diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 5c6ac8d..711b69c 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -2,6 +2,18 @@
 
 All notable changes to this project will be documented in this file.
 
+## [0.16.1] - 2025-05-27
+
+### Bug Fixes
+
+- Disable unused faer features (Adrian Seyboldt)
+
+
+### Performance
+
+- Shortcut for empty posteriors (Adrian Seyboldt)
+
+
 ## [0.16.0] - 2025-05-27
 
 ### Bug Fixes
@@ -13,6 +25,8 @@ All notable changes to this project will be documented in this file.
 
 - Bump arrow version (Adrian Seyboldt)
 
+- Bump version and update changelog (Adrian Seyboldt)
+
 
 ### Performance
 
@@ -24,6 +38,11 @@ All notable changes to this project will be documented in this file.
 - Remove simd_support feature (Adrian Seyboldt)
 
 
+### Ci
+
+- Add codecov token (Adrian Seyboldt)
+
+
 ## [0.15.1] - 2025-03-18
 
 ### Features
diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index 2ac675b..47c5845 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 [package]
 name = "nuts-rs"
-version = "0.16.0"
+version = "0.16.1"
 authors = [
   "Adrian Seyboldt <adrian.seyboldt@gmail.com>",
   "PyMC Developers <pymc.devs@gmail.com>",
@@ -25,11 +25,7 @@ thiserror = "2.0.3"
 arrow = { version = "55.1.0", default-features = false, features = ["ffi"] }
 rand_chacha = "0.9.0"
 anyhow = "1.0.72"
-faer = { version = "0.22.6", default-features = false, features = [
-  "std",
-  "npy",
-  "linalg",
-] }
+faer = { version = "0.22.6", default-features = false, features = ["linalg"] }
 pulp = "0.21.4"
 rayon = "1.10.0"
 
diff --git a/src/nuts.rs b/src/nuts.rs
index 4184967..0072c69 100644
--- a/src/nuts.rs
+++ b/src/nuts.rs
@@ -274,6 +274,13 @@ where
     collector.register_init(math, init, options);
 
     let mut tree = NutsTree::new(init.clone());
+
+    if math.dim() == 0 {
+        let info = tree.info(false, None);
+        collector.register_draw(math, init, &info);
+        return Ok((init.clone(), info));
+    }
+
     while tree.depth < options.maxdepth {
         let direction: Direction = rng.random();
         tree = match tree.extend(math, rng, hamiltonian, direction, collector, options) {