diff --git a/src/UglyQueue.php b/src/UglyQueue.php
index fd39aa3..a0fe956 100644
--- a/src/UglyQueue.php
+++ b/src/UglyQueue.php
@@ -256,8 +256,7 @@ HTML;
     public function processQueue($count = 1)
     {
         if ($this->mode === self::QUEUE_READONLY)
-            throw new \RuntimeException('Queue "'.$this->_name.'" cannot be processed.'.
-            '  It was started in Read-Only mode (the user running this process does not have permission to write to the queue directory).');
+            throw new \RuntimeException('Queue "'.$this->_name.'" cannot be processed. It was started in Read-Only mode (the user running this process does not have permission to write to the queue directory).');
 
         // If we don't have a lock, assume issue and move on.
         if ($this->_locked === false)
diff --git a/src/UglyQueueManager.php b/src/UglyQueueManager.php
index 12939ab..5a42ccc 100644
--- a/src/UglyQueueManager.php
+++ b/src/UglyQueueManager.php
@@ -43,8 +43,6 @@ class UglyQueueManager implements \SplObserver, \SplSubject
         if (!is_dir($config['queue-base-dir']))
             throw new \RuntimeException('"queue-base-dir" points to a directory that does not exist.');
 
-        $this->notifyStatus = self::NOTIFY_MANAGER_INITIALIZED;
-
         $this->config = $config;
         $this->queueBaseDir =  rtrim(realpath($this->config['queue-base-dir']), "/\\").DIRECTORY_SEPARATOR;
         $this->observers = $observers;
@@ -58,18 +56,14 @@ class UglyQueueManager implements \SplObserver, \SplSubject
     public static function init(array $config, array $observers = array())
     {
         /** @var \DCarbone\UglyQueueManager $manager */
-        $manager = new static($config, array());
-
-        $manager->observers = $observers;
-
-        $manager->notify();
+        $manager = new static($config, $observers);
 
         /** @var \DCarbone\UglyQueue $uglyQueue */
 
         foreach(glob($manager->queueBaseDir.DIRECTORY_SEPARATOR.'*', GLOB_ONLYDIR) as $queueDir)
         {
             // Try to avoid looking at hidden directories or magic dirs such as '.' and '..'
-            $split = preg_split('#[/\\]+#', $queueDir);
+            $split = preg_split('#[/\\\]+#', $queueDir);
             if (strpos(end($split), '.') === 0)
                 continue;
 
@@ -81,6 +75,9 @@ class UglyQueueManager implements \SplObserver, \SplSubject
             $manager->addQueue($uglyQueue);
         }
 
+        $manager->notifyStatus = self::NOTIFY_MANAGER_INITIALIZED;
+        $manager->notify();
+
         return $manager;
     }
 
@@ -91,10 +88,9 @@ class UglyQueueManager implements \SplObserver, \SplSubject
      */
     public function addQueue(UglyQueue $uglyQueue)
     {
-        if ($this->queueExistsByName($uglyQueue->name))
+        if ($this->containsQueueWithName($uglyQueue->name))
             throw new \InvalidArgumentException('Queue named "'.$uglyQueue->name.'" already exists in this manager.');
 
-
         $this->queues[$uglyQueue->name] = $uglyQueue;
 
         $this->notifyStatus = self::NOTIFY_QUEUE_ADDED;
@@ -120,7 +116,7 @@ class UglyQueueManager implements \SplObserver, \SplSubject
      */
     public function removeQueue(UglyQueue $uglyQueue)
     {
-        if ($this->queueExistsByName($uglyQueue->name))
+        if ($this->containsQueueWithName($uglyQueue->name))
             unset($this->queues[$uglyQueue->name]);
 
         return $this;
@@ -132,7 +128,7 @@ class UglyQueueManager implements \SplObserver, \SplSubject
      */
     public function removeQueueByName($name)
     {
-        if ($this->queueExistsByName($name))
+        if ($this->containsQueueWithName($name))
         {
             unset($this->queues[$name]);
             $this->notifyStatus = self::NOTIFY_QUEUE_REMOVED;
@@ -159,7 +155,7 @@ class UglyQueueManager implements \SplObserver, \SplSubject
      * @param string $name
      * @return bool
      */
-    public function queueExistsByName($name)
+    public function containsQueueWithName($name)
     {
         return isset($this->queues[$name]);
     }
diff --git a/tests/UglyQueue/UglyQueueTest.php b/tests/UglyQueue/UglyQueueTest.php
index 7a001ca..883fea7 100644
--- a/tests/UglyQueue/UglyQueueTest.php
+++ b/tests/UglyQueue/UglyQueueTest.php
@@ -113,6 +113,31 @@ class UglyQueueTest extends PHPUnit_Framework_TestCase
         $this->assertEquals('tasty-sandwich', $queueName);
     }
 
+    /**
+     * @covers \DCarbone\UglyQueue::__get
+     * @uses \DCarbone\UglyQueue
+     * @depends testCanInitializeUglyQueueWithValidConfigArrayAndNoObservers
+     * @param \DCarbone\UglyQueue $uglyQueue
+     */
+    public function testCanGetQueueLockedStatus(\DCarbone\UglyQueue $uglyQueue)
+    {
+        $locked = $uglyQueue->locked;
+
+        $this->assertFalse($locked);
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * @covers \DCarbone\UglyQueue::__get
+     * @uses \DCarbone\UglyQueue
+     * @expectedException \OutOfBoundsException
+     * @depends testCanInitializeUglyQueueWithValidConfigArrayAndNoObservers
+     * @param \DCarbone\UglyQueue $uglyQueue
+     */
+    public function testExceptionThrownWhenAttemptingToGetInvalidProperty(\DCarbone\UglyQueue $uglyQueue)
+    {
+        $sandwich = $uglyQueue->sandwich;
+    }
+
     /**
      * @covers \DCarbone\UglyQueue::isLocked
      * @uses \DCarbone\UglyQueue
diff --git a/tests/UglyQueueManager/UglyQueueManagerTest.php b/tests/UglyQueueManager/UglyQueueManagerTest.php
index 6ca65c6..88ec794 100644
--- a/tests/UglyQueueManager/UglyQueueManagerTest.php
+++ b/tests/UglyQueueManager/UglyQueueManagerTest.php
@@ -5,6 +5,59 @@
  */
 class UglyQueueManagerTest extends PHPUnit_Framework_TestCase
 {
+    /**
+     * @covers \DCarbone\UglyQueueManager::__construct
+     * @covers \DCarbone\UglyQueueManager::init
+     * @covers \DCarbone\UglyQueue::unserialize
+     * @covers \DCarbone\UglyQueueManager::addQueue
+     * @covers \DCarbone\UglyQueueManager::containsQueueWithName
+     * @uses \DCarbone\UglyQueueManager
+     * @uses \DCarbone\UglyQueue
+     * @return \DCarbone\UglyQueueManager
+     */
+    public function testCanInitializeManagerWithConfigAndNoObservers()
+    {
+        $config = array(
+            'queue-base-dir' => __DIR__.'/../misc/'
+        );
+
+        $manager = \DCarbone\UglyQueueManager::init($config);
+
+        $this->assertInstanceOf('\\DCarbone\\UglyQueueManager', $manager);
+
+        return $manager;
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * @covers \DCarbone\UglyQueueManager::init
+     * @covers \DCarbone\UglyQueueManager::__construct
+     * @uses \DCarbone\UglyQueueManager
+     * @expectedException \RuntimeException
+     */
+    public function testExceptionThrownDuringConstructionWithInvalidBasePathValue()
+    {
+        $config = array(
+            'queue-base-dir' => 'i do not exist!'
+        );
+
+        $manager = \DCarbone\UglyQueueManager::init($config);
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * @covers \DCarbone\UglyQueueManager::init
+     * @covers \DCarbone\UglyQueueManager::__construct
+     * @uses \DCarbone\UglyQueueManager
+     * @expectedException \InvalidArgumentException
+     */
+    public function testExceptionThrownDuringConstructionWithInvalidConfArray()
+    {
+        $config = array(
+            'wrong-key' => 'wrong value'
+        );
+
+        $manager = \DCarbone\UglyQueueManager::init($config);
+    }
+
 //    /**
 //     * @covers \DCarbone\UglyQueue::queueExists
 //     * @uses \DCarbone\UglyQueue