diff --git a/catalax/__init__.py b/catalax/__init__.py
index bc98ace..2246d65 100644
--- a/catalax/__init__.py
+++ b/catalax/__init__.py
@@ -3,3 +3,44 @@
 from .tools.visualization import visualize
 
 __version__ = "0.2.0"
+
+
+def set_host_count(n: int = 1):
+    """
+    Sets the number of hosts to be used by JAX for parallel execution.
+
+    Args:
+        n (int): The number of hosts to use. Defaults to 1.
+    """
+    import numpyro
+
+    numpyro.set_host_count(n)
+
+
+def set_platform(platform: str = "cpu"):
+    """
+    Sets the platform for JAX.
+
+    Args:
+        platform (str): The platform to use. Must be one of 'cpu' or 'gpu'. Defaults to 'cpu'.
+
+    Raises:
+        AssertionError: If the platform is not 'cpu' or 'gpu'.
+    """
+    import numpyro
+
+    assert platform in ["cpu", "gpu"], "platform must be one of 'cpu' or 'gpu'"
+
+    numpyro.set_platform(platform)
+
+
+def enable_x64(use_x64: bool = True):
+    """
+    Enables the use of 64-bit precision in JAX.
+
+    Args:
+        use_x64 (bool, optional): Whether to enable 64-bit precision. Defaults to True.
+    """
+    import numpyro
+
+    numpyro.enable_x64(use_x64=use_x64)
diff --git a/examples/SurrogateHMC.ipynb b/examples/SurrogateHMC.ipynb
index 626e52a..53e03d1 100644
--- a/examples/SurrogateHMC.ipynb
+++ b/examples/SurrogateHMC.ipynb
@@ -24,14 +24,14 @@
    "outputs": [],
    "source": [
     "import json\n",
-    "import numpyro\n",
     "\n",
     "import catalax as ctx\n",
     "import catalax.neural as ctn\n",
     "import catalax.mcmc as cmc\n",
     "import jax.numpy as jnp\n",
     "\n",
-    "numpyro.set_host_device_count(5)"
+    "# Set the number of workers used for parallelizations\n",
+    "ctx.set_host_count(5)"
    ]
   },
   {