diff --git a/Project.toml b/Project.toml
index ff794c3122..5ac5f7bc0b 100644
--- a/Project.toml
+++ b/Project.toml
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 name = "ITensors"
 uuid = "9136182c-28ba-11e9-034c-db9fb085ebd5"
 authors = ["Matthew Fishman <mfishman@flatironinstitute.org>", "Miles Stoudenmire <mstoudenmire@flatironinstitute.org>"]
-version = "0.7.11"
+version = "0.7.12"
 
 [deps]
 Adapt = "79e6a3ab-5dfb-504d-930d-738a2a938a0e"
diff --git a/ext/ITensorsChainRulesCoreExt/itensor.jl b/ext/ITensorsChainRulesCoreExt/itensor.jl
index a830cc77bd..26d00baf18 100644
--- a/ext/ITensorsChainRulesCoreExt/itensor.jl
+++ b/ext/ITensorsChainRulesCoreExt/itensor.jl
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ function rrule(::Type{ITensor}, x1::AllowAlias, x2::TensorStorage, x3)
   y = ITensor(x1, x2, x3)
   function ITensor_pullback(ȳ)
     x̄1 = NoTangent()
-    x̄2 = ȳ.tensor.storage
+    x̄2 = unthunk(ȳ).tensor.storage
     x̄3 = NoTangent()
     return (NoTangent(), x̄1, x̄2, x̄3)
   end
@@ -84,7 +84,7 @@ end
 function rrule(::typeof(tensor), x1::ITensor)
   y = tensor(x1)
   function tensor_pullback(ȳ)
-    x̄1 = ITensor(typeof(storage(x1))(ȳ.storage.data), inds(x1))
+    x̄1 = ITensor(typeof(storage(x1))(unthunk(ȳ).storage.data), inds(x1))
     return (NoTangent(), x̄1)
   end
   return y, tensor_pullback