diff --git a/tests/autoload/autoload_allowed_dir_spec.lua b/tests/autoload/autoload_allowed_dir_spec.lua
index 7cce379..d61cc92 100644
--- a/tests/autoload/autoload_allowed_dir_spec.lua
+++ b/tests/autoload/autoload_allowed_dir_spec.lua
@@ -7,13 +7,13 @@ require("persisted").setup({
   allowed_dirs = { vim.fn.getcwd() },
 })
 
-describe("With custom settings:", function()
+describe("Autoloading", function()
 
   -- after_each(function()
   --   vim.fn.system("rm -rf " .. e(session_dir))
   -- end)
 
-  it("autoloads a file with allowed_dirs", function()
+  it("autoloads a file with allowed_dirs config option present", function()
     local content = vim.fn.getline(1, '$')
     assert.equals(content[1], "If you're reading this, I guess auto-loading works")
   end)
diff --git a/tests/autoload/autoload_session_spec.lua b/tests/autoload/autoload_session_spec.lua
index 6479ada..9d4bb8c 100644
--- a/tests/autoload/autoload_session_spec.lua
+++ b/tests/autoload/autoload_session_spec.lua
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ require("persisted").setup({
   autosave = true,
 })
 
-describe("With custom settings:", function()
+describe("Autoloading", function()
 
   it("autoloads a file", function()
     local content = vim.fn.getline(1, '$')
diff --git a/tests/autoload/dont_autoload_session_spec.lua b/tests/autoload/dont_autoload_session_spec.lua
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..09dedca
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/autoload/dont_autoload_session_spec.lua
@@ -0,0 +1,16 @@
+local e = vim.fn.fnameescape
+local session_dir = vim.fn.getcwd() .. "/tests/dummy_data/"
+require("persisted").setup({
+  dir = session_dir,
+  autoload = true,
+  ignored_dirs = { vim.fn.getcwd() },
+})
+
+describe("Autoloading", function()
+
+  it("is stopped if an ignored dir is present", function()
+    local content = vim.fn.getline(1, '$')
+    assert.equals(content[1], "")
+  end)
+
+end)