diff --git a/examples/helloworld.rs b/examples/helloworld.rs
index e6dff241a..7d342a450 100644
--- a/examples/helloworld.rs
+++ b/examples/helloworld.rs
@@ -18,13 +18,13 @@ fn main() {
 
     println!("Element-wise arithmetic");
     let  b = sin(&a)
-        .and_then(|x| add(&x, &1.5))
+        .and_then(|x| add(&x, &1.5, false))
         .unwrap();
 
     let b2 = sin(&a).
         and_then(|x| {
             cos(&a)
-                .and_then(|y| add(&x, &y))
+                .and_then(|y| add(&x, &y, false))
         })
         .unwrap();
 
diff --git a/examples/histogram.rs b/examples/histogram.rs
index 0984740d5..5a32b6820 100644
--- a/examples/histogram.rs
+++ b/examples/histogram.rs
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@ fn main() {
 
     let disp_img = man.dims()
         .and_then(|x| constant(255 as f32, x))
-        .and_then(|x| div(&man, &x))
+        .and_then(|x| div(&man, &x, false))
         .unwrap();
 
     loop {
diff --git a/examples/pi.rs b/examples/pi.rs
index 1fb4ef520..9ec60d61d 100644
--- a/examples/pi.rs
+++ b/examples/pi.rs
@@ -18,9 +18,9 @@ fn main() {
     let start = PreciseTime::now();
 
     for bench_iter in 0..100 {
-        let pi_val = add(&mul(x, x).unwrap(), &mul(y, y).unwrap())
+        let pi_val = add(&mul(x, x, false).unwrap(), &mul(y, y, false).unwrap(), false)
             .and_then( |z| sqrt(&z) )
-            .and_then( |z| le(&z, &constant(1, dims).unwrap()) )
+            .and_then( |z| le(&z, &constant(1, dims).unwrap(), false) )
             .and_then( |z| sum_all(&z) )
             .map( |z| z.0 * 4.0/(samples as  f64) )
             .unwrap();
diff --git a/src/arith/mod.rs b/src/arith/mod.rs
index 5c085d6a5..a4409efa6 100644
--- a/src/arith/mod.rs
+++ b/src/arith/mod.rs
@@ -223,12 +223,12 @@ impl Convertable for Array {
 
 macro_rules! overloaded_binary_func {
     ($fn_name: ident, $help_name: ident, $ffi_name: ident) => (
-        fn $help_name(lhs: &Array, rhs: &Array) -> Result<Array, AfError> {
+        fn $help_name(lhs: &Array, rhs: &Array, batch: bool) -> Result<Array, AfError> {
             unsafe {
                 let mut temp: i64 = 0;
                 let err_val = $ffi_name(&mut temp as MutAfArray,
                                      lhs.get() as AfArray, rhs.get() as AfArray,
-                                     0);
+                                     batch as c_int);
                 match err_val {
                     0 => Ok(Array::from(temp)),
                     _ => Err(AfError::from(err_val)),
@@ -236,19 +236,19 @@ macro_rules! overloaded_binary_func {
             }
         }
 
-        pub fn $fn_name<T: Convertable, U: Convertable> (arg1: &T, arg2: &U) -> Result<Array, AfError> {
+        pub fn $fn_name<T: Convertable, U: Convertable> (arg1: &T, arg2: &U, batch: bool) -> Result<Array, AfError> {
             let lhs = arg1.convert();
             let rhs = arg2.convert();
             match (lhs.is_scalar().unwrap(), rhs.is_scalar().unwrap()) {
                 ( true, false) => {
                     let l = tile(&lhs, rhs.dims().unwrap()).unwrap();
-                    $help_name(&l, &rhs)
+                    $help_name(&l, &rhs, batch)
                 },
                 (false,  true) => {
                     let r = tile(&rhs, lhs.dims().unwrap()).unwrap();
-                    $help_name(&lhs, &r)
+                    $help_name(&lhs, &r, batch)
                 },
-                _ => $help_name(&lhs, &rhs),
+                _ => $help_name(&lhs, &rhs, batch),
             }
         }
     )