diff --git a/flash_attention_jax/cosine_sim_flash_attention.py b/flash_attention_jax/cosine_sim_flash_attention.py
index 6f73b75..9a73ba7 100644
--- a/flash_attention_jax/cosine_sim_flash_attention.py
+++ b/flash_attention_jax/cosine_sim_flash_attention.py
@@ -47,7 +47,7 @@ def chunk_scanner(carries, _):
 
     (_, out, row_sum), _ = lax.scan(chunk_scanner, init = (0, out, row_sum), xs = None, length = math.ceil(k_len / K_CHUNK_SIZE))
 
-    out = out * (k_len / (row_sum + EPSILON)) # renormalize after acquiring all the correct row sums
+    out = out * (k_len /  (row_sum + EPSILON)) # renormalize after acquiring all the correct row sums
 
     out = out.reshape(q_len, v_dim)
     row_sum = row_sum.reshape(q_len)
@@ -86,11 +86,9 @@ def flash_attention_forward(q, k, v, key_mask):
     out, (row_sum,) = cosine_sim_flash_attention_after_l2norm(q, k, v, key_mask)
     return out, (q, k, v, key_mask, out, row_sum)
 
-def _query_chunk_flash_attention_backward(q, k, v, key_mask,o, do, l, m):
+def _query_chunk_flash_attention_backward(q, k, v, key_mask,o, do, l):
     q_len, dim, k_len, v_dim = *q.shape, *v.shape
 
-    scale = 1 / jnp.sqrt(dim)
-
     def chunk_scanner(carries, _):
         chunk_idx, dq = carries
         k_chunk_sizes = min(K_CHUNK_SIZE, k_len)
@@ -111,7 +109,7 @@ def chunk_scanner(carries, _):
         dp = do @ v_chunk.transpose()
 
         D = jnp.sum(do * o, axis = -1, keepdims = True)
-        ds = p * scale * (dp - D)
+        ds = p * COSINE_SIM_SCALE * (dp - D)
 
         dq_chunk = ds @ k_chunk
         dk_chunk = ds.transpose() @ q
@@ -130,14 +128,13 @@ def chunk_scanner(carries, _):
 
 @jit
 def flash_attention_backward(res, do):
-    q, k, v, key_mask, o, l, m = res
+    q, k, v, key_mask, o, l = res
 
     q_len, dim = q.shape
 
     dk = jnp.zeros_like(k)
     dv = jnp.zeros_like(v)
 
-    m = m.reshape(q_len, 1)
     l = l.reshape(q_len, 1)
 
     def chunk_scanner(carries, _):
@@ -146,12 +143,11 @@ def chunk_scanner(carries, _):
         chunk_sizes = min(Q_CHUNK_SIZE, q_len)
 
         q_chunk = lax.dynamic_slice(q, (chunk_idx, 0), slice_sizes = (chunk_sizes, q.shape[-1]))
-        m_chunk = lax.dynamic_slice(m, (chunk_idx, 0), slice_sizes = (chunk_sizes, 1))
         l_chunk = lax.dynamic_slice(l, (chunk_idx, 0), slice_sizes = (chunk_sizes, 1))
         o_chunk = lax.dynamic_slice(o, (chunk_idx, 0), slice_sizes = (chunk_sizes, o.shape[-1]))
         do_chunk = lax.dynamic_slice(do, (chunk_idx, 0), slice_sizes = (chunk_sizes, do.shape[-1]))
 
-        dq_chunk, dk_chunk, dv_chunk = _query_chunk_flash_attention_backward(q_chunk, k, v, key_mask, o_chunk, do_chunk, l_chunk, m_chunk)
+        dq_chunk, dk_chunk, dv_chunk = _query_chunk_flash_attention_backward(q_chunk, k, v, key_mask, o_chunk, do_chunk, l_chunk)
         return (chunk_idx + chunk_sizes, dk + dk_chunk, dv + dv_chunk), dq_chunk
 
     (_, dk, dv), dq = lax.scan(chunk_scanner, init = (0, dk, dv), xs = None, length = math.ceil(q_len / Q_CHUNK_SIZE))
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index 1a5d826..8a338f3 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 setup(
   name = 'flash-attention-jax',
   packages = find_packages(exclude=[]),
-  version = '0.0.7',
+  version = '0.0.8',
   license='MIT',
   description = 'Flash Attention - in Jax',
   author = 'Phil Wang',