diff --git a/src/core/device.cc b/src/core/device.cc
index a6ec793..0ee987f 100644
--- a/src/core/device.cc
+++ b/src/core/device.cc
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@
 #define MPI_DECOMPOSITION_AXES (3)
 #define MPI_COMPUTE_ENABLED (1)
 #define MPI_COMM_ENABLED (1)
-#define MPI_INCL_CORNERS (1)
+#define MPI_INCL_CORNERS (0)
 #define MPI_USE_PINNED (0)              // Do inter-node comm with pinned memory
 #define MPI_USE_CUDA_DRIVER_PINNING (0) // Pin with cuPointerSetAttribute, otherwise cudaMallocHost
 
@@ -721,7 +721,7 @@ acCreatePackedDataHost(const int3 dims)
     data.dims = dims;
 
     const size_t bytes = dims.x * dims.y * dims.z * sizeof(data.data[0]) * NUM_VTXBUF_HANDLES;
-    data.data          = (AcReal*)malloc(bytes);
+    data.data          = (AcRealPacked*)malloc(bytes);
     ERRCHK_ALWAYS(data.data);
 
     return data;
@@ -1132,8 +1132,13 @@ acTransferCommData(const Device device, //
     cudaSetDevice(device->id);
 
     MPI_Datatype datatype = MPI_FLOAT;
-    if (sizeof(AcReal) == 8)
+    if (sizeof(data->srcs[0].data[0]) == 2) {
+        datatype = MPI_SHORT; // TODO CONFIRM THAT IS CORRECTLY CAST TO HALF
+    } else if (sizeof(data->srcs[0].data[0]) == 4) {
+        datatype = MPI_FLOAT;
+    } else {
         datatype = MPI_DOUBLE;
+    }
 
     int nprocs, pid;
     MPI_Comm_size(MPI_COMM_WORLD, &nprocs);
diff --git a/src/core/kernels/kernels.h b/src/core/kernels/kernels.h
index fc9c745..513c5e4 100644
--- a/src/core/kernels/kernels.h
+++ b/src/core/kernels/kernels.h
@@ -8,11 +8,13 @@
 #define MPI_GPUDIRECT_DISABLED (0)
 #endif // AC_MPI_ENABLED
 
+typedef float AcRealPacked;
+
 typedef struct {
     int3 dims;
-    AcReal* data;
+    AcRealPacked* data;
 
-    AcReal* data_pinned;
+    AcRealPacked* data_pinned;
     bool pinned = false; // Set if data was received to pinned memory
 } PackedData;