diff --git a/examples/meta/src/distance/euclidean.sg b/examples/meta/src/distance/euclidean.sg
index 289dabedfd9..9dd0933b77e 100644
--- a/examples/meta/src/distance/euclidean.sg
+++ b/examples/meta/src/distance/euclidean.sg
@@ -1,24 +1,24 @@
-CSVFile f_feats_a("../../data/fm_train_real.dat")
-CSVFile f_feats_b("../../data/fm_test_real.dat")
+File f_features_a = csv_file("../../data/fm_train_real.dat")
+File f_features_b = csv_file("../../data/fm_test_real.dat")
 
 #![create_features]
-RealFeatures features_a(f_feats_a)
-RealFeatures features_b(f_feats_b)
+Features features_a = features(f_features_a)
+Features features_b = features(f_features_b)
 #![create_features]
 
 #![create_instance]
-EuclideanDistance distance(features_a, features_a)
+Distance d = distance("EuclideanDistance", lhs=features_a, rhs=features_a)
 #![create_instance]
 
 #![extract_distance]
-RealMatrix distance_matrix_aa = distance.get_distance_matrix()
+RealMatrix distance_matrix_aa = d.get_distance_matrix()
 #![extract_distance]
 
 #![refresh_distance]
-distance.init(features_a, features_b)
+d.init(features_a, features_b)
 #![refresh_distance]
 
 #![extract_sq_distance]
-distance.set_disable_sqrt(True)
-RealMatrix distance_matrix_ab = distance.get_distance_matrix()
+d.put("disable_sqrt", True)
+RealMatrix sq_distance_matrix_ab = d.get_distance_matrix()
 #![extract_sq_distance]
diff --git a/src/interfaces/swig/shogun.i b/src/interfaces/swig/shogun.i
index ae4d5b901ac..119f17672cf 100644
--- a/src/interfaces/swig/shogun.i
+++ b/src/interfaces/swig/shogun.i
@@ -178,6 +178,7 @@ namespace shogun
 %template(put) CSGObject::put_scalar_dispatcher<int64_t, int64_t>;
 #endif // SWIGJAVA
 %template(put) CSGObject::put_scalar_dispatcher<float64_t, float64_t>;
+%template(put) CSGObject::put_scalar_dispatcher<bool, bool>;
 
 
 #ifndef SWIGJAVA
diff --git a/src/shogun/distance/Distance.cpp b/src/shogun/distance/Distance.cpp
index 342936f9130..58f56bb5c1d 100644
--- a/src/shogun/distance/Distance.cpp
+++ b/src/shogun/distance/Distance.cpp
@@ -259,10 +259,8 @@ void CDistance::init()
 	num_lhs=0;
 	num_rhs=0;
 
-	m_parameters->add((CSGObject**) &lhs, "lhs",
-					  "Feature vectors to occur on left hand side.");
-	m_parameters->add((CSGObject**) &rhs, "rhs",
-					  "Feature vectors to occur on right hand side.");
+	SG_ADD(&lhs, "lhs", "Left hand side features.", MS_NOT_AVAILABLE);
+	SG_ADD(&rhs, "rhs", "Right hand side features.", MS_NOT_AVAILABLE);
 }
 
 template <class T>
diff --git a/src/shogun/distance/EuclideanDistance.cpp b/src/shogun/distance/EuclideanDistance.cpp
index 98dfc9c8e68..eea0138e41f 100644
--- a/src/shogun/distance/EuclideanDistance.cpp
+++ b/src/shogun/distance/EuclideanDistance.cpp
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 /*
  * This software is distributed under BSD 3-clause license (see LICENSE file).
  *
- * Authors: Saurabh Mahindre, Soumyajit De, Chiyuan Zhang, Viktor Gal, 
+ * Authors: Saurabh Mahindre, Soumyajit De, Chiyuan Zhang, Viktor Gal,
  *          Björn Esser, Soeren Sonnenburg
  */
 
diff --git a/src/shogun/util/factory.h b/src/shogun/util/factory.h
index f7645abd9f8..f5537b9fd3a 100644
--- a/src/shogun/util/factory.h
+++ b/src/shogun/util/factory.h
@@ -1,21 +1,24 @@
 /*
  * This software is distributed under BSD 3-clause license (see LICENSE file).
  *
- * Authors: Heiko Strathmann
+ * Authors: Heiko Strathmann, Fernando Iglesias
  */
 #ifndef FACTORY_H_
 #define FACTORY_H_
 
 #include <shogun/base/class_list.h>
+#include <shogun/distance/Distance.h>
 #include <shogun/features/DenseFeatures.h>
 #include <shogun/io/CSVFile.h>
 #include <shogun/io/SGIO.h>
 #include <shogun/kernel/Kernel.h>
 #include <shogun/labels/DenseLabels.h>
+#include <shogun/machine/Machine.h>
 
 namespace shogun
 {
 
+	CDistance* distance(const std::string& name);
 	CKernel* kernel(const std::string& name);
 	CMachine* machine(const std::string& name);
 
@@ -25,6 +28,7 @@ namespace shogun
 		return create_object<T>(name.c_str());                                 \
 	}
 
+	BASE_CLASS_FACTORY(CDistance, distance)
 	BASE_CLASS_FACTORY(CKernel, kernel)
 	BASE_CLASS_FACTORY(CMachine, machine)