diff --git a/src/rai_bench/rai_bench/manipulation_o3de/benchmark.py b/src/rai_bench/rai_bench/manipulation_o3de/benchmark.py
index 8ab95b723..031c1f7c0 100644
--- a/src/rai_bench/rai_bench/manipulation_o3de/benchmark.py
+++ b/src/rai_bench/rai_bench/manipulation_o3de/benchmark.py
@@ -103,6 +103,8 @@ def __init__(
         self.scene_config = scene_config
         # NOTE (jmatejcz) needed for logging which config was used,
         # there probably is better way to do it
+        if not isinstance(scene_config_path, str) or not scene_config_path.strip():
+            raise ValueError("scene_config_path must be a non-empty string")
         self.scene_config_path = scene_config_path
         if not level:
             self.level = "not_declared"
diff --git a/tests/rai_bench/manipulation_o3de/test_scenario_path.py b/tests/rai_bench/manipulation_o3de/test_scenario_path.py
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..57e9583ae
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/rai_bench/manipulation_o3de/test_scenario_path.py
@@ -0,0 +1,114 @@
+# Copyright (C) 2026
+import ast
+import importlib.util
+import sys
+import types
+from pathlib import Path
+from unittest.mock import MagicMock
+
+import pytest
+
+ROOT = Path(__file__).resolve().parents[3]
+BENCH = ROOT / "src/rai_bench/rai_bench/manipulation_o3de/benchmark.py"
+
+
+def _load_scenario_class():
+    """Load Scenario from benchmark.py without importing heavy ROS deps."""
+    src = BENCH.read_text()
+    # Parse and exec only the Scenario class body is hard; instead stub deps then import.
+    stubs = [
+        "rai",
+        "rai.agents",
+        "rai.agents.langchain",
+        "rai.messages",
+        "rai.types",
+        "rai_sim",
+        "rai_sim.simulation_bridge",
+        "langchain_core",
+        "langchain_core.language_models",
+        "langchain_core.messages",
+        "langchain_core.runnables",
+        "langchain_core.tools",
+        "rai_bench",
+        "rai_bench.agents",
+        "rai_bench.manipulation_o3de",
+        "rai_bench.manipulation_o3de.interfaces",
+        "rai_bench.utils",
+        "rai_bench.results_tracking",
+    ]
+    for name in stubs:
+        if name not in sys.modules:
+            m = types.ModuleType(name)
+            m.__path__ = []  # type: ignore
+            sys.modules[name] = m
+    # Extra symbols used at import
+    sys.modules["rai.types"].Header = object
+    sys.modules["rai.types"].Point = object
+    sys.modules["rai.types"].Pose = object
+    sys.modules["rai.types"].PoseStamped = object
+    sys.modules["rai.types"].Quaternion = object
+    sys.modules["rai.agents.langchain"].ReActAgent = object
+    sys.modules["rai.messages"].HumanMultimodalMessage = object
+    sys.modules["langchain_core.language_models"].BaseChatModel = object
+    sys.modules["langchain_core.messages"].BaseMessage = object
+    sys.modules["langchain_core.runnables"].Runnable = object
+    sys.modules["langchain_core.tools"].BaseTool = object
+    # interfaces.Task
+    iface = sys.modules["rai_bench.manipulation_o3de.interfaces"]
+    class Task:  # noqa: D401
+        pass
+    iface.Task = Task
+    # Entity SceneConfig
+    sb = sys.modules["rai_sim.simulation_bridge"]
+    class Entity: pass
+    class SceneConfig: pass
+    sb.Entity = Entity
+    sb.SceneConfig = SceneConfig
+    # results tracking light
+    rt = sys.modules.setdefault("rai_bench.results_tracking", types.ModuleType("rai_bench.results_tracking"))
+    class TaskResult: pass
+    rt.TaskResult = TaskResult
+    # utils
+    utils = sys.modules["rai_bench.utils"]
+    utils.define_benchmark_logger = lambda *a, **k: None
+    spec = importlib.util.spec_from_file_location("rai_bench_o3de_benchmark_under_test", BENCH)
+    mod = importlib.util.module_from_spec(spec)
+    assert spec and spec.loader
+    try:
+        spec.loader.exec_module(mod)
+    except Exception as e:
+        # fallback: exec stripped Scenario-only via ast
+        tree = ast.parse(src)
+        scenario_node = None
+        for node in tree.body:
+            if isinstance(node, ast.ClassDef) and node.name == "Scenario":
+                scenario_node = node
+                break
+        if scenario_node is None:
+            raise
+        module = ast.Module(body=[scenario_node], type_ignores=[])
+        ast.fix_missing_locations(module)
+        ns = {}
+        exec(compile(module, str(BENCH), "exec"), ns)
+        return ns["Scenario"]
+        raise e
+    return mod.Scenario
+
+
+def test_scenario_rejects_empty_scene_config_path() -> None:
+    Scenario = _load_scenario_class()
+    task = MagicMock()
+    scene = MagicMock()
+    with pytest.raises(ValueError, match="scene_config_path"):
+        Scenario(task=task, scene_config=scene, scene_config_path="")
+    with pytest.raises(ValueError, match="scene_config_path"):
+        Scenario(task=task, scene_config=scene, scene_config_path="   ")
+
+
+def test_scenario_accepts_non_empty_path() -> None:
+    Scenario = _load_scenario_class()
+    task = MagicMock()
+    scene = MagicMock()
+    s = Scenario(task=task, scene_config=scene, scene_config_path="configs/1a.yaml")
+    assert s.scene_config_path == "configs/1a.yaml"
+    assert s.level == "not_declared"