diff --git a/pyBigWig.c b/pyBigWig.c
index 41376eb..e190217 100644
--- a/pyBigWig.c
+++ b/pyBigWig.c
@@ -749,10 +749,14 @@ int isType1(PyObject *chroms, PyObject *starts, PyObject *values, PyObject *span
     if(!isNumeric(span)) return rv;
 
     if(PyList_Check(starts)) sz = PyList_Size(starts);
+#ifdef WITHNUMPY
     if(PyArray_Check(starts)) sz += PyArray_Size(starts);
+#endif
 
     if(PyList_Check(values)) if(sz != PyList_Size(values)) return rv;
+#ifdef WITHNUMPY
     if(PyArray_Check(values)) if(sz != PyArray_Size(values)) return rv;
+#endif
 
     if(PyList_Check(starts)) {
         for(i=0; i<sz; i++) {
@@ -819,7 +823,9 @@ int canAppend(pyBigWigFile_t *self, int desiredType, PyObject *chroms, PyObject
     Py_ssize_t i, sz = 0;
     uint32_t tid, uspan, ustep, ustart;
     PyObject *tmp;
+#ifdef WITHNUMPY
     void *foo;
+#endif
 
     if(self->lastType == -1) return 0;
     if(self->lastTid == -1) return 0;
@@ -833,24 +839,28 @@ int canAppend(pyBigWigFile_t *self, int desiredType, PyObject *chroms, PyObject
         if(PyArray_Check(chroms)) sz = PyArray_Size(chroms);
 #endif
         for(i=0; i<sz; i++) {
-            if(PyList_Check(chroms)) {
-                tmp = PyList_GetItem(chroms, i);
-                tid = bwGetTid(bw, PyString_AsString(tmp));
 #ifdef WITHNUMPY
-            } else {
+            if(PyArray_Check(chroms)) {
                 foo = PyArray_GETPTR1((PyArrayObject*)chroms, i);
                 tid = bwGetTid(bw, PyString_AsString(PyArray_GETITEM((PyArrayObject*)chroms, foo)));
+            } else {
 #endif
+                tmp = PyList_GetItem(chroms, i);
+                tid = bwGetTid(bw, PyString_AsString(tmp));
+#ifdef WITHNUMPY
             }
+#endif
             if(tid != (uint32_t) self->lastTid) return 0;
         }
-        if(PyList_Check(starts)) {
-            ustart = Numeric2Uint(PyList_GetItem(starts, 0));
 #ifdef WITHNUMPY
-        } else {
+        if(PyArray_Check(starts)) {
             ustart = getNumpyU32((PyArrayObject*)starts, 0);
+        } else {
 #endif
+            ustart = Numeric2Uint(PyList_GetItem(starts, 0));
+#ifdef WITHNUMPY
         }
+#endif
         if(PyErr_Occurred()) return 0;
         if(ustart < self->lastStart) return 0;
         return 1;
@@ -863,9 +873,11 @@ int canAppend(pyBigWigFile_t *self, int desiredType, PyObject *chroms, PyObject
         tid = bwGetTid(bw, PyString_AsString(chroms));
         if(tid != (uint32_t) self->lastTid) return 0;
 
-        if(PyList_Check(starts)) ustart = Numeric2Uint(PyList_GetItem(starts, 0));
 #ifdef WITHNUMPY
+        if(PyList_Check(starts)) ustart = Numeric2Uint(PyList_GetItem(starts, 0));
         else ustart = getNumpyU32((PyArrayObject*) starts, 0);
+#else
+        ustart = Numeric2Uint(PyList_GetItem(starts, 0));
 #endif
         if(PyErr_Occurred()) return 0;
         if(ustart < self->lastStart) return 0;
@@ -899,7 +911,9 @@ int PyAddIntervals(pyBigWigFile_t *self, PyObject *chroms, PyObject *starts, PyO
     uint32_t n, *ustarts = NULL, *uends = NULL;
     float *fvalues = NULL;
     int rv;
+#ifdef WITHNUMPY
     void *foo;
+#endif
 
     if(PyList_Check(starts)) sz = PyList_Size(starts);
 #ifdef WITHNUMPY
@@ -1259,34 +1273,40 @@ int addEntriesInputOK(pyBigWigFile_t *self, PyObject *chroms, PyObject *starts,
 #endif
         if(sz == 0) return 0;
         for(i=0; i<sz; i++) {
-            if(PyList_Check(chroms)) {
-                tmp = PyList_GetItem(chroms, i);
-                cTid = bwGetTid(self->bw, PyString_AsString(tmp));
 #ifdef WITHNUMPY
-            } else {
+            if(PyArray_Check(chroms)) {
                 tmpStr = getNumpyStr((PyArrayObject*)chroms, i);
                 cTid = bwGetTid(self->bw, tmpStr);
                 free(tmpStr);
+            } else {
 #endif
+                tmp = PyList_GetItem(chroms, i);
+                cTid = bwGetTid(self->bw, PyString_AsString(tmp));
+#ifdef WITHNUMPY
             }
+#endif
             if(PyErr_Occurred()) return 0;
             if(cTid == (uint32_t) -1) return 0;
 
-            if(PyList_Check(starts)) {
-                ustart = Numeric2Uint(PyList_GetItem(starts, i));
 #ifdef WITHNUMPY
-            } else {
+            if(PyArray_Check(starts)) {
                 ustart = getNumpyU32((PyArrayObject*)starts, i);
+            } else {
 #endif
+                ustart = Numeric2Uint(PyList_GetItem(starts, i));
+#ifdef WITHNUMPY
             }
+#endif
             if(PyErr_Occurred()) return 0;
-            if(PyList_Check(ends)) {
-                uend = Numeric2Uint(PyList_GetItem(ends, i));
 #ifdef WITHNUMPY
-            } else {
+            if(PyArray_Check(ends)) {
                 uend = getNumpyU32((PyArrayObject*) ends, i);
+            } else {
 #endif
+                uend = Numeric2Uint(PyList_GetItem(ends, i));
+#ifdef WITHNUMPY
             }
+#endif
             if(PyErr_Occurred()) return 0;
 
             if(ustart >= uend) return 0;
@@ -1321,13 +1341,15 @@ int addEntriesInputOK(pyBigWigFile_t *self, PyObject *chroms, PyObject *starts,
             if(lastTid > cTid) return 0;
         }
         for(i=0; i<sz; i++) {
-            if(PyList_Check(starts)) {
-                ustart = Numeric2Uint(PyList_GetItem(starts, i));
 #ifdef WITHNUMPY
-            } else {
+            if(PyArray_Check(starts)) {
                 ustart = getNumpyU32((PyArrayObject*)starts, i);
+            } else {
 #endif
+                ustart = Numeric2Uint(PyList_GetItem(starts, i));
+#ifdef WITHNUMPY
             }
+#endif
             if(PyErr_Occurred()) return 0;
             uend = ustart + uspan;
 
diff --git a/pyBigWigTest/test.py b/pyBigWigTest/test.py
index 9cda39c..cdd85f5 100644
--- a/pyBigWigTest/test.py
+++ b/pyBigWigTest/test.py
@@ -180,12 +180,10 @@ def testBigBed(self):
 
 class TestNumpy():
     def testNumpy(self):
-        try:
-            import numpy as np
-        except:
-            print("skipping numpy tests!")
-            return 0
         import os
+        if pyBigWig.numpy == 0:
+            return 0
+        import numpy as np
 
         bw = pyBigWig.open("/tmp/delete.bw", "w")
         bw.addHeader([("1", 1000)], maxZooms=0)
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index 4d06317..b5ff778 100755
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -56,13 +56,13 @@
                     include_dirs = include_dirs)
 
 setup(name = 'pyBigWig',
-       version = '0.3.1',
+       version = '0.3.2',
        description = 'A package for accessing bigWig files using libBigWig',
        author = "Devon P. Ryan",
        author_email = "ryan@ie-freiburg.mpg.de",
        url = "https://github.com/dpryan79/pyBigWig",
-       download_url = "https://github.com/dpryan79/pyBigWig/tarball/0.3.1",
-       keywords = ["bioinformatics", "bigWig"],
+       download_url = "https://github.com/dpryan79/pyBigWig/tarball/0.3.2",
+       keywords = ["bioinformatics", "bigWig", "bigBed"],
        classifier = ["Development Status :: 5 - Production/Stable",
                      "Intended Audience :: Developers",
                      "License :: OSI Approved",