diff --git a/Project.toml b/Project.toml
index 55911dd..b8c8f39 100644
--- a/Project.toml
+++ b/Project.toml
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 name = "BlockBandedMatrices"
 uuid = "ffab5731-97b5-5995-9138-79e8c1846df0"
-version = "0.13.6"
+version = "0.13.7"
 
 [deps]
 ArrayLayouts = "4c555306-a7a7-4459-81d9-ec55ddd5c99a"
diff --git a/src/AbstractBlockBandedMatrix.jl b/src/AbstractBlockBandedMatrix.jl
index ea5405e..fc98a7f 100644
--- a/src/AbstractBlockBandedMatrix.jl
+++ b/src/AbstractBlockBandedMatrix.jl
@@ -34,10 +34,10 @@ transposelayout(::BandedBlockBandedRows{Lay}) where Lay = BandedBlockBandedColum
 transposelayout(::BlockBandedColumns{Lay}) where Lay = BlockBandedRows{Lay}()
 transposelayout(::BlockBandedRows{Lay}) where Lay = BlockBandedColumns{Lay}()
 
-conjlayout(::Type{T}, ::BandedBlockBandedColumns{Lay}) where {T<:Complex,Lay} = BandedBlockBandedColumns{typeof(conjlayout(T,Lay))}()
-conjlayout(::Type{T}, ::BandedBlockBandedRows{Lay}) where {T<:Complex,Lay} = BandedBlockBandedRows{typeof(conjlayout(T,Lay))}()
-conjlayout(::Type{T}, ::BlockBandedColumns{Lay}) where {T<:Complex,Lay} = BlockBandedColumns{typeof(conjlayout(T,Lay))}()
-conjlayout(::Type{T}, ::BlockBandedRows{Lay}) where {T<:Complex,Lay} = BlockBandedRows{typeof(conjlayout(T,Lay))}()
+conjlayout(::Type{T}, ::BandedBlockBandedColumns{Lay}) where {T<:Complex,Lay} = BandedBlockBandedColumns{typeof(conjlayout(T,Lay()))}()
+conjlayout(::Type{T}, ::BandedBlockBandedRows{Lay}) where {T<:Complex,Lay} = BandedBlockBandedRows{typeof(conjlayout(T,Lay()))}()
+conjlayout(::Type{T}, ::BlockBandedColumns{Lay}) where {T<:Complex,Lay} = BlockBandedColumns{typeof(conjlayout(T,Lay()))}()
+conjlayout(::Type{T}, ::BlockBandedRows{Lay}) where {T<:Complex,Lay} = BlockBandedRows{typeof(conjlayout(T,Lay()))}()
 
 symmetriclayout(::AbstractBandedBlockBandedLayout) = BandedBlockBandedLayout()
 hermitianlayout(_, ::AbstractBandedBlockBandedLayout) = BandedBlockBandedLayout()
diff --git a/src/BandedBlockBandedMatrix.jl b/src/BandedBlockBandedMatrix.jl
index fc367d0..4a6ce40 100644
--- a/src/BandedBlockBandedMatrix.jl
+++ b/src/BandedBlockBandedMatrix.jl
@@ -335,8 +335,7 @@ zeroblock(A::BandedBlockBandedMatrix, K::Int, J::Int) =
 #     BlockArray(similar(block_array.blocks, Array{T2, N}), copy(block_array.block_sizes))
 # end
 
-Base.size(arr::BandedBlockBandedMatrix) =
-    @inbounds return map(length,axes(arr))
+Base.size(arr::BandedBlockBandedMatrix) = map(length, axes(arr))
 
 
 @inline function getindex(A::BandedBlockBandedMatrix{T}, i::Int, j::Int) where T
diff --git a/src/BlockSkylineMatrix.jl b/src/BlockSkylineMatrix.jl
index 633ffa6..ccbc7f2 100644
--- a/src/BlockSkylineMatrix.jl
+++ b/src/BlockSkylineMatrix.jl
@@ -389,8 +389,7 @@ zeroblock(A::BlockSkylineMatrix, K::Int, J::Int) =
 #     BlockArray(similar(block_array.blocks, Array{T2, N}), copy(block_array.block_sizes))
 # end
 
-Base.size(arr::BlockSkylineMatrix) =
-    @inbounds return map(length,axes(arr))
+Base.size(arr::BlockSkylineMatrix) = map(length, axes(arr))
 
 
 @inline function getindex(A::BlockSkylineMatrix, i::Int, j::Int)
diff --git a/test/test_adjtransblockbanded.jl b/test/test_adjtransblockbanded.jl
index bf531b2..36229d7 100644
--- a/test/test_adjtransblockbanded.jl
+++ b/test/test_adjtransblockbanded.jl
@@ -13,6 +13,11 @@ import BlockBandedMatrices: BandedBlockBandedRowMajor, BandedBlockBandedRows,
         @test MemoryLayout(A') isa BandedBlockBandedRows
         @test MemoryLayout(transpose(A)') isa BandedBlockBandedColumns
 
+        # the data of an adjoint is conjugated, and the layout of a real matrix is unchanged
+        @test MemoryLayout(A') isa BandedBlockBandedRows{ConjLayout{ColumnMajor}}
+        @test MemoryLayout(transpose(A)') isa BandedBlockBandedColumns{ConjLayout{ColumnMajor}}
+        @test MemoryLayout(BandedBlockBandedMatrix(randn(10,14), 1:4,2:5, (1,2), (2,1))') isa BandedBlockBandedRowMajor
+
         @test A'[Block(1,1)] == A[Block(1,1)]'
         @test A'[Block(2,3)] == A[Block(3,2)]'
         @test transpose(A)[Block(1,1)] == transpose(A[Block(1,1)])
@@ -32,6 +37,11 @@ import BlockBandedMatrices: BandedBlockBandedRowMajor, BandedBlockBandedRows,
         @test MemoryLayout(A') isa BlockBandedRows
         @test MemoryLayout(transpose(A)') isa BlockBandedColumns
 
+        @test MemoryLayout(transpose(A)) isa BlockBandedRows{ColumnMajor}
+        @test MemoryLayout(A') isa BlockBandedRows{ConjLayout{ColumnMajor}}
+        @test MemoryLayout(transpose(A)') isa BlockBandedColumns{ConjLayout{ColumnMajor}}
+        @test MemoryLayout(BlockBandedMatrix(randn(10,14), 1:4,2:5, (1,2))') isa BlockBandedRows{ColumnMajor}
+
         @test A'[Block(1,1)] == A[Block(1,1)]'
         @test A'[Block(2,3)] == A[Block(3,2)]'
         @test transpose(A)[Block(1,1)] == transpose(A[Block(1,1)])