diff --git a/prototorch/components/components.py b/prototorch/components/components.py
index 25686e1..aa7bb70 100644
--- a/prototorch/components/components.py
+++ b/prototorch/components/components.py
@@ -100,7 +100,7 @@ class Components(torch.nn.Module):
         return self._components
 
     def extra_repr(self):
-        return f"components.shape: {tuple(self._components.shape)}"
+        return f"(components): (shape: {tuple(self._components.shape)})"
 
 
 class LabeledComponents(Components):
diff --git a/prototorch/components/initializers.py b/prototorch/components/initializers.py
index 9116f15..5229777 100644
--- a/prototorch/components/initializers.py
+++ b/prototorch/components/initializers.py
@@ -46,18 +46,22 @@ class ComponentsInitializer(object):
 
 
 class DimensionAwareInitializer(ComponentsInitializer):
-    def __init__(self, c_dims):
+    def __init__(self, dims):
         super().__init__()
-        if isinstance(c_dims, Iterable):
-            self.components_dims = tuple(c_dims)
+        if isinstance(dims, Iterable):
+            self.components_dims = tuple(dims)
         else:
-            self.components_dims = (c_dims, )
+            self.components_dims = (dims, )
 
 
 class OnesInitializer(DimensionAwareInitializer):
+    def __init__(self, dims, scale=1.0):
+        super().__init__(dims)
+        self.scale = scale
+
     def generate(self, length):
         gen_dims = (length, ) + self.components_dims
-        return torch.ones(gen_dims)
+        return torch.ones(gen_dims) * self.scale
 
 
 class ZerosInitializer(DimensionAwareInitializer):
@@ -67,8 +71,8 @@ class ZerosInitializer(DimensionAwareInitializer):
 
 
 class UniformInitializer(DimensionAwareInitializer):
-    def __init__(self, c_dims, min=0.0, max=1.0):
-        super().__init__(c_dims)
+    def __init__(self, dims, min=0.0, max=1.0):
+        super().__init__(dims)
 
         self.min = min
         self.max = max