diff --git a/bindings/Python/py11File.tcc b/bindings/Python/py11File.tcc
index 0e92548b6e..e633d1673a 100644
--- a/bindings/Python/py11File.tcc
+++ b/bindings/Python/py11File.tcc
@@ -90,7 +90,11 @@ pybind11::array File::DoRead(const std::string &name, const Dims &_start,
         variable.SetStepSelection({stepStart, stepCount});
     }
 
-    m_Stream->Read(name, pyArray.mutable_data(), blockID);
+    if (!m_Stream->m_Engine)
+    {
+        throw std::logic_error("no engine available in DoRead()");
+    }
+    m_Stream->m_Engine->Get(variable, pyArray.mutable_data(), Mode::Sync);
 
     return pyArray;
 }
diff --git a/source/adios2/toolkit/format/bp3/BP3Deserializer.tcc b/source/adios2/toolkit/format/bp3/BP3Deserializer.tcc
index 3a6d638d67..2100f4b6c2 100644
--- a/source/adios2/toolkit/format/bp3/BP3Deserializer.tcc
+++ b/source/adios2/toolkit/format/bp3/BP3Deserializer.tcc
@@ -234,7 +234,7 @@ void BP3Deserializer::SetVariableBlockInfo(
                         helper::DimsToString(blockInfo.Count) +
                         " (requested) is out of bounds of (available) local"
                         " Count " +
-                        helper::DimsToString(blockCharacteristics.Shape) +
+                        helper::DimsToString(readInCount) +
                         " , when reading local array variable " + variableName +
                         ", in call to Get");
                 }
@@ -340,7 +340,7 @@ void BP3Deserializer::SetVariableBlockInfo(
                         helper::DimsToString(blockInfo.Count) +
                         " (requested) is out of bounds of (available) "
                         "Shape " +
-                        helper::DimsToString(blockCharacteristics.Shape) +
+                        helper::DimsToString(readInShape) +
                         " , when reading global array variable " +
                         variableName + ", in call to Get");
                 }
diff --git a/source/adios2/toolkit/format/bp4/BP4Deserializer.tcc b/source/adios2/toolkit/format/bp4/BP4Deserializer.tcc
index 7ec17b434e..71d534d8d8 100644
--- a/source/adios2/toolkit/format/bp4/BP4Deserializer.tcc
+++ b/source/adios2/toolkit/format/bp4/BP4Deserializer.tcc
@@ -235,7 +235,7 @@ void BP4Deserializer::SetVariableBlockInfo(
                         helper::DimsToString(blockInfo.Count) +
                         " (requested) is out of bounds of (available) local"
                         " Count " +
-                        helper::DimsToString(blockCharacteristics.Shape) +
+                        helper::DimsToString(readInCount) +
                         " , when reading local array variable " + variableName +
                         ", in call to Get");
                 }
@@ -341,7 +341,7 @@ void BP4Deserializer::SetVariableBlockInfo(
                         helper::DimsToString(blockInfo.Count) +
                         " (requested) is out of bounds of (available) "
                         "Shape " +
-                        helper::DimsToString(blockCharacteristics.Shape) +
+                        helper::DimsToString(readInShape) +
                         " , when reading global array variable " +
                         variableName + ", in call to Get");
                 }
diff --git a/testing/adios2/bindings/python/TestHighLevelAPI.py b/testing/adios2/bindings/python/TestHighLevelAPI.py
index 2cee9371f2..776698e982 100644
--- a/testing/adios2/bindings/python/TestHighLevelAPI.py
+++ b/testing/adios2/bindings/python/TestHighLevelAPI.py
@@ -109,14 +109,14 @@ def test_LocalValueDefault(self):
                 val = fh.read("local_value", (), ())
                 self.assertTrue(np.array_equal(val, local_values[t]))
 
-    @unittest.expectedFailure
     def test_LocalArray(self):
         with adios2.open(filename, 'r') as fh:
             for fh_step in fh:
                 t = fh_step.current_step()
                 for b in range(n_blocks):
                     val = fh_step.read("local_array", (1, 1), (4, 2), b)
-                    self.assertTrue(np.array_equal(val, local_arrays[t][b]))
+                    self.assertTrue(np.array_equal(
+                        val, local_arrays[t][b][1:6, 1:3]))
 
     def test_LocalArrayDefault(self):
         with adios2.open(filename, 'r') as fh:
@@ -148,12 +148,12 @@ def test_LocalValueDefault(self):
             val = fh.read("local_value", (), (), 1, 2)
             self.assertTrue(np.array_equal(val, local_values[1:3]))
 
-    @unittest.expectedFailure
     def test_LocalArray(self):
         with adios2.open(filename, 'r') as fh:
             for b in range(n_blocks):
                 val = fh.read("local_array", (1, 1), (4, 2), 1, 2, b)
-                self.assertTrue(np.array_equal(val, local_arrays[1:3][b]))
+                self.assertTrue(np.array_equal(
+                    val, local_arrays[1:3, b, 1:5, 1:3]))
 
 
 if __name__ == '__main__':