diff --git a/Intel/ArbbVM.chs b/Intel/ArbbVM.chs
--- a/Intel/ArbbVM.chs
+++ b/Intel/ArbbVM.chs
@@ -49,6 +49,8 @@
                       endIf,
                       
                       mapToHost, 
+                      setHeapSize, setDecompDegree, setNumThreads,
+
 -- REMOVE THIS EVENTUALLY
                       fromContext 
 -------------------------
@@ -825,3 +827,26 @@
 
 
 
+-- ----------------------------------------------------------------------
+-- Aux functions 
+
+setNumThreads c w = setNumThreads' c w >>= throwIfErrorIO0 
+setDecompDegree c w = setDecompDegree' c w >>= throwIfErrorIO0 
+setHeapSize w1 w2 = setHeapSize' w1 w2 >>= throwIfErrorIO0
+
+{# fun unsafe arbb_set_num_threads as setNumThreads' 
+   { fromContext `Context'   ,
+     cIntConv    `Word'      ,
+     alloca-     `ErrorDetails' peekErrorDet* } -> `Error' cToEnum #} 
+
+ 
+{# fun unsafe arbb_set_decomp_degree as setDecompDegree'
+   { fromContext `Context'  , 
+     cIntConv    `Word'     , 
+     alloca-     `ErrorDetails' peekErrorDet* } -> `Error' cToEnum #} 
+
+{# fun unsafe arbb_set_heap_size as setHeapSize' 
+   { cIntConv    `Word64'   ,
+     cIntConv    `Word64'   , 
+     alloca-     `ErrorDetails' peekErrorDet* } -> `Error' cToEnum #} 
+ 
diff --git a/Intel/ArbbVM/Convenience.hs b/Intel/ArbbVM/Convenience.hs
--- a/Intel/ArbbVM/Convenience.hs
+++ b/Intel/ArbbVM/Convenience.hs
@@ -46,7 +46,6 @@
    freeBinding_,
    getNestedType_, 
 
-
    withArray_, print_,
 
    doarith_, SimpleArith(V),
@@ -55,7 +54,14 @@
    liftIO, liftMs,
 
    -- These should probably be internal only:
-   getCtx, getFun
+   getCtx, getFun,
+
+
+   -- low level 
+   
+   setNumThreads_, setDecompDegree_
+   
+
  )
 where
 
@@ -411,6 +417,10 @@
 
 createDenseBinding_ = lift4 createDenseBinding
 freeBinding_        = lift1 freeBinding
+
+-- 
+setDecompDegree_ = lift1 setDecompDegree
+setNumThreads_ = lift1 setNumThreads
 
 ----------------------------------------
 -- These are easy ones, no Context or Function argument:
diff --git a/arbb-vm.cabal b/arbb-vm.cabal
--- a/arbb-vm.cabal
+++ b/arbb-vm.cabal
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 Name:           arbb-vm
-Version:        0.1.1.8
+Version:        0.1.1.14
 
 License:                BSD3
 License-file:           LICENSE