diff --git a/deep_speech_2/deploy.py b/deep_speech_2/deploy.py
index 70a9b9efee73762d4e5635a73226a0c5f3d3d84e..091d82892bf2efd12b2b1c85b42fbd96eca3cc12 100644
--- a/deep_speech_2/deploy.py
+++ b/deep_speech_2/deploy.py
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ import paddle.v2 as paddle
 from data_utils.data import DataGenerator
 from model import deep_speech2
 from deploy.swig_decoders import *
-from swig_scorer import LmScorer
+from swig_scorer import Scorer
 from error_rate import wer
 import utils
 import time
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ import time
 parser = argparse.ArgumentParser(description=__doc__)
 parser.add_argument(
     "--num_samples",
-    default=100,
+    default=10,
     type=int,
     help="Number of samples for inference. (default: %(default)s)")
 parser.add_argument(
@@ -164,7 +164,7 @@ def infer():
     ]
 
     # external scorer
-    ext_scorer = LmScorer(args.alpha, args.beta, args.language_model_path)
+    ext_scorer = Scorer(args.alpha, args.beta, args.language_model_path)
 
     ## decode and print
     time_begin = time.time()
diff --git a/deep_speech_2/deploy/ctc_decoders.cpp b/deep_speech_2/deploy/ctc_decoders.cpp
index 4cff6d5e544ce04583935331474776b1714f9ad2..75555c018b33c43f43d70c8299ff6b1f2e94aa8f 100644
--- a/deep_speech_2/deploy/ctc_decoders.cpp
+++ b/deep_speech_2/deploy/ctc_decoders.cpp
@@ -5,9 +5,11 @@
 #include <cmath>
 #include <limits>
 #include "ctc_decoders.h"
+#include "decoder_utils.h"
 
 typedef double log_prob_type;
 
+
 template <typename T1, typename T2>
 bool pair_comp_first_rev(const std::pair<T1, T2> a, const std::pair<T1, T2> b)
 {
@@ -81,7 +83,7 @@ std::vector<std::pair<double, std::string> >
                             std::vector<std::string> vocabulary,
                             int blank_id,
                             double cutoff_prob,
-                            LmScorer *ext_scorer,
+                            Scorer *ext_scorer,
                             bool nproc) {
     // dimension check
     int num_time_steps = probs_seq.size();
diff --git a/deep_speech_2/deploy/ctc_decoders.h b/deep_speech_2/deploy/ctc_decoders.h
index da08a2c58a62ecfec2f6854158f7bf6f40d8427b..50a6014f0abecf483acd049917a9fa6202793405 100644
--- a/deep_speech_2/deploy/ctc_decoders.h
+++ b/deep_speech_2/deploy/ctc_decoders.h
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ std::vector<std::pair<double, std::string> >
                             std::vector<std::string> vocabulary,
                             int blank_id,
                             double cutoff_prob=1.0,
-                            LmScorer *ext_scorer=NULL,
+                            Scorer *ext_scorer=NULL,
                             bool nproc=false
                             );
 
diff --git a/deep_speech_2/deploy/ctc_decoders.i b/deep_speech_2/deploy/ctc_decoders.i
index c7d05238e5b0849b4db6217084ac1352fa919f82..8c9dd1643d994dfd0e3a713acd96fe27301491aa 100644
--- a/deep_speech_2/deploy/ctc_decoders.i
+++ b/deep_speech_2/deploy/ctc_decoders.i
@@ -19,4 +19,5 @@ namespace std{
 }
 
 %import scorer.h
+%import decoder_utils.h
 %include "ctc_decoders.h"
diff --git a/deep_speech_2/deploy/decoder_setup.py b/deep_speech_2/deploy/decoder_setup.py
index aed45faafc3f7ec84ec3f4949cbc413d36ef2a6d..146538f557f727ae798ab8b9322bac2b646531ca 100644
--- a/deep_speech_2/deploy/decoder_setup.py
+++ b/deep_speech_2/deploy/decoder_setup.py
@@ -39,8 +39,10 @@ os.system('swig -python -c++ ./ctc_decoders.i')
 ctc_beam_search_decoder_module = [
     Extension(
         name='_swig_ctc_decoders',
-        sources=FILES +
-        ['scorer.cpp', 'ctc_decoders_wrap.cxx', 'ctc_decoders.cpp'],
+        sources=FILES + [
+            'scorer.cpp', 'ctc_decoders_wrap.cxx', 'ctc_decoders.cpp',
+            'decoder_utils.cpp'
+        ],
         language='C++',
         include_dirs=['.', './kenlm'],
         libraries=LIBS,
diff --git a/deep_speech_2/deploy/decoder_utils.cpp b/deep_speech_2/deploy/decoder_utils.cpp
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..82e4cd1467fbc759ab1d4c941dab4fe06a7dff6c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/deep_speech_2/deploy/decoder_utils.cpp
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+#include <limits>
+#include <algorithm>
+#include <cmath>
+#include "decoder_utils.h"
+
diff --git a/deep_speech_2/deploy/decoder_utils.h b/deep_speech_2/deploy/decoder_utils.h
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..6d58bf1f30d8731c1add89a24953bde94762d55b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/deep_speech_2/deploy/decoder_utils.h
@@ -0,0 +1,15 @@
+#ifndef DECODER_UTILS_H
+#define DECODER_UTILS_H
+#pragma once
+#include <utility>
+
+/*
+template <typename T1, typename T2>
+bool pair_comp_first_rev(const std::pair<T1, T2> a, const std::pair<T1, T2> b);
+
+template <typename T1, typename T2>
+bool pair_comp_second_rev(const std::pair<T1, T2> a, const std::pair<T1, T2> b);
+
+template <typename T> T log_sum_exp(T x, T y);
+*/
+#endif // DECODER_UTILS_H
diff --git a/deep_speech_2/deploy/scorer.cpp b/deep_speech_2/deploy/scorer.cpp
index 7a66daad9c3c0783dabf7cd72f6d68b91d621555..e9a74b989a589ed920ec69b7e5bd5cb15f4a6d11 100644
--- a/deep_speech_2/deploy/scorer.cpp
+++ b/deep_speech_2/deploy/scorer.cpp
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@
 
 using namespace lm::ngram;
 
-LmScorer::LmScorer(float alpha, float beta, std::string lm_model_path) {
+Scorer::Scorer(float alpha, float beta, std::string lm_model_path) {
     this->_alpha = alpha;
     this->_beta = beta;
 
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ LmScorer::LmScorer(float alpha, float beta, std::string lm_model_path) {
     this->_language_model = LoadVirtual(lm_model_path.c_str());
 }
 
-LmScorer::~LmScorer(){
+Scorer::~Scorer(){
    delete (lm::base::Model *)this->_language_model;
 }
 
@@ -57,7 +57,7 @@ inline void strip(std::string &str, char ch=' ') {
     }
 }
 
-int LmScorer::word_count(std::string sentence) {
+int Scorer::word_count(std::string sentence) {
     strip(sentence);
     int cnt = 1;
     for (int i=0; i<sentence.size(); i++) {
@@ -68,7 +68,7 @@ int LmScorer::word_count(std::string sentence) {
     return cnt;
 }
 
-double LmScorer::language_model_score(std::string sentence) {
+double Scorer::language_model_score(std::string sentence) {
     lm::base::Model *model = (lm::base::Model *)this->_language_model;
     State state, out_state;
     lm::FullScoreReturn ret;
@@ -84,12 +84,12 @@ double LmScorer::language_model_score(std::string sentence) {
     return log_prob;
 }
 
-void LmScorer::reset_params(float alpha, float beta) {
+void Scorer::reset_params(float alpha, float beta) {
     this->_alpha = alpha;
     this->_beta = beta;
 }
 
-double LmScorer::get_score(std::string sentence, bool log) {
+double Scorer::get_score(std::string sentence, bool log) {
     double lm_score = language_model_score(sentence);
     int word_cnt = word_count(sentence);
 
diff --git a/deep_speech_2/deploy/scorer.h b/deep_speech_2/deploy/scorer.h
index 90a1a84a0a06314e6457b48344ea7487af41dd11..a18e119bcf155d2380972c8560d588d0ccf43efc 100644
--- a/deep_speech_2/deploy/scorer.h
+++ b/deep_speech_2/deploy/scorer.h
@@ -8,10 +8,10 @@
  * count and language model scoring.
 
  * Example:
- *     LmScorer ext_scorer(alpha, beta, "path_to_language_model.klm");
+ *     Scorer ext_scorer(alpha, beta, "path_to_language_model.klm");
  *     double score = ext_scorer.get_score("sentence_to_score");
  */
-class LmScorer{
+class Scorer{
 private:
     float _alpha;
     float _beta;
@@ -23,9 +23,9 @@ private:
     double language_model_score(std::string);
 
 public:
-    LmScorer(){}
-    LmScorer(float alpha, float beta, std::string lm_model_path);
-    ~LmScorer();
+    Scorer(){}
+    Scorer(float alpha, float beta, std::string lm_model_path);
+    ~Scorer();
 
     // reset params alpha & beta
     void reset_params(float alpha, float beta);
diff --git a/deep_speech_2/deploy/swig_decoders.py b/deep_speech_2/deploy/swig_decoders.py
index 8e4a39252b2012d39ac500f76471335e7764f291..0247c0c9ea512089c2293f71745b66432d8d6007 100644
--- a/deep_speech_2/deploy/swig_decoders.py
+++ b/deep_speech_2/deploy/swig_decoders.py
@@ -4,7 +4,8 @@ from __future__ import division
 from __future__ import print_function
 
 import swig_ctc_decoders
-import multiprocessing
+#import multiprocessing
+from pathos.multiprocessing import Pool
 
 
 def ctc_best_path_decoder(probs_seq, vocabulary):
@@ -73,14 +74,37 @@ def ctc_beam_search_decoder_batch(probs_split,
     if not num_processes > 0:
         raise ValueError("Number of processes must be positive!")
 
-    pool = multiprocessing.Pool(processes=num_processes)
+    pool = Pool(processes=num_processes)
     results = []
+    args_list = []
     for i, probs_list in enumerate(probs_split):
         args = (probs_list, beam_size, vocabulary, blank_id, cutoff_prob,
                 ext_scoring_func)
+        args_list.append(args)
         results.append(pool.apply_async(ctc_beam_search_decoder, args))
 
     pool.close()
     pool.join()
     beam_search_results = [result.get() for result in results]
+    """
+    len_args = len(probs_split)
+    beam_search_results = pool.map(ctc_beam_search_decoder,
+                                  probs_split,
+                                  [beam_size for i in xrange(len_args)],
+                                  [vocabulary for i in xrange(len_args)],
+                                  [blank_id for i in xrange(len_args)],
+                                  [cutoff_prob for i in xrange(len_args)],
+                                  [ext_scoring_func for i in xrange(len_args)]
+                                  )
+    """
+    '''
+    processes = [mp.Process(target=ctc_beam_search_decoder,
+                args=(probs_list, beam_size, vocabulary, blank_id, cutoff_prob,
+                    ext_scoring_func) for probs_list in probs_split]
+    for p in processes:
+        p.start()
+    for p in processes:
+        p.join()
+    beam_search_results = []
+    '''
     return beam_search_results