diff --git a/Project.toml b/Project.toml
index c0e814d..19abea2 100644
--- a/Project.toml
+++ b/Project.toml
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 name = "TensorAlgebra"
 uuid = "68bd88dc-f39d-4e12-b2ca-f046b68fcc6a"
 authors = ["ITensor developers <support@itensor.org> and contributors"]
-version = "0.1.3"
+version = "0.1.4"
 
 [deps]
 ArrayLayouts = "4c555306-a7a7-4459-81d9-ec55ddd5c99a"
diff --git a/src/blockedtuple.jl b/src/blockedtuple.jl
index 40db9ee..5cf0c9a 100644
--- a/src/blockedtuple.jl
+++ b/src/blockedtuple.jl
@@ -39,6 +39,8 @@ end
 function Base.getindex(bt::AbstractBlockTuple, bi::BlockIndexRange{1})
   return bt[Block(bi)][only(bi.indices)]
 end
+# needed for nested broadcast in Julia < 1.11
+Base.getindex(bt::AbstractBlockTuple, ci::CartesianIndex{1}) = bt[only(Tuple(ci))]
 
 Base.iterate(bt::AbstractBlockTuple) = iterate(Tuple(bt))
 Base.iterate(bt::AbstractBlockTuple, i::Int) = iterate(Tuple(bt), i)
@@ -53,6 +55,14 @@ function Base.map(f, bt::AbstractBlockTuple)
   return widened_constructorof(typeof(bt))(map(f, Tuple(bt)), Val(BL))
 end
 
+function Base.show(io::IO, bt::AbstractBlockTuple)
+  return print(io, nameof(typeof(bt)), blocks(bt))
+end
+function Base.show(io::IO, ::MIME"text/plain", bt::AbstractBlockTuple)
+  println(io, typeof(bt))
+  return print(io, blocks(bt))
+end
+
 # Broadcast interface
 Base.broadcastable(bt::AbstractBlockTuple) = bt
 struct AbstractBlockTupleBroadcastStyle{BlockLengths,BT} <: Broadcast.BroadcastStyle end
@@ -72,6 +82,8 @@ function Base.copy(
   return widened_constructorof(BT)(bc.f.((Tuple.(bc.args))...), Val(BlockLengths))
 end
 
+Base.ndims(::Type{<:AbstractBlockTuple}) = 1  # needed in nested broadcast
+
 # BlockArrays interface
 BlockArrays.blockfirsts(::AbstractBlockTuple{0}) = ()
 function BlockArrays.blockfirsts(bt::AbstractBlockTuple)
diff --git a/test/test_blockedtuple.jl b/test/test_blockedtuple.jl
index 6083097..5973f6f 100644
--- a/test/test_blockedtuple.jl
+++ b/test/test_blockedtuple.jl
@@ -58,6 +58,7 @@ using TensorAlgebra: BlockedTuple, blockeachindex, tuplemortar
 
   bt = tuplemortar(((1:2, 1:2), (1:3,)))
   @test length.(bt) == tuplemortar(((2, 2), (3,)))
+  @test length.(length.(bt)) == tuplemortar(((1, 1), (1,)))
 
   # empty blocks
   bt = tuplemortar(((1,), (), (5, 3)))