diff --git a/ext/GMTDGTLidarExt/GMTDGTLidarExt.jl b/ext/GMTDGTLidarExt/GMTDGTLidarExt.jl
index d1b091519..bfd54b871 100644
--- a/ext/GMTDGTLidarExt/GMTDGTLidarExt.jl
+++ b/ext/GMTDGTLidarExt/GMTDGTLidarExt.jl
@@ -185,11 +185,25 @@ module GMTDGTLidarExt
 		           Float64(delay), collection, dry, mosaic, Float64(inc), method, latest, Int(verbose), 0, zoom, compress, proj)
 	end
 
+	# --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+	function _pt_overlaps(b::NTuple{4,Float64})
+		pt_bbox = (-9.6, -6.1, 36.9, 42.2)			# Portugal bounding box: [min_lon, max_lon, min_lat, max_lat]
+		b[1] <= pt_bbox[2] && b[2] >= pt_bbox[1] && b[3] <= pt_bbox[4] && b[4] >= pt_bbox[3]
+	end
+
+	function _validate_pt_bbox(b::NTuple{4,Float64})::NTuple{4,Float64}
+		_pt_overlaps(b) && return b
+		bs = (b[3], b[4], b[1], b[2])
+		_pt_overlaps(bs) && @warn("Coordinates probably given as lat/lon INSTEAD of lon/lat.") && return bs
+		error("Coordinates $b do not intersect Portugal (-9.6, -6.1, 36.9, 42.2)")
+	end
+
 	# --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 	function _dgt_lidar(bbox, user::String, password::String, save::Bool, output_dir::String, delay::Float64, collection::String,
 	                    dry::Bool, mosaic::String, inc::Float64, method::String, latest::Bool, verbose::Int,
 	                    _neighbors, _zoom::Int, compress::String, proj::String)
 
+		bbox = _validate_pt_bbox(NTuple{4,Float64}(bbox))
 		_valid = ("LAZ", "MDT-50cm", "MDS-50cm", "MDT-2m", "MDS-2m")
 		_coll = uppercase(collection)		# Because of Core.Boxes
 		_canonical = findfirst(c -> uppercase(c) == _coll, _valid)
diff --git a/test/test_dgt.jl b/test/test_dgt.jl
index 0be716d36..3114ad224 100644
--- a/test/test_dgt.jl
+++ b/test/test_dgt.jl
@@ -392,7 +392,6 @@ const INTEGRATION_BBOX = [-9.11, -9.0877, 38.728, 38.735]
 
 if isfile(joinpath(homedir(), ".dgt"))
 	@testset "DGT LIDAR Integration" begin
-		#mktempdir() do tmpdir
 		tmpdir = mktempdir()
 
 			# --- dgt_lidar: auth + search, no download (primary bbox form) ---
@@ -499,6 +498,6 @@ if isfile(joinpath(homedir(), ".dgt"))
 				GMT.dgt_lidar(INTEGRATION_BBOX; output_dir=tmpdir, verbose=3)
 				@test length(readdir(coll_dir)) == n_before
 			end
-		#end
 	end
+	@test_throws ErrorException("Coordinates (10.1, 10.1, 10.0, 10.1) do not intersect Portugal (-9.6, -6.1, 36.9, 42.2)") GMT.dgt_lidar([10.1,10.1],[10., 10.1])
 end
diff --git a/test/test_misc.jl b/test/test_misc.jl
index 0712b21d7..3c99ddb40 100644
--- a/test/test_misc.jl
+++ b/test/test_misc.jl
@@ -227,7 +227,7 @@
 	image_alpha!(I, alpha_ind=5);
 	image_alpha!(I, alpha_vec=round.(UInt32,rand(6).*255));
 	@info "before 3"
-	image_alpha!(I, alpha_band=round.(UInt8,rand(27,27).*255))
+	@test_nowarn image_alpha!(I, alpha_band=round.(UInt8,rand(27,27).*255))
 	img = mat2img(rand(UInt8, 6, 6, 3));
 	mask = fill(UInt8(0), 6, 6);
 	mask[3:4,3:4] .= 255;
@@ -243,7 +243,7 @@
 
 	GMT.resetGMT()
 	try
-		upGMT()
+		@test_nowarn upGMT()
 	catch
 	end
 	image_cpt!(I, C)