diff --git a/sw/cpp/src/proximal.h b/sw/cpp/src/proximal.h
index b582285..42e47b9 100644
--- a/sw/cpp/src/proximal.h
+++ b/sw/cpp/src/proximal.h
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@
 
 #include <Eigen/Dense>
 #include <bit>
+#include <cstdlib>
 #include <iostream>
 #include <stdexcept>
 
@@ -100,6 +101,94 @@ public:
         return {x_hat, -1};
     }
 
+    /**
+     * @brief Decode a received signal an measure error value (x - sign(x_hat))
+     * @param x Transmitted word
+     * @param y Received signal
+     * @return \b std::vector of error values. Each element corresponds to one
+     * iteration of the algorithm
+     */
+    std::vector<double>
+    get_error_values(const Eigen::Ref<const RowVectori<t_n>>& x,
+                     const Eigen::Ref<const RowVectord<t_n>>& y) {
+
+        if (y.size() != mH.cols())
+            throw std::runtime_error("Length of vector must match H matrix");
+
+        std::vector<double> error_values;
+        error_values.reserve(mK);
+
+        RowVectord<t_n> s = RowVectord<t_n>::Zero(t_n);
+        RowVectori<t_n> x_hat;
+        RowVectord<t_n> r;
+
+        for (std::size_t i = 0; i < mK; ++i) {
+            r = s - mOmega * L_awgn(s, y);
+
+            s = projection(r - mGamma * grad_H(r));
+
+            x_hat = s.unaryExpr([](double d) {
+                         uint64_t bits = std::bit_cast<uint64_t>(d);
+                         // Return the sign bit: 1 for negative, 0 for positive
+                         return (bits >> 63);
+                     }).template cast<int>();
+
+            RowVectord<t_n> x_hat_bpsk =
+                -1 * ((2 * x_hat.template cast<double>()).array() - 1).matrix();
+            error_values.push_back(
+                (x.template cast<double>() - x_hat_bpsk).norm());
+
+            if (check_parity(x_hat)) {
+                break;
+            }
+        }
+
+        return error_values;
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * @brief Decode a received signal and measure the norm of the two gradients
+     * at each iteration
+     * @param y
+     * @return \b std::vector of \b std::pair of gradient values. Each element corresponds to
+     * one iteration. Result is of the form [(grad_H_1, grad_L_1), ...]
+     */
+    std::vector<std::pair<double, double>>
+    get_gradient_values(const Eigen::Ref<const RowVectord<t_n>>& y) {
+
+        if (y.size() != mH.cols())
+            throw std::runtime_error("Length of vector must match H matrix");
+
+        std::vector<std::pair<double, double>> gradient_values;
+        gradient_values.reserve(mK);
+
+        RowVectord<t_n> s = RowVectord<t_n>::Zero(t_n);
+        RowVectori<t_n> x_hat;
+        RowVectord<t_n> r;
+
+        for (std::size_t i = 0; i < mK; ++i) {
+            RowVectord<t_n> gradl = L_awgn(s, y);
+            r = s - mOmega * gradl;
+
+            RowVectord<t_n> gradh = grad_H(r);
+            s = projection(r - mGamma * gradh);
+
+            gradient_values.push_back({gradh.norm(), gradl.norm()});
+
+            x_hat = s.unaryExpr([](double d) {
+                         uint64_t bits = std::bit_cast<uint64_t>(d);
+                         // Return the sign bit: 1 for negative, 0 for positive
+                         return (bits >> 63);
+                     }).template cast<int>();
+
+            if (check_parity(x_hat)) {
+                break;
+            }
+        }
+
+        return gradient_values;
+    }
+
     /**
      * @brief Get the values of all member variables necessary to recreate an
      * exact copy of this class. Used for pickling
diff --git a/sw/cpp/src/python_interface.cpp b/sw/cpp/src/python_interface.cpp
index c650258..4970e75 100644
--- a/sw/cpp/src/python_interface.cpp
+++ b/sw/cpp/src/python_interface.cpp
@@ -14,7 +14,11 @@ using namespace pybind11::literals;
         .def(py::init<MatrixiR<m, n>, int, double, double, double>(),          \
              "H"_a.noconvert(), "K"_a = 100, "omega"_a = 0.0002,               \
              "gamma"_a = .05, "eta"_a = 1.5)                                   \
-        .def("decode", &ProximalDecoder<m, n>::decode, "x"_a.noconvert())      \
+        .def("decode", &ProximalDecoder<m, n>::decode, "y"_a.noconvert())      \
+        .def("get_error_values", &ProximalDecoder<m, n>::get_error_values,     \
+             "x"_a.noconvert(), "y"_a.noconvert())                             \
+        .def("get_gradient_values",                                            \
+             &ProximalDecoder<m, n>::get_gradient_values, "y"_a.noconvert())   \
         .def(py::pickle(                                                       \
             [](const ProximalDecoder<m, n>& a) {                               \
                 auto state = a.get_decoder_state();                            \