diff --git a/nvitop/core/libnvml.py b/nvitop/core/libnvml.py
index f1895142..5d4c3fc3 100644
--- a/nvitop/core/libnvml.py
+++ b/nvitop/core/libnvml.py
@@ -5,8 +5,11 @@
 
 # pylint: disable=invalid-name
 
+import ctypes as _ctypes
+import functools as _functools
 import inspect as _inspect
 import logging as _logging
+import os as _os
 import re as _re
 import sys as _sys
 import threading as _threading
@@ -49,7 +52,6 @@
 
 # Load members from module `pynvml` and register them in `__all__` and globals.
 _vars_pynvml = vars(_pynvml)
-_vars = _OrderedDict()
 _name = _attr = None
 _errcode_to_name = {}
 _const_names = []
@@ -158,6 +160,13 @@
 __lock = _threading.Lock()
 
 LOGGER = _logging.getLogger(__name__)
+try:
+    LOGGER.setLevel(_os.getenv('LOGLEVEL', default='WARNING').upper())
+except (ValueError, TypeError):
+    pass
+if not LOGGER.hasHandlers() and LOGGER.isEnabledFor(_logging.INFO):
+    LOGGER.addHandler(_logging.StreamHandler())
+    LOGGER.addHandler(_logging.FileHandler('debug-{}.log'.format(__name__)))
 UNKNOWN_FUNCTIONS = {}
 UNKNOWN_FUNCTIONS_CACHE_SIZE = 1024
 VERSIONED_PATTERN = _re.compile(r'^(?P<name>\w+)(?P<suffix>_v(\d)+)$')
@@ -368,7 +377,133 @@ def nvmlCheckReturn(
     return retval != NA and isinstance(retval, types)
 
 
-# Add support for lookup fallback and context manager.
+# Patch layers for backward compatibility ##########################################################
+def __patch_backward_compatibility_layers() -> None:
+    function_name_mapping_lock = _threading.Lock()
+    function_name_mapping = {}
+
+    def function_mapping_update(mapping):
+        with function_name_mapping_lock:
+            mapping = dict(mapping)
+            for name, mapped_name in function_name_mapping.items():
+                if mapped_name in mapping:
+                    mapping[name] = mapping[mapped_name]
+            function_name_mapping.update(mapping)
+        return mapping
+
+    def with_mapped_function_name():
+        def wrapper(nvmlGetFunctionPointer):
+            @_functools.wraps(nvmlGetFunctionPointer)
+            def wrapped(name):
+                mapped_name = function_name_mapping.get(name, name)
+                return nvmlGetFunctionPointer(mapped_name)
+
+            return wrapped
+
+        _pynvml.__dict__.update(  # need to use module.__dict__.__setitem__ because module.__setattr__ will not work
+            _nvmlGetFunctionPointer=wrapper(
+                _pynvml._nvmlGetFunctionPointer  # pylint: disable=protected-access
+            )
+        )
+
+    def patch_function_pointers_when_fail(names, callback):
+        """Patches the function pointers of the NVML library."""
+
+        def wrapper(nvmlGetFunctionPointer):
+            @_functools.wraps(nvmlGetFunctionPointer)
+            def wrapped(name):
+                try:
+                    return nvmlGetFunctionPointer(name)
+                except NVMLError_FunctionNotFound as ex:
+                    if name in names:
+                        new_name = callback(name, names, ex, _pynvml, __modself)
+                        return nvmlGetFunctionPointer(new_name)
+                    raise
+
+            return wrapped
+
+        return wrapper
+
+    def patch_process_info():
+        PrintableStructure = _pynvml._PrintableStructure  # pylint: disable=protected-access
+
+        # pylint: disable-next=missing-class-docstring,too-few-public-methods
+        class c_nvmlProcessInfo_v1_t(PrintableStructure):
+            _fields_ = [
+                ('pid', _ctypes.c_uint),
+                ('usedGpuMemory', _ctypes.c_ulonglong),
+            ]
+            _fmt_ = {
+                'usedGpuMemory': '%d B',
+            }
+
+        # pylint: disable-next=missing-class-docstring,too-few-public-methods
+        class c_nvmlProcessInfo_v2_t(PrintableStructure):
+            _fields_ = [
+                ('pid', _ctypes.c_uint),
+                ('usedGpuMemory', _ctypes.c_ulonglong),
+                ('gpuInstanceId', _ctypes.c_uint),
+                ('computeInstanceId', _ctypes.c_uint),
+            ]
+            _fmt_ = {
+                'usedGpuMemory': '%d B',
+            }
+
+        nvmlDeviceGetRunningProcesses_v3_v2 = {
+            'nvmlDeviceGetComputeRunningProcesses_v3': 'nvmlDeviceGetComputeRunningProcesses_v2',
+            'nvmlDeviceGetGraphicsRunningProcesses_v3': 'nvmlDeviceGetGraphicsRunningProcesses_v2',
+            'nvmlDeviceGetMPSComputeRunningProcesses_v3': 'nvmlDeviceGetMPSComputeRunningProcesses_v2',
+        }
+        nvmlDeviceGetRunningProcesses_v2_v1 = {
+            'nvmlDeviceGetComputeRunningProcesses_v2': 'nvmlDeviceGetComputeRunningProcesses',
+            'nvmlDeviceGetGraphicsRunningProcesses_v2': 'nvmlDeviceGetGraphicsRunningProcesses',
+            'nvmlDeviceGetMPSComputeRunningProcesses_v2': 'nvmlDeviceGetMPSComputeRunningProcesses',
+        }
+
+        def callback(name, names, exception, pynvml, modself):  # pylint: disable=unused-argument
+            if name in nvmlDeviceGetRunningProcesses_v3_v2:
+                mapping = nvmlDeviceGetRunningProcesses_v3_v2
+                struct_type = c_nvmlProcessInfo_v2_t
+            elif name in nvmlDeviceGetRunningProcesses_v2_v1:
+                mapping = nvmlDeviceGetRunningProcesses_v2_v1
+                struct_type = c_nvmlProcessInfo_v1_t
+            else:
+                raise exception  # no fallbacks for v1 APIs
+
+            LOGGER.debug('Patching NVML function pointer `%s`', name)
+            mapping = function_mapping_update(mapping)
+            pynvml.__dict__.update(c_nvmlProcessInfo_t=struct_type)
+            modself.__dict__.update(c_nvmlProcessInfo_t=struct_type)
+
+            for old_name, mapped_name in mapping.items():
+                LOGGER.debug('    Map NVML function `%s` to `%s`', old_name, mapped_name)
+            LOGGER.debug(
+                '    Patch NVML struct `c_nvmlProcessInfo_t` to `%s`', struct_type.__name__
+            )
+            return mapping[name]
+
+        _pynvml.__dict__.update(  # need to use module.__dict__.__setitem__ because module.__setattr__ will not work
+            # The patching ordering is important
+            _nvmlGetFunctionPointer=patch_function_pointers_when_fail(
+                names=set(nvmlDeviceGetRunningProcesses_v3_v2), callback=callback
+            )(
+                patch_function_pointers_when_fail(
+                    names=set(nvmlDeviceGetRunningProcesses_v2_v1), callback=callback
+                )(
+                    _pynvml._nvmlGetFunctionPointer  # pylint: disable=protected-access
+                )
+            )
+        )
+
+    with_mapped_function_name()  # patch first and only for once
+    patch_process_info()
+
+
+__patch_backward_compatibility_layers()
+del __patch_backward_compatibility_layers
+
+
+# Add support for lookup fallback and context manager ##############################################
 class _CustomModule(_ModuleType):
     """Modified module type to support lookup fallback and context manager.
 
@@ -416,6 +551,7 @@ def __del__(self) -> None:
 __modself.__class__ = _CustomModule
 del _CustomModule
 
-del _inspect, _logging, _re, _sys, _threading
+# Delete imported references
+del _inspect, _logging, _os, _re, _sys, _threading
 del _OrderedDict, _FunctionType, _ModuleType
 del _Tuple, _Callable, _Type, _Union, _Optional, _Any