diff --git a/tests/content/system/flatpak/app/com.test.Malformed/current/active/metadata b/tests/content/system/flatpak/app/com.test.Malformed/current/active/metadata
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..d9a19617
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/content/system/flatpak/app/com.test.Malformed/current/active/metadata
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+[Context]
+shared=network;
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/tests/content/user/flatpak/overrides/com.test.Malformed b/tests/content/user/flatpak/overrides/com.test.Malformed
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..eca77f35
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/content/user/flatpak/overrides/com.test.Malformed
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+malformed
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/tests/src/testModels.js b/tests/src/testModels.js
index cd7e5d1b..f9b99f21 100644
--- a/tests/src/testModels.js
+++ b/tests/src/testModels.js
@@ -54,6 +54,7 @@ const _resetModeId = 'com.test.ResetMode';
 const _globalAppId = 'com.test.Global';
 const _globalRestoredAppId = 'com.test.GlobalRestored';
 const _statusesAppId = 'com.test.Statuses';
+const _malformedAppId = 'com.test.Malformed';
 
 const _flatpakInfo = GLib.build_filenamev(['..', 'tests', 'content', '.flatpak-info']);
 const _flatpakInfoOld = GLib.build_filenamev(['..', 'tests', 'content', '.flatpak-info.old']);
@@ -1389,4 +1390,13 @@ describe('Model', function() {
 
         update();
     });
+
+    it('handles malformed overrides', function() {
+        spyOn(permissions, 'emit');
+
+        GLib.setenv('FLATPAK_USER_DIR', _user, true);
+        permissions.appId = _malformedAppId;
+
+        expect(permissions.emit.calls.first().args).toEqual(['failed']);
+    });
 });