diff --git a/src/Views/Traits/Columns/HasComponentView.php b/src/Views/Traits/Columns/HasComponentView.php
index 27fccc623..388421adc 100644
--- a/src/Views/Traits/Columns/HasComponentView.php
+++ b/src/Views/Traits/Columns/HasComponentView.php
@@ -2,13 +2,19 @@
 
 namespace Rappasoft\LaravelLivewireTables\Views\Traits\Columns;
 
+use Illuminate\Support\Facades\View;
+
 trait HasComponentView
 {
     protected string $componentView;
 
     public function component(string $component): self
     {
-        $this->componentView = 'components.'.$component;
+        if (View::exists('components.'.$component)) {
+            $this->componentView = 'components.'.$component;
+        } elseif (View::exists($component)) {
+            $this->componentView = $component;
+        }
 
         return $this;
     }
diff --git a/tests/TestCase.php b/tests/TestCase.php
index aba2a3bc6..39b40d0fc 100644
--- a/tests/TestCase.php
+++ b/tests/TestCase.php
@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@
 use Rappasoft\LaravelLivewireTables\Tests\Models\Pet;
 use Rappasoft\LaravelLivewireTables\Tests\Models\Species;
 use Rappasoft\LaravelLivewireTables\Tests\Models\Veterinary;
+use Rappasoft\LaravelLivewireTables\Tests\TestServiceProvider;
 
 class TestCase extends Orchestra
 {
@@ -139,6 +140,7 @@ protected function setupUnpaginatedTable()
     protected function getPackageProviders($app): array
     {
         return [
+            TestServiceProvider::class,
             LivewireServiceProvider::class,
             LaravelLivewireTablesServiceProvider::class,
             BladeIconsServiceProvider::class,
diff --git a/tests/TestServiceProvider.php b/tests/TestServiceProvider.php
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..d3714c914
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/TestServiceProvider.php
@@ -0,0 +1,17 @@
+<?php
+
+namespace Rappasoft\LaravelLivewireTables\Tests;
+
+use Illuminate\Support\Facades\Blade;
+use Illuminate\Support\ServiceProvider;
+use Rappasoft\LaravelLivewireTables\Tests\Http\Components\TestComponent;
+
+class TestServiceProvider extends ServiceProvider
+{
+    public function boot(): void
+    {
+        Blade::component('test-component', TestComponent::class);
+        $this->loadViewsFrom(__DIR__.'/views', 'livewire-tables-test');
+
+    }
+}
diff --git a/tests/Unit/Views/Columns/ComponentColumnTest.php b/tests/Unit/Views/Columns/ComponentColumnTest.php
index 343cab77a..bded51dc5 100644
--- a/tests/Unit/Views/Columns/ComponentColumnTest.php
+++ b/tests/Unit/Views/Columns/ComponentColumnTest.php
@@ -2,7 +2,9 @@
 
 namespace Rappasoft\LaravelLivewireTables\Tests\Unit\Views\Columns;
 
+use Illuminate\Support\Facades\Blade;
 use Rappasoft\LaravelLivewireTables\Exceptions\DataTableConfigurationException;
+use Rappasoft\LaravelLivewireTables\Tests\Http\Components\TestComponent;
 use Rappasoft\LaravelLivewireTables\Tests\Models\Pet;
 use Rappasoft\LaravelLivewireTables\Tests\TestCase;
 use Rappasoft\LaravelLivewireTables\Views\Column;
@@ -10,6 +12,11 @@
 
 final class ComponentColumnTest extends TestCase
 {
+    protected function setUp(): void
+    {
+        parent::setUp();
+    }
+
     public function test_can_set_the_column_title(): void
     {
         $column = ComponentColumn::make('Name', 'name');
@@ -34,4 +41,57 @@ public function test_can_not_be_both_collapsible_on_mobile_and_on_tablet(): void
         $column->getContents($row);
 
     }
+
+    public function test_can_set_custom_slot(): void
+    {
+        $column = ComponentColumn::make('Age 2', 'age')
+            ->attributes(fn ($value, $row, Column $column) => [
+                'age' => $row->age,
+            ])
+            ->slot(fn ($value, $row, Column $column) => [
+                ($row->age < 2) => 'test1',
+                ($row->age > 2) => 'test2',
+            ]);
+        $this->assertTrue($column->hasSlotCallback());
+    }
+
+    public function test_can_get_custom_slot(): void
+    {
+
+        $column = ComponentColumn::make('Age 2', 'age')
+            ->attributes(fn ($value, $row, Column $column) => [
+                'age' => $row->age,
+            ])
+            ->slot(fn ($value, $row, Column $column) => (($row->age < 10) ? 'youngslot' : 'oldslot'))
+            ->component('livewire-tables-test::test');
+
+        $pet1 = Pet::where('age', '>', 11)->first();
+        $pet1_contents = $column->getContents($pet1);
+        $this->assertSame('oldslot', $pet1_contents->getData()['slot']->__toString());
+
+        $pet2 = Pet::where('age', '<', 5)->first();
+        $pet2_contents = $column->getContents($pet2);
+        $this->assertSame('youngslot', $pet2_contents->getData()['slot']->__toString());
+
+    }
+
+    public function test_can_get_attributes(): void
+    {
+
+        $column = ComponentColumn::make('Age 2', 'age')
+            ->attributes(fn ($value, $row, Column $column) => [
+                'age' => $row->age,
+            ])
+            ->slot(fn ($value, $row, Column $column) => (($row->age < 10) ? 'youngslot' : 'oldslot'))
+            ->component('livewire-tables-test::test');
+
+        $pet1 = Pet::where('age', '>', 11)->first();
+        $pet1_contents = $column->getContents($pet1);
+        $this->assertSame(22, $pet1_contents->getData()['attributes']['age']);
+
+        $pet2 = Pet::where('age', '<', 5)->first();
+        $pet2_contents = $column->getContents($pet2);
+        $this->assertSame(2, $pet2_contents->getData()['attributes']['age']);
+
+    }
 }
diff --git a/tests/Unit/Views/Columns/ViewComponentColumnTest.php b/tests/Unit/Views/Columns/ViewComponentColumnTest.php
index 2edcf4c53..c5d138d71 100644
--- a/tests/Unit/Views/Columns/ViewComponentColumnTest.php
+++ b/tests/Unit/Views/Columns/ViewComponentColumnTest.php
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@ public function test_can_have_component_view(): void
             ]);
 
         $this->assertFalse($column->hasComponentView());
-        $column->component('test-component');
+        $column->component('livewire-tables-test::test');
         $this->assertTrue($column->hasComponentView());
     }
 
diff --git a/tests/Unit/Views/ComponentColumnTest.php b/tests/Unit/Views/ComponentColumnTest.php
deleted file mode 100644
index ba36e2f44..000000000
--- a/tests/Unit/Views/ComponentColumnTest.php
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,33 +0,0 @@
-<?php
-
-namespace Rappasoft\LaravelLivewireTables\Tests\Unit\Views;
-
-use Rappasoft\LaravelLivewireTables\Exceptions\DataTableConfigurationException;
-use Rappasoft\LaravelLivewireTables\Tests\Models\Pet;
-use Rappasoft\LaravelLivewireTables\Tests\TestCase;
-use Rappasoft\LaravelLivewireTables\Views\Columns\ComponentColumn;
-
-final class ComponentColumnTest extends TestCase
-{
-    public function test_component_column_attributes_callback_return_can_not_be_an_string()
-    {
-        $this->expectException(DataTableConfigurationException::class);
-        ComponentColumn::make('Name')
-            ->component('alert')
-            ->attributes(fn () => 'string')->getContents(Pet::find(1));
-    }
-
-    public function test_component_column_component_has_to_be_an_string()
-    {
-        $column = ComponentColumn::make('Name')
-            ->component('alert');
-        $this->assertEquals('components.alert', $column->getComponentView());
-    }
-
-    public function test_component_column_component_view_has_to_be_set()
-    {
-        $this->expectException(DataTableConfigurationException::class);
-        ComponentColumn::make('Name')
-            ->getContents(Pet::find(1));
-    }
-}
diff --git a/tests/views/test.blade.php b/tests/views/test.blade.php
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..70dc7f6ea
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/views/test.blade.php
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+<div>
+    test
+</div>
\ No newline at end of file