diff --git a/readme.md b/readme.md
index a2f622e..822550f 100644
--- a/readme.md
+++ b/readme.md
@@ -36,6 +36,9 @@ This code will be executed
 ```
 
 # Changelog
+#### 0.12 (2024-01-09)
+- Error when providing invalid options
+
 #### 0.11 (2024-01-09)
 - Updated CI and ruff fixes
 
diff --git a/src/sphinx_exec_code/__version__.py b/src/sphinx_exec_code/__version__.py
index 438a041..b804441 100644
--- a/src/sphinx_exec_code/__version__.py
+++ b/src/sphinx_exec_code/__version__.py
@@ -1 +1 @@
-__version__ = '0.11'
+__version__ = '0.12'
diff --git a/src/sphinx_exec_code/sphinx_exec.py b/src/sphinx_exec_code/sphinx_exec.py
index 9d4c696..b1017c1 100644
--- a/src/sphinx_exec_code/sphinx_exec.py
+++ b/src/sphinx_exec_code/sphinx_exec.py
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@
 from sphinx_exec_code.code_exec import CodeExceptionError, execute_code
 from sphinx_exec_code.code_format import VisibilityMarkerError, get_show_exec_code
 from sphinx_exec_code.configuration import EXAMPLE_DIR
-from sphinx_exec_code.sphinx_spec import SpecCode, SpecOutput, SphinxSpecBase, build_spec
+from sphinx_exec_code.sphinx_spec import SphinxSpecBase, build_spec, get_specs
 
 
 def create_literal_block(objs: list, code: str, spec: SphinxSpecBase):
@@ -83,7 +83,7 @@ def _run(self) -> list:
         file = Path(raw_file)
         line = self._get_code_line(raw_line, content)
 
-        code_spec = SpecCode.from_options(self.options)
+        code_spec, output_spec = get_specs(self.options)
 
         # Read from example files
         if code_spec.filename:
@@ -115,5 +115,5 @@ def _run(self) -> list:
             raise ExtensionError(msg) from None
 
         # Show the output from the code execution
-        create_literal_block(output, code_results, spec=SpecOutput.from_options(self.options))
+        create_literal_block(output, code_results, spec=output_spec)
         return output
diff --git a/src/sphinx_exec_code/sphinx_spec.py b/src/sphinx_exec_code/sphinx_spec.py
index 2218d8d..33b9ecc 100644
--- a/src/sphinx_exec_code/sphinx_spec.py
+++ b/src/sphinx_exec_code/sphinx_spec.py
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-from typing import Any, Callable, ClassVar, Dict
+from typing import Any, Callable, ClassVar, Dict, Tuple
 
 from docutils.parsers.rst import directives  # type: ignore
 
@@ -28,6 +28,7 @@ def from_options(cls, options: Dict[str, Any]) -> 'SphinxSpecBase':
                 if not val:
                     val = cls.defaults[name]
                 opts[name] = val
+
         return cls(**opts)
 
     @classmethod
@@ -44,6 +45,20 @@ def build_spec() -> Dict[str, Callable[[Any], Any]]:
     return spec
 
 
+def get_specs(options: Dict[str, Any]) -> Tuple['SpecCode', 'SpecOutput']:
+    supported = set(SpecCode.aliases) | set(SpecOutput.aliases)
+    invalid = set(options) - supported
+
+    if invalid:
+        msg = (
+            f'Invalid option{"s" if len(invalid) != 1 else ""}: '
+            f'{", ".join(sorted(map(str, invalid)))}! Supported: {", ".join(sorted(map(str, supported)))}'
+        )
+        raise ValueError(msg)
+
+    return SpecCode.from_options(options), SpecOutput.from_options(options)
+
+
 class SpecCode(SphinxSpecBase):
     aliases: ClassVar = {
         'hide_code': 'hide',
diff --git a/tests/test_sphinx_spec.py b/tests/test_sphinx_spec.py
index c2ec7bf..51ad00b 100644
--- a/tests/test_sphinx_spec.py
+++ b/tests/test_sphinx_spec.py
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
 import pytest
 from docutils.parsers.rst import directives
 
-from sphinx_exec_code.sphinx_spec import SpecCode, SpecOutput, SphinxSpecBase, build_spec
+from sphinx_exec_code.sphinx_spec import SpecCode, SpecOutput, SphinxSpecBase, build_spec, get_specs
 
 
 def test_aliases_unique():
@@ -42,12 +42,12 @@ def test_build_spec_code():
 
 
 def test_spec_code():
-    obj = SpecCode.from_options({'linenos': None, 'caption': 'my_header'})
+    obj = SpecCode.from_options({'linenos': None, 'caption': 'my_header', 'filename': 'filename'})
     assert obj.caption == 'my_header'
     assert obj.language == 'python'
     assert obj.linenos is True
     assert obj.hide is False
-    assert obj.filename == ''
+    assert obj.filename == 'filename'
 
 
 def test_spec_output():
@@ -56,3 +56,20 @@ def test_spec_output():
     assert obj.language == 'none'
     assert obj.linenos is False
     assert obj.hide is True
+
+
+def test_invalid_options():
+    with pytest.raises(ValueError) as e:    # noqa: PT011
+        get_specs({'hide-output': None})
+
+    assert str(e.value) == ('Invalid option: hide-output! '
+                            'Supported: caption, caption_output, filename, hide_code, hide_output, '
+                            'language, language_output, linenos, linenos_output')
+
+
+    with pytest.raises(ValueError) as e:    # noqa: PT011
+        get_specs({'hide-output': None, 'language_output': 'asdf', 'caption-output': 'test'})
+
+    assert str(e.value) == ('Invalid options: caption-output, hide-output! '
+                            'Supported: caption, caption_output, filename, hide_code, hide_output, '
+                            'language, language_output, linenos, linenos_output')