diff --git a/NDTensors/src/dense/tensoralgebra/contract.jl b/NDTensors/src/dense/tensoralgebra/contract.jl
index 5171507ce6..10b13d14ca 100644
--- a/NDTensors/src/dense/tensoralgebra/contract.jl
+++ b/NDTensors/src/dense/tensoralgebra/contract.jl
@@ -68,8 +68,7 @@ function _contract_scalar_noperm!(
     if iszero(α)
       fill!(Rᵈ, 0)
     else
-      # Rᵈ .= α .* T₂ᵈ
-      LinearAlgebra.axpby!(α, Tᵈ, β, Rᵈ)
+      Rᵈ .= α .* Tᵈ
     end
   elseif isone(β)
     if iszero(α)
@@ -81,8 +80,7 @@ function _contract_scalar_noperm!(
     end
   else
     if iszero(α)
-      # Rᵈ .= β .* Rᵈ
-      LinearAlgebra.scal!(length(Rᵈ), β, Rᵈ, 1)
+      Rᵈ .= β .* Rᵈ
     else
       # Rᵈ .= α .* Tᵈ .+ β .* Rᵈ
       LinearAlgebra.axpby!(α, Tᵈ, β, Rᵈ)
diff --git a/NDTensors/test/test_dense.jl b/NDTensors/test/test_dense.jl
index 2180877e4a..7cd2be6ffb 100644
--- a/NDTensors/test/test_dense.jl
+++ b/NDTensors/test/test_dense.jl
@@ -232,6 +232,32 @@ using .NDTensorsTestUtils: devices_list
   end
 
   # Only CPU backend testing
+  @testset "Contract with exotic types" begin
+    # BigFloat is not supported on GPU
+    ## randn(BigFloat, ...) is not defined in Julia 1.6
+    a = BigFloat.(randn(Float64, 2, 3))
+    t = Tensor(a, (1, 2, 3))
+    m = Tensor(a, (2, 3))
+    v = Tensor([one(BigFloat)], (1,))
+
+    @test m ≈ contract(t, (-1, 2, 3), v, (-1,))
+    tp = similar(t)
+    NDTensors.contract!(tp, (1, 2, 3), t, (1, 2, 3), v, (1,), false, false)
+    @test iszero(tp)
+
+    fill!(tp, one(BigFloat))
+    NDTensors.contract!(tp, (1, 2, 3), t, (1, 2, 3), v, (1,), false, true)
+    for i in tp
+      @test i == one(BigFloat)
+    end
+
+    rand_factor = BigFloat(randn(Float64))
+    NDTensors.contract!(tp, (1, 2, 3), t, (1, 2, 3), v, (1,), false, rand_factor)
+    for i in tp
+      @test i == rand_factor
+    end
+  end
+
   @testset "change backends" begin
     a, b, c = [randn(5, 5) for i in 1:3]
     backend_auto()