diff --git a/src/Normalizers/Precompiled.php b/src/Normalizers/Precompiled.php
index 72b9a90..20efaec 100644
--- a/src/Normalizers/Precompiled.php
+++ b/src/Normalizers/Precompiled.php
@@ -153,10 +153,10 @@ public function commonPrefixSearch($key): array
         $node_pos ^= $this->offset($unit);
 
         foreach (mb_str_split($key) as $c) {
-            if (ord($c) === 0) {
+            if (ord($c[0]) === 0) {
                 break;
             }
-            $node_pos ^= ord($c);
+            $node_pos ^= ord($c[0]);
             $unit = $this->array[$node_pos];
             if ($this->label($unit) !== mb_ord($c)) {
                 return $results;
diff --git a/src/Tensor/Tensor.php b/src/Tensor/Tensor.php
index eb10625..c01e23c 100644
--- a/src/Tensor/Tensor.php
+++ b/src/Tensor/Tensor.php
@@ -820,25 +820,27 @@ public function normalize(int $p = 2, ?int $axis = null): static
 
         $norm = $result->norm($p, $axis, true);
 
-        foreach ($norm->buffer as $i => $value) {
-            $resultIndex = 0;
+        // TensorBuffer doesn't implement Iterator/IteratorAggregate, so foreach over it
+        // yields zero iterations; use the flattened logical values instead
+        foreach ($result->toBufferArray() as $i => $value) {
+            $normIndex = 0;
             $num = $i;
-            $resultMultiplier = 1;
+            $normMultiplier = 1;
 
             for ($j = $result->ndim() - 1; $j >= 0; --$j) {
                 $size = $result->shape()[$j];
 
                 if ($j !== $axis) {
                     $index = $num % $size;
-                    $resultIndex += $index * $resultMultiplier;
-                    $resultMultiplier *= $result->shape()[$j];
+                    $normIndex += $index * $normMultiplier;
+                    $normMultiplier *= $result->shape()[$j];
                 }
 
                 $num = floor($num / $size);
             }
 
             // Divide by normalized value
-            $result->buffer[$i] /= $norm->buffer[$resultIndex];
+            $result->buffer[$i] /= $norm->buffer[$normIndex];
         }
 
         return $result;
@@ -873,8 +875,9 @@ public function norm(int $ord = 2, ?int $axis = null, bool $keepShape = false):
         // Create a new array to store the accumulated values
         $result = $this->zeros([count($this->buffer) / $this->shape()[$axis]]);
 
-        // Iterate over the data array
-        foreach ($this->buffer as $i => $value) {
+        // TensorBuffer doesn't implement Iterator/IteratorAggregate, so foreach over it
+        // yields zero iterations; use the flattened logical values instead
+        foreach ($this->toBufferArray() as $i => $value) {
             // Calculate the index in the resulting array
             $resultIndex = 0;
             $num = $i;
@@ -893,10 +896,10 @@ public function norm(int $ord = 2, ?int $axis = null, bool $keepShape = false):
             }
 
             // Accumulate the value at the current index
-            $result[$resultIndex] += pow($this->buffer[$i], $ord);
+            $result[$resultIndex] += pow($value, $ord);
         }
 
-        if ($ord === 1) {
+        if ($ord !== 1) {
             $result = $mo->op($result, '**', 1 / $ord);
         }
 
diff --git a/src/Utils/Downloader.php b/src/Utils/Downloader.php
index 5e5cd1a..3e15002 100644
--- a/src/Utils/Downloader.php
+++ b/src/Utils/Downloader.php
@@ -110,7 +110,6 @@ public static function download(string $url, string $to, array $options = [], ?c
 
         if (curl_exec($curlHandle) === false) {
             $error = curl_error($curlHandle);
-            curl_close($curlHandle);
             fclose($headerHandle);
             fclose($bodyHandle);
             throw new \Exception("The \"$url\" file could not be downloaded: $error");
@@ -119,14 +118,11 @@ public static function download(string $url, string $to, array $options = [], ?c
         $statusCode = curl_getinfo($curlHandle, CURLINFO_RESPONSE_CODE);
 
         if ($statusCode < 200 || $statusCode >= 300) {
-            curl_close($curlHandle);
             fclose($headerHandle);
             fclose($bodyHandle);
             throw new \Exception("The \"$url\" file could not be downloaded: HTTP $statusCode");
         }
 
-        curl_close($curlHandle);
-
         rewind($headerHandle);
 
         $headers = stream_get_contents($headerHandle);
diff --git a/tests/tensors/TensorTest.php b/tests/tensors/TensorTest.php
index 3c76538..67e29aa 100644
--- a/tests/tensors/TensorTest.php
+++ b/tests/tensors/TensorTest.php
@@ -290,6 +290,33 @@
         expect($values->toArray())->toBe([5.0, 4.0, 3.0])
             ->and($indices->toArray())->toBe([4, 1, 2]);
     });
+
+    it('can calculate L2 norm along an axis', function () {
+        $t = new Tensor([[3.0, 4.0], [6.0, 8.0]]);
+        $norm = $t->norm(2, -1);
+        expect($norm->toArray())->toBe([5.0, 10.0]);
+    });
+
+    it('can calculate L2 norm along an axis while keeping the reduced dimension', function () {
+        $t = new Tensor([[3.0, 4.0], [6.0, 8.0]]);
+        $norm = $t->norm(2, -1, keepShape: true);
+        expect($norm->shape())->toBe([2, 1])
+            ->and($norm->toArray())->toBe([[5.0], [10.0]]);
+    });
+
+    it('can normalize a tensor along an axis', function () {
+        $t = new Tensor([[3.0, 4.0], [6.0, 8.0]]);
+        $normalized = $t->normalize(2, -1)->toArray();
+        expect($normalized[0])->toMatchArrayApproximately([0.6, 0.8], 1e-6)
+            ->and($normalized[1])->toMatchArrayApproximately([0.6, 0.8], 1e-6);
+    });
+
+    it('normalized rows have unit L2 norm', function () {
+        $t = new Tensor([[1.0, 2.0, 3.0, 4.0]]);
+        $normalized = $t->normalize(2, -1);
+        $sumOfSquares = array_sum(array_map(fn ($v) => $v ** 2, $normalized->toArray()[0]));
+        expect($sumOfSquares)->toEqualWithDelta(1.0, 1e-6);
+    });
 });
 
 describe('Error handling', function () {