diff --git a/src/parameters/Parameters.jl b/src/parameters/Parameters.jl
index 3d1fdd8d7..60c5ddfe2 100644
--- a/src/parameters/Parameters.jl
+++ b/src/parameters/Parameters.jl
@@ -40,4 +40,17 @@ include("MicrophysicsP3.jl")
 # Terminal velocity parameters  (can be used with different microph. schemes)
 include("TerminalVelocity.jl")
 
+for T in (
+    Chen2022VelTypeRain,
+    Chen2022VelTypeSmallIce,
+    Chen2022VelTypeLargeIce,
+    Chen2022VelType,
+    CloudLiquid,
+)
+    @eval Base.Broadcast.broadcastable(x::$T) = x;
+    @eval Base.ndims(::Type{<:$T}) = 0;
+    @eval Base.size(::$T) = ();
+    @eval Base.@propagate_inbounds Base.getindex(x::$T, i) = x;
+end
+
 end # module
diff --git a/test/gpu_clima_core_test.jl b/test/gpu_clima_core_test.jl
index ba3255cea..735259e49 100644
--- a/test/gpu_clima_core_test.jl
+++ b/test/gpu_clima_core_test.jl
@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@ import CloudMicrophysics.MicrophysicsNonEq as CMN
 function make_column(::Type{FT}) where {FT}
 
     context = ClimaComms.SingletonCommsContext(ClimaComms.CUDADevice())
+    #context = ClimaComms.context()
 
     vert_domain = CC.Domains.IntervalDomain(
         CC.Geometry.ZPoint{FT}(FT(0)),
@@ -32,6 +33,7 @@ end
 function make_extruded_sphere(::Type{FT}) where {FT}
 
     context = ClimaComms.SingletonCommsContext(ClimaComms.CUDADevice())
+    #context = ClimaComms.context()
 
     # Define vertical
     # domain
@@ -162,6 +164,7 @@ function main_3d(::Type{FT}) where {FT}
     space_3d_w = make_extruded_sphere(FT)
 
     ρq = CC.Fields.ones(space_3d_ρq) .* FT(1e-3)
+
     ρ = CC.Fields.ones(space_3d_ρ)
     w = CC.Fields.zeros(space_3d_w)
 
@@ -178,15 +181,12 @@ using Test
 @testset "GPU inference failure 1D Float64" begin
     main_1d(Float64)
 end
-
 @testset "GPU inference failure 3D Float64" begin
     main_3d(Float64)
 end
-
 @testset "GPU inference failure 1D Float32" begin
     main_1d(Float32)
 end
-
 @testset "GPU inference failure 3D Float32" begin
     main_3d(Float32)
 end