diff --git a/lib/inprovise/fork/fork.rb b/lib/inprovise/fork/fork.rb
index 83e949f..def64b5 100644
--- a/lib/inprovise/fork/fork.rb
+++ b/lib/inprovise/fork/fork.rb
@@ -23,7 +23,9 @@ def initialize(context, mode)
     end
 
     def verify_targets(*names)
-      if names.any? { |name| @context.node.name == name || Inprovise::Infrastructure.find(name).includes?(@context.node.name) }
+      tgts = names.collect { |name| Inprovise::Infrastructure.find(name) }.compact
+      raise ArgumentError, "Missing target node(s) for forked provisioning" if tgts.empty?
+      if tgts.any? { |tgt| @context.node.name == tgt.name || tgt.includes?(@context.node.name) }
         raise ArgumentError, "Not allowed to fork for same node as running context : #{@context.node.name}"
       end
     end
diff --git a/lib/inprovise/fork/version.rb b/lib/inprovise/fork/version.rb
index a5d8070..66a2b43 100644
--- a/lib/inprovise/fork/version.rb
+++ b/lib/inprovise/fork/version.rb
@@ -5,6 +5,6 @@
 
 module Inprovise; module Fork
 
-  VERSION = '0.2.1'
+  VERSION = '0.2.2'
 
 end; end