diff --git a/torchfile.py b/torchfile.py
index 950725b..25f2efc 100644
--- a/torchfile.py
+++ b/torchfile.py
@@ -48,6 +48,15 @@
 LuaFunction = namedtuple('LuaFunction',
                          ['size', 'dumped', 'upvalues'])
 
+class mycontainer():
+    def __init__(self, val):
+        self.val = val
+    def __hash__(self):
+        return id(self.val)
+    def __eq__(self, other):
+        return id(self.val) == id(other.val)
+    def __ne__(self, other):
+        return id(self.val) != id(other.val)
 
 class hashable_uniq_dict(dict):
     """
@@ -60,27 +69,37 @@ class hashable_uniq_dict(dict):
     This way, dicts can be keys of other dicts.
     """
 
+    def __iter__(self):
+        return iter(self.keys())
+
+    def __getitem__(self, k):
+        for _k,v in self.items():
+            if str(_k) == str(k):
+                return v
+
+    def __setitem__(self, k, v):
+        dict.__setitem__(self, mycontainer(k), v)
+
+    def items(self):
+        return [(k.val, v) for k,v in dict.items(self)]
+
+    def keys(self):
+        return [k.val for k in dict.keys(self)]
+
+    def values(self):
+        return [v for v in dict.values(self)]
+
     def __hash__(self):
         return id(self)
 
-    def __getattr__(self, key):
-        if key in self:
-            return self[key]
-        if isinstance(key, (str, bytes)):
-            return self.get(key.encode('utf8'))
-
     def __eq__(self, other):
         return id(self) == id(other)
 
-    def __ne__(self, other):
-        return id(self) != id(other)
-
     def _disabled_binop(self, other):
         raise TypeError(
             'hashable_uniq_dict does not support these comparisons')
     __cmp__ = __ne__ = __le__ = __gt__ = __lt__ = _disabled_binop
 
-
 class TorchObject(object):
     """
     Simple torch object, used by `add_trivial_class_reader`.
@@ -97,16 +116,16 @@ def __init__(self, typename, obj=None, version_number=0):
         self._version_number = version_number
 
     def __getattr__(self, k):
-        if k in self._obj:
+        if k in self._obj.keys():
             return self._obj[k]
         if isinstance(k, (str, bytes)):
-            return self._obj.get(k.encode('utf8'))
-
+            return self._obj[k.encode('utf8')]
+    
     def __getitem__(self, k):
-        if k in self._obj:
+        if k in self._obj.keys():
             return self._obj[k]
         if isinstance(k, (str, bytes)):
-            return self._obj.get(k.encode('utf8'))
+            return self._obj[k.encode('utf8')]
 
     def torch_typename(self):
         return self._typename
@@ -118,7 +137,7 @@ def __str__(self):
         return repr(self)
 
     def __dir__(self):
-        keys = list(self._obj.keys())
+        keys = self._obj.keys()
         keys.append('torch_typename')
         return keys