diff --git a/Project.toml b/Project.toml
index e512743..b419d18 100644
--- a/Project.toml
+++ b/Project.toml
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 name = "BackendSelection"
 uuid = "680c2d7c-f67a-4cc9-ae9c-da132b1447a5"
 authors = ["ITensor developers <support@itensor.org> and contributors"]
-version = "0.1.6"
+version = "0.1.7"
 
 [compat]
 julia = "1.10"
diff --git a/src/backend_types.jl b/src/backend_types.jl
index 217e265..7e8e754 100644
--- a/src/backend_types.jl
+++ b/src/backend_types.jl
@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@ function generate_backend_type_expr(type::Symbol)
       Base.propertynames(backend::$type) = propertynames(parameters(backend))
       Base.getindex(backend::$type, name::Symbol) = parameters(backend)[name]
       function Base.get(backend::$type, name::Symbol, default)
-        get(parameters(backend), name, default)
+        return get(parameters(backend), name, default)
       end
 
       function Base.show(io::IO, backend::$type)