diff --git a/src/bufr/IodaEncoder/IodaEncoder.cpp b/src/bufr/IodaEncoder/IodaEncoder.cpp
index 931ff1712..97b6d34ae 100644
--- a/src/bufr/IodaEncoder/IodaEncoder.cpp
+++ b/src/bufr/IodaEncoder/IodaEncoder.cpp
@@ -62,6 +62,16 @@ namespace Ingester
                               + path);
                     }
 
+                    if (path.substr(0, 1) != "*")
+                    {
+                        std::ostringstream errStr;
+                        errStr << "ioda::dimensions: ";
+                        errStr << "Path " << path << " must start with *. ";
+                        errStr << "Subset specific named dimensions are not supported.";
+
+                        throw eckit::BadParameter(errStr.str());
+                    }
+
                     dimPaths.insert(path);
                 }
 
diff --git a/test/CMakeLists.txt b/test/CMakeLists.txt
index 4b51e741c..1abd7cb7c 100644
--- a/test/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/test/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -939,7 +939,7 @@ ecbuild_add_test( TARGET  test_${PROJECT_NAME}_mopitt_co
                           -i testinput/mopitt_co.he5
                           -o testrun/mopitt_co.nc
                           -r 2021092903 2021092921"
-                          mopitt_co.nc ${IODA_CONV_COMP_TOL_ZERO})
+                  mopitt_co.nc ${IODA_CONV_COMP_TOL_ZERO})
 
 ecbuild_add_test( TARGET  test_${PROJECT_NAME}_modis_aod
                   TYPE    SCRIPT
@@ -1201,7 +1201,6 @@ if(iodaconv_bufr_ENABLED)
   ecbuild_add_test( TARGET  test_iodaconv_bufr_adpupa
                     TYPE    SCRIPT
                     COMMAND bash
-                    COMMAND bash
                     ARGS    ${CMAKE_BINARY_DIR}/bin/iodaconv_comp.sh
                             netcdf
                     "${CMAKE_BINARY_DIR}/bin/bufr2ioda.x testinput/adpupa_prepbufr.yaml"
diff --git a/tools/bufr/print_queries.cpp b/tools/bufr/print_queries.cpp
index 8fbb485c8..3765cb787 100644
--- a/tools/bufr/print_queries.cpp
+++ b/tools/bufr/print_queries.cpp
@@ -41,7 +41,7 @@ getDimPaths(const std::vector<Ingester::bufr::QueryData>& queryData)
     for (auto& query : queryData)
     {
         std::stringstream pathStream;
-        pathStream << query.pathComponents[0];
+        pathStream << "*";
         for (size_t idx=1; idx <= query.dimIdxs.back(); idx++)
         {
             pathStream << "/" << query.pathComponents[idx];
@@ -124,7 +124,7 @@ void printDimPaths(std::vector<std::pair<int, std::string>> dimPaths)
 {
     for (auto& dimPath : dimPaths)
     {
-        std::cout << "  " << dimPath.first << "d " << dimPath.second << std::endl;
+        std::cout << "  " << dimPath.first << "d  " << dimPath.second << std::endl;
     }
 }
 
@@ -133,7 +133,7 @@ void printQueryList(const std::vector<Ingester::bufr::QueryData>& queries)
     for (auto query : queries)
     {
         std::ostringstream ostr;
-        ostr << dimStyledStr(query.dimIdxs.size()) << " ";
+        ostr << dimStyledStr(query.dimIdxs.size()) << "  ";
         ostr << query.pathComponents[0];
         for (size_t pathIdx = 1; pathIdx < query.pathComponents.size(); pathIdx++)
         {