diff --git a/mlua_derive/src/lib.rs b/mlua_derive/src/lib.rs
index 76fb415..7931dc0 100644
--- a/mlua_derive/src/lib.rs
+++ b/mlua_derive/src/lib.rs
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 use proc_macro::TokenStream;
 use proc_macro2::{Ident, Span};
 use quote::quote;
-use syn::{parse_macro_input, AttributeArgs, ItemFn, Lit, Meta, NestedMeta};
+use syn::{parse_macro_input, AttributeArgs, Error, ItemFn, Lit, Meta, NestedMeta, Result};
 
 #[cfg(feature = "macros")]
 use {
@@ -13,41 +13,49 @@ use {
 struct ModuleArgs {
     name: Option<Ident>,
 }
+
 impl ModuleArgs {
-    fn parse(attr: AttributeArgs) -> Self {
+    fn parse(args: AttributeArgs) -> Result<Self> {
         let mut ret = Self::default();
 
-        for arg in attr {
+        for arg in args {
             match arg {
                 NestedMeta::Meta(Meta::NameValue(meta)) => {
-                    if meta.path.segments.last().unwrap().ident == "name" {
-                        if let Lit::Str(val) = meta.lit {
-                            if let Ok(val) = val.parse() {
-                                ret.name = Some(val);
+                    if meta.path.is_ident("name") {
+                        match meta.lit {
+                            Lit::Str(val) => {
+                                ret.name = Some(val.parse()?);
+                            }
+                            _ => {
+                                return Err(Error::new_spanned(meta.lit, "expected string literal"))
                             }
                         }
+                    } else {
+                        return Err(Error::new_spanned(meta.path, "expected `name`"));
                     }
                 }
-                _ => {}
+                _ => {
+                    return Err(Error::new_spanned(arg, "invalid argument"));
+                }
             }
         }
-        ret
+
+        Ok(ret)
     }
 }
 
 #[proc_macro_attribute]
 pub fn lua_module(attr: TokenStream, item: TokenStream) -> TokenStream {
     let args = parse_macro_input!(attr as AttributeArgs);
-    let args = ModuleArgs::parse(args);
+    let args = match ModuleArgs::parse(args) {
+        Ok(args) => args,
+        Err(err) => return err.to_compile_error().into(),
+    };
     let func = parse_macro_input!(item as ItemFn);
 
     let func_name = func.sig.ident.clone();
-    let module_name = if let Some(name) = args.name {
-        name
-    } else {
-        func_name.clone()
-    };
-    let ext_entrypoint_name = Ident::new(&format!("luaopen_{}", module_name), Span::call_site());
+    let module_name = args.name.unwrap_or_else(|| func_name.clone());
+    let ext_entrypoint_name = Ident::new(&format!("luaopen_{module_name}"), Span::call_site());
 
     let wrapped = quote! {
         ::mlua::require_module_feature!();
diff --git a/tests/module/src/lib.rs b/tests/module/src/lib.rs
index c624078..4e5aae5 100644
--- a/tests/module/src/lib.rs
+++ b/tests/module/src/lib.rs
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ fn check_userdata(_: &Lua, ud: MyUserData) -> LuaResult<i32> {
     Ok(ud.0)
 }
 
-#[mlua::lua_module(name = "rust_module_first")]
+#[mlua::lua_module]
 fn rust_module(lua: &Lua) -> LuaResult<LuaTable> {
     let exports = lua.create_table()?;
     exports.set("sum", lua.create_function(sum)?)?;
@@ -26,8 +26,8 @@ struct MyUserData(i32);
 
 impl LuaUserData for MyUserData {}
 
-#[mlua::lua_module]
-fn rust_module_second(lua: &Lua) -> LuaResult<LuaTable> {
+#[mlua::lua_module(name = "rust_module_second")]
+fn rust_module2(lua: &Lua) -> LuaResult<LuaTable> {
     let exports = lua.create_table()?;
     exports.set("userdata", lua.create_userdata(MyUserData(123))?)?;
     Ok(exports)