diff --git a/constantine.nimble b/constantine.nimble
index 30d5fdb..99a4882 100644
--- a/constantine.nimble
+++ b/constantine.nimble
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ proc test(fakeCurves: string, path: string, lang = "c") =
 
 ### tasks
 task test, "Run all tests":
-  test "",                 "tests/test_word_types.nim"
-  test "",                 "tests/test_io.nim"
-  test "",                 "tests/test_bigints.nim"
-  test "-d:testingCurves", "tests/test_field_fp.nim"
+  test "",                  "tests/test_word_types.nim"
+  test "",                  "tests/test_io.nim"
+  test "",                  "tests/test_bigints.nim"
+  test " -d:testingCurves", "tests/test_field_fp.nim"
diff --git a/constantine/bigints.nim b/constantine/bigints.nim
index 2f8fa98..8c7e9c0 100644
--- a/constantine/bigints.nim
+++ b/constantine/bigints.nim
@@ -91,16 +91,18 @@ template `[]=`*(a: var Bigint, idx: int, w: Word) =
 #
 # ############################################################
 
+# No exceptions allowed
+{.push raises: [].}
 # TODO: {.inline.} analysis
 
-func isZero*(a: BigInt): CTBool[Word] {.raises: [].} =
+func isZero*(a: BigInt): CTBool[Word] =
   ## Returns if a big int is equal to zero
   var accum: Word
   for i in static(0 ..< a.limbs.len):
     accum = accum or a.limbs[i]
   result = accum.isZero()
 
-func `==`*(a, b: BigInt): CTBool[Word] {.raises: [].}=
+func `==`*(a, b: BigInt): CTBool[Word] =
   ## Returns true if 2 big ints are equal
   var accum: Word
   for i in static(0 ..< a.limbs.len):
diff --git a/constantine/field_fp.nim b/constantine/field_fp.nim
index 7e845e6..4d4498c 100644
--- a/constantine/field_fp.nim
+++ b/constantine/field_fp.nim
@@ -54,7 +54,10 @@ template `[]`(a: Fp, idx: int): Word =
 #
 # ############################################################
 
-func `+`*(a, b: Fp): Fp =
+# No exceptions allowed
+{.push raises: [].}
+
+func `+`*(a, b: Fp): Fp {.noInit.}=
   ## Addition over Fp
 
   # Non-CT implementation from Stint
diff --git a/constantine/montgomery.nim b/constantine/montgomery.nim
index 9715f26..ca7f9d1 100644
--- a/constantine/montgomery.nim
+++ b/constantine/montgomery.nim
@@ -15,6 +15,9 @@
 import
   ./word_types, ./bigints, ./field_fp, ./curves_config
 
+# No exceptions allowed
+{.push raises: [].}
+
 func toMonty*[C: static Curve](a: Fp[C]): Montgomery[C] =
   ## Convert a big integer over Fp to it's montgomery representation
   ## over Fp.
diff --git a/constantine/montgomery_magic.nim b/constantine/montgomery_magic.nim
index 87da9a8..ae53ab5 100644
--- a/constantine/montgomery_magic.nim
+++ b/constantine/montgomery_magic.nim
@@ -19,6 +19,9 @@ from bitops import fastLog2
   # This will only be used at compile-time
   # so no constant-time worries (it is constant-time if using the De Bruijn multiplication)
 
+# No exceptions allowed
+{.push raises: [].}
+
 func montyMagic*(M: static BigInt): static Word {.inline.} =
   ## Returns the Montgomery domain magic number for the input modulus:
   ##   -1/M[0] mod LimbSize
diff --git a/constantine/word_types.nim b/constantine/word_types.nim
index 71721d2..6166155 100644
--- a/constantine/word_types.nim
+++ b/constantine/word_types.nim
@@ -16,25 +16,30 @@ type
     ## by conditional branches, we don't use booleans.
     ## We use an int to prevent compiler "optimization" and introduction of branches
 
-func ctrue*(T: typedesc[Ct or BaseUint]): auto {.inline, raises: [].}=
+# No exceptions allowed
+{.push raises: [].}
+# Word primitives are inlined
+{.push inline.}
+
+func ctrue*(T: typedesc[Ct or BaseUint]): auto =
   when T is Ct:
     (CTBool[T])(true)
   else:
     (CTBool[Ct[T]])(true)
 
-func cfalse*(T: typedesc[Ct or BaseUint]): auto {.inline, raises: [].}=
+func cfalse*(T: typedesc[Ct or BaseUint]): auto =
   when T is Ct:
     (CTBool[T])(false)
   else:
     (CTBool[Ct[T]])(false)
 
-func ct*[T: BaseUint](x: T): Ct[T] {.inline, raises: [].}=
+func ct*[T: BaseUint](x: T): Ct[T] =
   (Ct[T])(x)
 
-func `$`*[T](x: Ct[T]): string {.inline, raises: [].} =
+func `$`*[T](x: Ct[T]): string =
   $T(x)
 
-func `$`*(x: CTBool): string {.inline, raises: [].} =
+func `$`*(x: CTBool): string =
   $bool(x)
 
 # ############################################################
@@ -62,7 +67,7 @@ func `$`*(x: CTBool): string {.inline, raises: [].} =
 #    - https://github.com/nim-lang/Nim/pull/8531
 #    - https://github.com/nim-lang/Nim/issues/4121 (can be workaround with #8531)
 
-func high*(T: typedesc[Ct]): T {.inline, raises: [].}=
+func high*(T: typedesc[Ct]): T =
   not T(0)
 
 func `and`*[T: Ct](x, y: T): T {.magic: "BitandI".}
@@ -87,7 +92,7 @@ func `*`*[T: Ct](x, y: T): T {.magic: "MulU".}
 # We don't implement div/mod as we can't assume the hardware implementation
 # is constant-time
 
-func `-`*(x: Ct): Ct {.inline, raises: [].}=
+func `-`*(x: Ct): Ct =
   ## Unary minus returns the two-complement representation
   ## of an unsigned integer
   {.emit:"`result` = -`x`;".}
@@ -98,7 +103,7 @@ func `-`*(x: Ct): Ct {.inline, raises: [].}=
 #
 # ############################################################
 
-func isMsbSet*[T: Ct](x: T): CTBool[T] {.inline, raises: [].} =
+func isMsbSet*[T: Ct](x: T): CTBool[T] =
   ## Returns the most significant bit of an integer
   const msb_pos = T.sizeof * 8 - 1
   result = (CTBool[T])(x shr msb_pos)
@@ -112,7 +117,7 @@ func isMsbSet*[T: Ct](x: T): CTBool[T] {.inline, raises: [].} =
 template undistinct[T: Ct](x: CTBool[T]): T =
   T(x)
 
-func `not`*(ctl: CTBool): CTBool {.inline, raises: [].}=
+func `not`*(ctl: CTBool): CTBool =
   ## Negate a constant-time boolean
   (type result)(ctl.undistinct xor (type ctl.undistinct)(1))
 
@@ -131,22 +136,22 @@ template mux*[T: Ct](ctl: CTBool[T], x, y: T): T =
   # the alternative `(x and ctl) or (y and -ctl)`
   # is optimized into a branch by Clang :/
 
-func noteq[T: Ct](x, y: T): CTBool[T] {.inline, raises: [].}=
+func noteq[T: Ct](x, y: T): CTBool[T] =
   const msb = T.sizeof * 8 - 1
   let z = x xor y
   result = (type result)((z or -z) shr msb)
 
-func `==`*[T: Ct](x, y: T): CTBool[T] {.inline, raises: [].}=
+func `==`*[T: Ct](x, y: T): CTBool[T] =
   not(noteq(x, y))
 
-func `<`*[T: Ct](x, y: T): CTBool[T] {.inline, raises: [].}=
+func `<`*[T: Ct](x, y: T): CTBool[T] =
   result = isMsbSet(
       x xor (
         (x xor y) or ((x - y) xor y)
       )
     )
 
-func `<=`*[T: Ct](x, y: T): CTBool[T] {.inline, raises: [].}=
+func `<=`*[T: Ct](x, y: T): CTBool[T] =
   not(y < x)
 
 # ############################################################
@@ -168,10 +173,10 @@ template trmFixSystemNotEq*{x != y}[T: Ct](x, y: T): CTBool[T] =
 #
 # ############################################################
 
-func isNonZero*[T: Ct](x: T): CTBool[T] {.inline, raises: [].} =
+func isNonZero*[T: Ct](x: T): CTBool[T] =
   isMsbSet(x or -x)
 
-func isZero*[T: Ct](x: T): CTBool[T] {.inline, raises: [].} =
+func isZero*[T: Ct](x: T): CTBool[T] =
   not x.isNonZero
 
 # ############################################################