diff --git a/src/method_beyncontour.jl b/src/method_beyncontour.jl
index 1aa0df139..adc2233a9 100644
--- a/src/method_beyncontour.jl
+++ b/src/method_beyncontour.jl
@@ -11,10 +11,11 @@ export contour_beyn
     λv,V=contour_beyn([eltype,] nep;[tol,][displaylevel,][σ,][radius,][linsolvercreator,][quad_method,][N,][neigs,][k])
 
 The function computes eigenvalues using Beyn's contour integral approach,
-with a contour defined by a circle centered at `σ` with radius `radius`.
-The quadrature method is specified in `quad_method` (`:ptrapz`, `:quadg`,
-`:quadg_parallel`,`:quadgk`). The kwarg `N` corresponds to the
-number of quadrature points. Circles are currently the only supported contours. The
+using an ellipse centered at `σ` with radii given in `radius`, or if only one `radius` is given,
+the contour is a circle. The quadrature method is specified in `quad_method`
+(`:ptrapz`,`ptrapz_parallel`, `:quadg`,`:quadg_parallel`,`:quadgk`). `k`
+specifies the number of computed eigenvalues. `N` corresponds to the
+number of quadrature points. Ellipses are the only supported contours. The
 `linsolvercreator` must create a linsolver that can handle (rectangular) matrices
 as right-hand sides, not only vectors. We integrate in complex arithmetic so
 `eltype` must be complex type.
@@ -49,7 +50,7 @@ function contour_beyn(::Type{T},
                       linsolvercreator::Function=backslash_linsolvercreator,
                       neigs::Integer=2, # Number of wanted eigvals
                       k::Integer=neigs+1, # Columns in matrix to integrate
-                      radius::Real=1, # integration radius
+                      radius::Union{Real,Tuple,Array}=1, # integration radius
                       quad_method::Symbol=:ptrapz, # which method to run. :quadg, :quadg_parallel, :quadgk, :ptrapz
                       N::Integer=1000,  # Nof quadrature nodes
                       errmeasure::Function =
@@ -58,12 +59,14 @@ function contour_beyn(::Type{T},
                       rank_drop_tol=tol # Used in sanity checking
                       )where{T<:Number}
 
-    # Geometry: disk
-    g=t -> radius*exp(1im*t)
-    gp=t -> 1im*radius*exp(1im*t) # Derivative
+    # Geometry
+    length(radius)==1 ? radius=(radius,radius) : nothing
+    g(t) = complex(radius[1]*cos(t),radius[2]*sin(t)) # ellipse
+    gp(t) = complex(-radius[1]*sin(t),radius[2]*cos(t)) # derivative
 
     n=size(nep,1);
 
+
     if (k>n)
         error("Cannot compute more eigenvalues than the size of the NEP with contour_beyn() k=",k," n=",n);
 
@@ -78,8 +81,6 @@ function contour_beyn(::Type{T},
     Vh=Array{T,2}(randn(real(T),n,k)) # randn only works for real
 
 
-
-
     function local_linsolve(λ::TT,V::Matrix{TT}) where {TT<:Number}
         @ifd(print("."))
         local M0inv::LinSolver = linsolvercreator(nep,λ+σ);
@@ -89,19 +90,15 @@ function contour_beyn(::Type{T},
     end
 
     # Constructing integrands
-    Tv0= λ ->  local_linsolve(T(λ),Vh)
-    Tv1= λ -> λ*Tv0(λ)
-    f1= t-> Tv0(g(t))*gp(t)
-    f2= t -> Tv1(g(t))*gp(t)
+    Tv(λ) = local_linsolve(T(λ),Vh)
+    f(t) = Tv(g(t))*gp(t)
     @ifd(print("Computing integrals"))
 
-    # Naive version, where we compute two separate integrals
 
     local A0,A1
     if (quad_method == :quadg_parallel)
         @ifd(print(" using quadg_parallel"))
-        A0=quadg_parallel(f1,0,2*pi,N);
-        A1=quadg_parallel(f2,0,2*pi,N);
+        (A0,A1)=quadg_parallel(f,g,0,2*pi,N);
     elseif (quad_method == :quadg)
         #@ifd(print(" using quadg"))
         #A0=quadg(f1,0,2*pi,N);
@@ -109,8 +106,10 @@ function contour_beyn(::Type{T},
         error("disabled");
     elseif (quad_method == :ptrapz)
         @ifd(print(" using ptrapz"))
-        A0=ptrapz(f1,0,2*pi,N);
-        A1=ptrapz(f2,0,2*pi,N);
+        (A0,A1)=ptrapz(f,g,0,2*pi,N);
+    elseif (quad_method == :ptrapz_parallel)
+        @ifd(print(" using ptrapz_parallel"))
+        (A0,A1)=ptrapz_parallel(f,g,0,2*pi,N);
     elseif (quad_method == :quadgk)
         #@ifd(print(" using quadgk"))
         #A0,tmp=quadgk(f1,0,2*pi,reltol=tol);
@@ -126,33 +125,34 @@ function contour_beyn(::Type{T},
 
     @ifd(print("Computing SVD prepare for eigenvalue extraction "))
     V,S,W = svd(A0)
-    V0 = V[:,1:k]
-    W0 = W[:,1:k]
-    B = (copy(V0')*A1*W0) * Diagonal(1 ./ S[1:k])
-
     p = count( S/S[1] .> rank_drop_tol);
-
     @ifd(println(" p=",p));
 
+    V0 = V[:,1:p]
+    W0 = W[:,1:p]
+    B = (copy(V0')*A1*W0) * Diagonal(1 ./ S[1:p])
+
     # Extract eigenval and eigvec approximations according to
     # step 6 on page 3849 in the reference
     @ifd(println("Computing eigenvalues "))
     λ,VB=eigen(B)
     λ[:] = λ .+ σ
-
     @ifd(println("Computing eigenvectors "))
     V = V0 * VB;
-    for i = 1:k
+    for i = 1:p
         normalize!(V[:,i]);
     end
 
     if (!sanity_check)
-        return (λ,V)
+        sorted_index = sortperm(map(x->abs(σ-x), λ));
+        inside_bool = (real(λ[sorted_index].-σ)/radius[1]).^2 + (imag(λ[sorted_index].-σ)/radius[2]).^2 .≤ 1
+        inside_perm = sortperm(.!inside_bool)
+        return (λ[sorted_index[inside_perm]],V[:,sorted_index[inside_perm]])
     end
 
     # Compute all the errors
-    errmeasures=zeros(real(T),k);
-    for i = 1:k
+    errmeasures=zeros(real(T),p);
+    for i = 1:p
         errmeasures[i]=errmeasure(λ[i],V[:,i]);
     end
 
@@ -162,25 +162,35 @@ function contour_beyn(::Type{T},
     sorted_good_index=
        good_index[sortperm(map(x->abs(σ-x), λ[good_index]))];
 
+    # check that eigenvalues are inside contour, move them to the end if they are outside
+   inside_bool = (real(λ[sorted_good_index].-σ)/radius[1]).^2 + (imag(λ[sorted_good_index].-σ)/radius[2]).^2 .≤ 1
+   if any(.!inside_bool)
+       if neigs ≤ sum(inside_bool)
+           @warn "found $(sum(.!inside_bool)) evals outside contour, $p inside. all $neigs returned evals inside, but possibly inaccurate. try increasing N, decreasing tol, or changing radius"
+       else
+           @warn "found $(sum(.!inside_bool)) evals outside contour, $p inside. last $(neigs-sum(inside_bool)) returned evals outside contour. possible inaccuracy. try increasing N, decreasing tol, or changing radius"
+       end
+   end
+   sorted_good_inside_perm = sortperm(.!inside_bool)
+
     # Remove all eigpairs not sufficiently accurate
     # and potentially remove eigenvalues if more than neigs.
     local Vgood,λgood
     if( size(sorted_good_index,1) > neigs)
         @ifd(println("Removing unwanted eigvals: neigs=",neigs,"<",size(sorted_good_index,1),"=found_eigvals"))
-        Vgood=V[:,sorted_good_index[1:neigs]];
-        λgood=λ[sorted_good_index[1:neigs]];
+        Vgood=V[:,sorted_good_index[sorted_good_inside_perm][1:neigs]];
+        λgood=λ[sorted_good_index[sorted_good_inside_perm][1:neigs]];
     else
-        Vgood=V[:,sorted_good_index];
-        λgood=λ[sorted_good_index];
+        Vgood=V[:,sorted_good_index[sorted_good_inside_perm]];
+        λgood=λ[sorted_good_index[sorted_good_inside_perm]];
     end
 
-
     if (p==k)
        @warn "Rank-drop not detected, your eigvals may be correct, but the algorithm cannot verify. Try to increase k. This warning can be disabled with `sanity_check=false`." S
     end
 
     if (size(λgood,1)<neigs  && neigs < typemax(Int))
-       @warn "We found less eigvals than requested. Try increasing domain, or decreasing `tol`. This warning can be disabled with `sanity_check=false`." S
+       @warn "We found fewer eigvals than requested. Try increasing domain, or decreasing `tol`. This warning can be disabled with `sanity_check=false`." S
     end
 
     return (λgood,Vgood)
@@ -188,40 +198,55 @@ end
 
 #  Carries out Gauss quadrature (with N) discretization points
 #  by call to @parallel
-function quadg_parallel(f,a,b,N)
+function quadg_parallel(f,g,a,b,N)
     x,w=gauss(N);
     # Rescale
     w=w*(b-a)/2;
     t=a+((x+1)/2)*(b-a);
     # Sum it all together f(t[1])*w[1]+f(t[2])*w[2]...
-    S=@distributed (+) for i = 1:N
-        f(t[i])*w[i]
+    S = @distributed (+) for i = 1:N
+        temp = f(t[i])*w[i]
+        [temp,temp*g(t[i])]
     end
-    return S;
+    return S[1], S[2];
 end
 
-
-function quadg(f,a,b,N)
+function quadg(f,g,a,b,N)
     x,w=gauss(N);
     # Rescale
     w=w*(b-a)/2;
     t=a+((x+1)/2)*(b-a);
-    S=zeros(size(f(t[1])))
+    S0 = zero(f(t[1])); S1 = zero(S0)
     # Sum it all together f(t[1])*w[1]+f(t[2])*w[2]...
     for i = 1:N
-        S+= f(t[i])*w[i]
+        temp = f(t[i])*w[i]
+        S0 += temp
+        S1 += temp*g(t[i])
     end
-    return S;
+    return S0, S1;
 end
 
 
 # Trapezoidal rule for a periodic function f
-function ptrapz(f,a,b,N)
+function ptrapz(f,g,a,b,N)
+    h = (b-a)/N
+    t = range(a, stop = b-h, length = N)
+    S0 = zero(f(t[1])); S1 = zero(S0)
+    for i = 1:N
+        temp = f(t[i])
+        S0 += temp
+        S1 += temp*g(t[i])
+    end
+    return h*S0, h*S1;
+end
+
+
+function ptrapz_parallel(f,g,a,b,N)
     h = (b-a)/N
     t = range(a, stop = b-h, length = N)
-    S = zero(f(t[1]))
-    for i=1:N
-        S+=f(t[i])
+    S = @distributed (+) for i = 1:N
+        temp = f(t[i])
+        [temp,temp*g(t[i])]
     end
-    return h*S;
+    return h*S[1], h*S[2];
 end