaches the copied volume to it.",
+  "test_params": "default us-east-1 incident_id --instance_id i-01234567 --volume_ids vol-01234567",
   "modules": [{
       "wants": [],
       "name": "AWSCollector",
@@ -26,7 +27,7 @@
       ["--instance_id", "Instance ID of the instance to analyze.", null, {"format": "regex", "comma_separated": false, "regex": "^i-[0-9a-f]{8,17}$"}],
       ["--volume_ids", "Comma-separated list of volume IDs to copy.", null, {"format": "regex", "comma_separated": true, "regex": "^vol-[0-9a-f]{8,17}$"}],
       ["--all_volumes", "Copy all volumes in the designated instance. Overrides volume_ids if specified.", false],
-      ["--boot_volume_size", "The size of the analysis VM boot volume (in GB).", 50, {"format": "regex", "regex": "^\\d+$"}],
+      ["--boot_volume_size", "The size of the analysis VM boot volume (in GB).", "50", {"format": "regex", "regex": "^\\d+$"}],
       ["--analysis_zone", "The AWS zone in which to create the VM.", null, {"format": "aws_region"}],
       ["--analysis_profile_name", "Name of the AWS profile to use when creating the analysis VM.", null]
   ]
diff --git a/dftimewolf/lib/resources.py b/dftimewolf/lib/resources.py
index 686a604e5..f570da91a 100644
--- a/dftimewolf/lib/resources.py
+++ b/dftimewolf/lib/resources.py
@@ -62,3 +62,6 @@ def GetHelpString(self) -> str:
     short_description = self.contents.get(
         'short_description', 'No description')
     return ' {0:<35s}{1:s}\n'.format(self.name, short_description)
+
+  def GetTestParams(self) -> list[str]:
+    return self.contents.get('test_params', '').split(' ')
diff --git a/tests/cli/main_tool.py b/tests/cli/main_tool.py
index f4843a1b2..13ad94866 100644
--- a/tests/cli/main_tool.py
+++ b/tests/cli/main_tool.py
@@ -70,7 +70,7 @@ def _EnumerateRecipeNames():
   tool = _CreateToolObject()
   # pylint: disable=protected-access
   for recipe in tool._recipes_manager.GetRecipes():
-    yield (recipe.name, recipe.name)
+    yield (f'_{recipe.name}', recipe.name)
 
 
 class MainToolTest(parameterized.TestCase):
@@ -140,6 +140,9 @@ def _testRecipeValidators(self, recipe_name):
     self.tool._state = dftw_state.DFTimewolfState(config.Config)
     recipe = self.tool._recipes_manager.Recipes()[recipe_name]
 
+    recipe_args = [recipe_name] + recipe.GetTestParams()
+    self.tool.ParseArguments(recipe_args)
+
     self.tool._state.LoadRecipe(recipe.contents, dftimewolf_recipes.MODULES)
     for arg in recipe.args:
       if arg.validation_params:
@@ -148,6 +151,8 @@ def _testRecipeValidators(self, recipe_name):
             validators_manager.ValidatorsManager.ListValidators(),
             f'Error in {recipe.name}:{arg.switch} - '
             f'Invalid validator {arg.validation_params["format"]}.')
+    
+    self.tool.ValidateArguments()
 
   def testRecipeWithNestedArgs(self):
     """Tests that a recipe with args referenced in other args is populated."""