diff --git a/.github/workflows/bat.yml b/.github/workflows/bat.yml
index 548c24c..6812885 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/bat.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/bat.yml
@@ -18,7 +18,50 @@ jobs:
         env:
           MATHWORKS_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.MATHWORKS_TOKEN }}
 
-      - name: Exercise RunMATLABCommand
+      - name: Greet the world in style
         uses: ./
         with:
           command: "disp('hello world');"
+
+      - name: Run MATLAB statement
+        uses: ./
+        with:
+          command: f = fopen('myscript.m', 'w'); fwrite(f, 'assert(true)'); fclose(f);
+      
+      - name: Run MATLAB script
+        uses: ./
+        with:
+          command: myscript
+      
+      - name: Run MATLAB statement with quotes 1
+        uses: ./
+        with:
+          command: "eval(\"a = 1+2\"), assert(a == 3); eval('b = 3+4'), assert(b == 7);"
+      
+      - name: Run MATLAB statement with quotes 2
+        uses: ./
+        with:
+          command: 'eval("a = 1+2"), assert(a == 3); eval(''b = 3+4''), assert(b == 7);'
+      
+      - name: Run MATLAB statement with quotes 3
+        uses: ./
+        with:
+          command: a = """hello world""", b = '"hello world"', assert(strcmp(a,b));
+      
+      - name: Run MATLAB statement with symbols
+        uses: ./
+        with:
+          command: a = " !""#$%&'()*+,-./0123456789:;<=>?@ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ[\]^_`abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz{|}~", b = char([32:126]), assert(strcmp(a, b), a+b);
+      
+      - name: Run MATLAB statement in working directory
+        uses: ./
+        with:
+          command: exp = getenv('GITHUB_WORKSPACE'), act = pwd, assert(strcmp(act, exp), strjoin({act exp}, '\n'));
+      
+      - run: echo 'onetyone = 11' > startup.m
+        shell: bash
+      
+      - name: MATLAB runs startup.m automatically
+        uses: ./
+        with:
+          command: assert(onetyone==11, 'the variable `onetyone` was not set as expected by startup.m')
diff --git a/package-lock.json b/package-lock.json
index 2017da7..14664ef 100644
--- a/package-lock.json
+++ b/package-lock.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
     "name": "run-matlab-command-action",
-    "version": "0.2.0",
+    "version": "0.2.1",
     "lockfileVersion": 1,
     "requires": true,
     "dependencies": {
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index bb05f22..cafa92e 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 {
     "name": "run-matlab-command-action",
     "author": "The MathWorks, Inc.",
-    "version": "0.2.0",
+    "version": "0.2.1",
     "description": "",
     "main": "lib/index.js",
     "scripts": {