diff --git a/include/mscclpp/nvls_device.hpp b/include/mscclpp/nvls_device.hpp
index 52ade275d..edaf2e256 100644
--- a/include/mscclpp/nvls_device.hpp
+++ b/include/mscclpp/nvls_device.hpp
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ struct DeviceMulticastPointerDeviceHandle {
   void* mcPtr;
   size_t bufferSize;
 
-#if defined(MSCCLPP_DEVICE_COMPILE)
+#if defined(MSCCLPP_DEVICE_CUDA)
   template <int NElemPerThread = 4, typename TVaule = float4, typename T = float>
   MSCCLPP_DEVICE_INLINE void multimemLoad(TVaule& val, T* ptr) {
     static_assert(NElemPerThread == 4, "Only support NElemPerThread == 4");
@@ -54,7 +54,7 @@ struct DeviceMulticastPointerDeviceHandle {
       static_assert(dependentFalse<T>, "Not supported type");
     }
   };
-#endif
+#endif  // defined(MSCCLPP_DEVICE_CUDA)
 };
 
 }  // namespace mscclpp
diff --git a/python/mscclpp/comm.py b/python/mscclpp/comm.py
index d84410668..918cd97fb 100644
--- a/python/mscclpp/comm.py
+++ b/python/mscclpp/comm.py
@@ -86,15 +86,18 @@ def make_connection(
     ) -> dict[int, Connection]:
         if type(endpoints) is Transport:
             endpoints = EndpointConfig(endpoints)
-        if endpoints.transport == Transport.Nvls:
-            return self.communicator.connct_nvls_collective(all_ranks, endpoints)
+        elif type(endpoints) is dict:
+            endpoints = {k: EndpointConfig(v) if type(v) is Transport else v for k, v in endpoints.items()}
         connections = {}
         for rank in all_ranks:
             if type(endpoints) is dict:
                 endpoint = endpoints[rank]
             else:
                 endpoint = endpoints
-            connections[rank] = self.communicator.connect_on_setup(rank, 0, endpoint)
+            if endpoint.transport == Transport.Nvls:
+                connections[rank] = self.communicator.connct_nvls_collective(all_ranks, endpoint)
+            else:
+                connections[rank] = self.communicator.connect_on_setup(rank, 0, endpoint)
         self.communicator.setup()
         connections = {rank: connections[rank].get() for rank in connections}
         return connections
diff --git a/test/nvls_test.cu b/test/nvls_test.cu
index e01b4d790..55ece3fcf 100644
--- a/test/nvls_test.cu
+++ b/test/nvls_test.cu
@@ -1,11 +1,13 @@
 // Copyright (c) Microsoft Corporation.
 // Licensed under the MIT license.
 
+#include <stdio.h>
+
+#if (USE_NVLS)
 #include <cuda.h>
 #include <cudaTypedefs.h>
 #include <cuda_runtime.h>
 #include <mpi.h>
-#include <stdio.h>
 #include <sys/syscall.h>
 #include <sys/types.h>
 #include <unistd.h>
@@ -71,7 +73,6 @@ __global__ void testing(float* mc_ptr, int size, int myrank, int nranks) {
 }
 
 int main() {
-#if (USE_NVLS)
   int myrank, nranks;
   MPI_Init(NULL, NULL);
   MPI_Comm_rank(MPI_COMM_WORLD, &myrank);
@@ -199,5 +200,14 @@ int main() {
   }
   MPI_Barrier(MPI_COMM_WORLD);
   MPI_Finalize();
-#endif  // (USE_NVLS)
+  return 0;
 }
+
+#else  // !(USE_NVLS)
+
+int main() {
+  printf("This test requires NVLS to be enabled\n");
+  return 0;
+}
+
+#endif  // !(USE_NVLS)