diff --git a/t.cc b/t.cc
index 22153ab..54110cb 100644
--- a/t.cc
+++ b/t.cc
@@ -3976,6 +3976,7 @@ cout <<t.dot(u)<<endl;
 
 if(1)
 {
+//check full constractions
 int r,n;
 cin>>r>>n;
 INDEXGROUP shape;
@@ -3986,13 +3987,17 @@ INDEXGROUP shape;
         shape.range=n;
         shape.offset=0;
         }
-Tensor<double> x(shape);
-x.randomize(1.);
-cout<<x;
+Tensor<double> x(shape); x.randomize(1.);
 Tensor<double> xf=x.flatten();
-cout <<xf;
+Tensor<double> y(shape); y.randomize(1.);
+Tensor<double> yf=y.flatten();
 
-cout <<x.dot(x) <<" "<< xf.dot(xf)<<endl;
+Tensor<double> z = x.groupcontraction(0,y,0,1,false,true);
+INDEXLIST cl(r);
+for(int i=0; i<r; ++i) cl[i]={i,0};
+Tensor<double> zf = xf.contractions(cl,yf,cl,1,false,true);
+
+cout <<x.dot(y) <<" "<< xf.dot(yf)<< " "<<z<<" "<<zf<<endl;
 }
 
 
diff --git a/tensor.cc b/tensor.cc
index 9f0af2e..8542189 100644
--- a/tensor.cc
+++ b/tensor.cc
@@ -590,6 +590,7 @@ std::istream & operator>>(std::istream &s, Tensor<T> &x)
 s>>x.shape;
 s>>x.names;
 x.data.resize(x.calcsize()); x.calcrank();
+if(x.rank()==0) {s>>x.data[0]; return s;}
 FLATINDEX I(x.rank());
 for(LA_largeindex i=0; i<x.data.size(); ++i)
 	{