diff --git a/notes b/notes
index db4c522..758ab93 100644
--- a/notes
+++ b/notes
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ notes
 - allow exporting environment variables
 - write some tests to test the binary itself and all command line flags
 - remove unhandled token stuff
+- test that run runs first recipe by default
 - parse arguments on command line:
   . ugly but conservative: j build --set a=hello
   . by export:             A=HELLO j build
diff --git a/src/lib.rs b/src/lib.rs
index 06cb848..1d58c74 100644
--- a/src/lib.rs
+++ b/src/lib.rs
@@ -585,6 +585,11 @@ impl<'a> Justfile<'a> {
     }
     let recipes = names.iter().map(|name| self.recipes.get(name).unwrap()).collect::<Vec<_>>();
     let mut ran = HashSet::new();
+    for recipe in &recipes {
+      if !recipe.arguments.is_empty() {
+        return Err(RunError::MissingArguments);
+      }
+    }
     for recipe in recipes {
       try!(self.run_recipe(recipe, &mut ran));
     }
@@ -620,6 +625,7 @@ impl<'a> Display for Justfile<'a> {
 #[derive(Debug)]
 enum RunError<'a> {
   UnknownRecipes{recipes: Vec<&'a str>},
+  MissingArguments,
   Signal{recipe: &'a str, signal: i32},
   Code{recipe: &'a str, code: i32},
   UnknownFailure{recipe: &'a str},
@@ -637,6 +643,9 @@ impl<'a> Display for RunError<'a> {
           try!(write!(f, "Justfile does not contain recipes: {}", recipes.join(" ")));
         };
       },
+      RunError::MissingArguments => {
+        try!(write!(f, "Running recipes with arguments is not yet supported"));
+      },
       RunError::Code{recipe, code} => {
         try!(write!(f, "Recipe \"{}\" failed with code {}", recipe, code));
       },
diff --git a/src/tests.rs b/src/tests.rs
index e271a77..e132c82 100644
--- a/src/tests.rs
+++ b/src/tests.rs
@@ -601,6 +601,16 @@ c: b
   }
 }
 
+#[test]
+fn run_arguments_not_supported() {
+  let text = "a foo:";
+  match parse_success(text).run(&["a"]) {
+    Err(super::RunError::MissingArguments) => {}
+    result => panic!("Expecting MissingArguments from run() but got {:?}", result),
+  }
+}
+
+
 /*
 #[test]
 fn run_shebang() {