diff --git a/quaddtype/numpy_quaddtype/src/umath/comparison_ops.cpp b/quaddtype/numpy_quaddtype/src/umath/comparison_ops.cpp
index 095b6d39..e4b9579c 100644
--- a/quaddtype/numpy_quaddtype/src/umath/comparison_ops.cpp
+++ b/quaddtype/numpy_quaddtype/src/umath/comparison_ops.cpp
@@ -121,15 +121,19 @@ quad_generic_comp_strided_loop_aligned(PyArrayMethod_Context *context, char *con
     QuadPrecDTypeObject *descr = (QuadPrecDTypeObject *)context->descriptors[0];
     QuadBackendType backend = descr->backend;
     while (N--) {
-        quad_value in1 = *(quad_value *)in1_ptr;
-        quad_value in2 = *(quad_value *)in2_ptr;
+        quad_value in1;
+        quad_value in2;
 
         npy_bool result;
 
         if (backend == BACKEND_SLEEF) {
+            in1.sleef_value = *(Sleef_quad *)in1_ptr;
+            in2.sleef_value = *(Sleef_quad *)in2_ptr;
             result = sleef_comp(&in1.sleef_value, &in2.sleef_value);
         }
         else {
+            in1.longdouble_value = *(long double *)in1_ptr;
+            in2.longdouble_value = *(long double *)in2_ptr;
             result = ld_comp(&in1.longdouble_value, &in2.longdouble_value);
         }
 
diff --git a/quaddtype/pyproject.toml b/quaddtype/pyproject.toml
index 2353ca64..466b5231 100644
--- a/quaddtype/pyproject.toml
+++ b/quaddtype/pyproject.toml
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ build-backend = "mesonpy"
 [project]
 name = "numpy_quaddtype"
 description = "Quad (128-bit) float dtype for numpy"
-version = "0.1.0"
+version = "0.2.0"
 readme = 'README.md'
 license = { file = "LICENSE" }
 authors = [{name = "Swayam Singh", email = "singhswayam008@gmail.com"}]