diff --git a/python/tamaas_module.cpp b/python/tamaas_module.cpp
index b0aa02b..cbcb66b 100644
--- a/python/tamaas_module.cpp
+++ b/python/tamaas_module.cpp
@@ -1,45 +1,50 @@
 /**
  * @file
  *
  * @author Lucas Frérot <lucas.frerot@epfl.ch>
  *
  * @section LICENSE
  *
  * Copyright (©)  2017 EPFL  (Ecole Polytechnique  Fédérale de
  * Lausanne)  Laboratory (LSMS  -  Laboratoire de  Simulation  en Mécanique  des
  * Solides)
  *
  * Tamaas is free  software: you can redistribute it and/or  modify it under the
  * terms  of the  GNU Lesser  General Public  License as  published by  the Free
  * Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or (at your option) any
  * later version.
  *
  * Tamaas is  distributed in the  hope that it  will be useful, but  WITHOUT ANY
  * WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR
  * A  PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See  the GNU  Lesser General  Public License  for more
  * details.
  *
  * You should  have received  a copy  of the GNU  Lesser General  Public License
  * along with Tamaas. If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
  *
  */
 /* -------------------------------------------------------------------------- */
 #include "tamaas.hh"
 #include "flood_fill.hh"
 #include "wrap.hh"
 /* -------------------------------------------------------------------------- */
 #include <pybind11/pybind11.h>
 /* -------------------------------------------------------------------------- */
 
 __BEGIN_TAMAAS__
 
 namespace py = pybind11;
 
 PYBIND11_MODULE(tamaas, mod) {
   mod.doc() = "tamaas module for python";
 
+  // Wrapping the base methods
+  mod.def("initialize", &initialize, py::arg("num_threads") = 0,
+          "Initialize tamaas with desired number of threads");
+  mod.def("finalize", &finalize, "Final cleanup");
+
   // Wrapping tamaas components
   wrap::wrapPercolation(mod);
 }
 
 __END_TAMAAS__