diff --git a/nd4s/src/main/scala/org/nd4s/samediff/SameDiff.scala b/nd4s/src/main/scala/org/nd4s/samediff/SameDiff.scala
index fc70b6d3f..6a8924365 100644
--- a/nd4s/src/main/scala/org/nd4s/samediff/SameDiff.scala
+++ b/nd4s/src/main/scala/org/nd4s/samediff/SameDiff.scala
@@ -44,6 +44,9 @@ class SameDiffWrapper {
   def bind(name: String, dataType: DataType, shape: Array[Long]): SDVariable =
     sd.`var`(name, dataType, shape: _*)
 
+  def bind(data: INDArray): SDVariable =
+    sd.`var`("", data)
+
   def bind(name: String, dataType: DataType, shape: Array[Int]): SDVariable =
     sd.`var`(name, dataType, shape: _*)
 
@@ -63,6 +66,16 @@ class SDVariableWrapper {
 
   def apply(index: Long): SDVariable = thisVariable.get(SDIndex.point(index))
 
+  def apply(index: SDIndex*): SDVariable = thisVariable.get(index: _*)
+
+  def apply(x: SDIndex)(y: SDIndex): SDVariable =
+    (x, y) match {
+      case (_, y) => thisVariable.get(SDIndex.all(), y)
+      case (x, _) => thisVariable.get(x, SDIndex.all())
+      case (_, _) => thisVariable.get(SDIndex.all(), SDIndex.all())
+      case (x, y) => thisVariable.get(x, y)
+    }
+
   def add(other: Double): Unit = thisVariable.add(other)
 
   def *(other: SDVariable): SDVariable =
diff --git a/nd4s/src/test/scala/org/nd4s/samediff/MathTest.scala b/nd4s/src/test/scala/org/nd4s/samediff/MathTest.scala
index 104356f24..50a77fc14 100644
--- a/nd4s/src/test/scala/org/nd4s/samediff/MathTest.scala
+++ b/nd4s/src/test/scala/org/nd4s/samediff/MathTest.scala
@@ -205,9 +205,18 @@ class MathTest extends FlatSpec with Matchers {
     implicit val sd = SameDiff.create
 
     val arr = Nd4j.linspace(1, 100, 100).reshape('c', 10L, 10L)
-    val x = sd.`var`(arr)
+    val x = sd.bind(arr)
     val y = new SDVariableWrapper(x)
 
     x.get(SDIndex.point(0)).getArr shouldBe y(0).getArr
   }
+
+  "SDVariable " should "be indexable in 2d" in {
+    implicit val sd = SameDiff.create
+
+    val arr = Nd4j.rand(2, 5)
+    val x = sd.bind(arr)
+
+    println(x(SDIndex.point(0), _: SDIndex).getArr)
+  }
 }