diff --git a/src/Hyperopt.jl b/src/Hyperopt.jl
index 8564cd4..04c32aa 100644
--- a/src/Hyperopt.jl
+++ b/src/Hyperopt.jl
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ export RandomSampler, LHSampler, CLHSampler, hyperband, Hyperband, hyperoptim, B
 using Base.Threads: threadid, nthreads
 using LinearAlgebra, Statistics, Random
 using ProgressMeter
+using ComponentArrays
 using MacroTools
 using MacroTools: postwalk, prewalk
 using RecipesBase
@@ -37,11 +38,23 @@ Base.@kwdef mutable struct Hyperoptimizer{S<:Sampler, F}
     objective::F = nothing
 end
 
+function namedtuple_params(ho, i)
+    vals = ho.history[i]
+    ComponentVector((; zip(ho.params, vals)...))
+end
+
 function Base.getproperty(ho::Hyperoptimizer, s::Symbol)
     s === :minimum && (return isempty(ho.results) ? NaN :  minimum(replace(ho.results, NaN => Inf)))
-    s === :minimizer && (return isempty(ho.results) ? [] :  ho.history[argmin(replace(ho.results, NaN => Inf))])
+    # s === :minimizer && (return isempty(ho.results) ? [] :  ho.history[argmin(replace(ho.results, NaN => Inf))])
     s === :maximum && (return isempty(ho.results) ? NaN :  maximum(replace(ho.results, NaN => -Inf)))
-    s === :maximizer && (return isempty(ho.results) ? [] :  ho.history[argmax(replace(ho.results, NaN => -Inf))])
+    # s === :maximizer && (return isempty(ho.results) ? [] :  ho.history[argmax(replace(ho.results, NaN => -Inf))])
+    if s === :minimizer
+        return isempty(ho.results) ? [] :  namedtuple_params(ho, argmin(replace(ho.results, NaN => Inf)))
+    end
+    s === :maximum && (return isempty(ho.results) ? NaN :  maximum(replace(ho.results, NaN => Inf)))
+    if s === :maximizer
+        return isempty(ho.results) ? [] :  namedtuple_params(ho, argmax(replace(ho.results, NaN => Inf)))
+    end
     return getfield(ho,s)
 end
 
@@ -356,7 +369,7 @@ function warn_on_boundary(ho, sense = :min)
             (m[i],)
         end
     end
-    for i in eachindex(m)
+    for i in 1:length(m)
         c = unique(ho.candidates[i])
         if m[i] ∈ extremas[i] && length(c) > 3
             println("Parameter $(ho.params[i]) obtained its optimum on an extremum of the sampled region: $(m[i])")
diff --git a/src/optim.jl b/src/optim.jl
index fa1aa20..bd296c3 100644
--- a/src/optim.jl
+++ b/src/optim.jl
@@ -30,4 +30,50 @@ function hyperoptim(f, candidates, algorithm = Optim.NelderMead(), opts = Optim.
 
     ho = hyperband(fun, candidates; R, η, inner, threads)
     ho
+end
+
+function multistart(f, candidates; N, algorithm = Optim.NelderMead(), opts = Optim.Options(), inner = RandomSampler(), threads=false)
+    ho = Hyperoptimizer(;
+        iterations = N,
+        params = [Symbol("$i") for i in eachindex(candidates)],
+        candidates,
+        history = Vector{Any}(undef, N),
+        results = Vector{Any}(undef, N),
+        sampler = inner,
+        objective = f,
+    )
+    if inner isa Union{LHSampler,CLHSampler}
+        ho.iterations = length(candidates[1])
+        init!(inner, ho)
+    end
+    sem = Base.Semaphore(threads)
+    try
+        @sync for i = 1:N
+            pars = ho.sampler(ho, i)
+            # nt = (; Pair.((:i, ho.params...), (state, samples...))...)
+            # pars = [Base.tail(nt)...] # the first element is i
+
+            if threads >= 2
+                Base.acquire(sem)
+                Threads.@spawn begin
+                    res = Optim.optimize(f, pars, algorithm, opts)
+                    ho.history[i] = res.minimizer
+                    ho.results[i] = res.minimum
+                    Base.release(sem)
+                end
+
+            else
+                res = Optim.optimize(f, pars, algorithm, opts)
+                ho.history[i] = res.minimizer
+                ho.results[i] = res.minimum
+            end
+        end
+    catch e
+        if e isa InterruptException
+            @info "Aborting hyperoptimization"
+        else
+            rethrow()
+        end
+    end
+    ho
 end
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