diff --git a/src/test.cu b/src/test.cu
index 1242aee9..4f63def6 100644
--- a/src/test.cu
+++ b/src/test.cu
@@ -23,10 +23,10 @@ int main(int argc, char** argv) {
     Y[t] = new Expr(input(shape={batch_size, output_size}));
   }
 
-  Expr Wxh = param(shape={input_size, hidden_size}, name="Wxh");
-  Expr Whh = param(shape={hidden_size, hidden_size}, name="Whh");
-  Expr bh = param(shape={1, hidden_size}, name="bh");
-  Expr h0 = param(shape={1, hidden_size}, name="h0");
+  Expr Wxh = param(shape={input_size, hidden_size}, init=uniform(), name="Wxh");
+  Expr Whh = param(shape={hidden_size, hidden_size}, init=uniform(), name="Whh");
+  Expr bh = param(shape={1, hidden_size}, init=uniform(), name="bh");
+  Expr h0 = param(shape={1, hidden_size}, init=uniform(), name="h0");
 
   std::cerr << "Building RNN..." << std::endl;
   H[0] = new Expr(tanh(dot(*X[0], Wxh) + dot(h0, Whh) + bh));
@@ -34,8 +34,8 @@ int main(int argc, char** argv) {
     H[t] = new Expr(tanh(dot(*X[t], Wxh) + dot(*H[t-1], Whh) + bh));
   }
 
-  Expr Why = param(shape={hidden_size, output_size}, name="Why");
-  Expr by = param(shape={1, output_size}, name="by");
+  Expr Why = param(shape={hidden_size, output_size}, init=uniform(), name="Why");
+  Expr by = param(shape={1, output_size}, init=uniform(), name="by");
 
   std::cerr << "Building output layer..." << std::endl;
   std::vector<Expr*> Yp(num_inputs);
@@ -80,6 +80,10 @@ int main(int argc, char** argv) {
   graph.backward();
 
   std::cerr << graph.val().Debug() << std::endl;
+
+  std::cerr << X[0]->val().Debug() << std::endl;
+  std::cerr << Y[0]->val().Debug() << std::endl;
+
   std::cerr << Whh.grad().Debug() << std::endl;
   std::cerr << bh.grad().Debug() << std::endl;
   std::cerr << Why.grad().Debug() << std::endl;