diff --git a/Project.toml b/Project.toml
index e20bc55b..a2cd740d 100644
--- a/Project.toml
+++ b/Project.toml
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 name = "ITensorNetworks"
 uuid = "2919e153-833c-4bdc-8836-1ea460a35fc7"
 authors = ["Matthew Fishman <mfishman@flatironinstitute.org>, Joseph Tindall <jtindall@flatironinstitute.org> and contributors"]
-version = "0.11.11"
+version = "0.11.12"
 
 [deps]
 AbstractTrees = "1520ce14-60c1-5f80-bbc7-55ef81b5835c"
diff --git a/src/sitetype.jl b/src/sitetype.jl
index 407fa2e4..570f711c 100644
--- a/src/sitetype.jl
+++ b/src/sitetype.jl
@@ -11,18 +11,25 @@ function ITensors.siteind(d::Integer, v; addtags="", kwargs...)
   return ITensors.addtags(Index(d; tags="Site, $addtags", kwargs...), vertex_tag(v))
 end
 
-function ITensors.siteinds(sitetypes::AbstractDictionary, g::AbstractGraph; kwargs...)
-  is = IndsNetwork(g)
-  for v in vertices(g)
-    is[v] = [siteind(sitetypes[v], vertex_tag(v); kwargs...)]
-  end
-  return is
+to_siteinds_callable(x) = Returns(x)
+function to_siteinds_callable(x::AbstractDictionary)
+  return Base.Fix1(getindex, x) ∘ keytype(x)
+end
+
+function ITensors.siteinds(x, g::AbstractGraph; kwargs...)
+  return siteinds(to_siteinds_callable(x), g; kwargs...)
 end
 
-function ITensors.siteinds(sitetype, g::AbstractGraph; kwargs...)
-  return siteinds(Dictionary(vertices(g), fill(sitetype, nv(g))), g; kwargs...)
+function to_siteind(x, vertex; kwargs...)
+  return [siteind(x, vertex_tag(vertex); kwargs...)]
 end
 
+to_siteind(x::Index, vertex; kwargs...) = [x]
+
 function ITensors.siteinds(f::Function, g::AbstractGraph; kwargs...)
-  return siteinds(Dictionary(vertices(g), map(v -> f(v), vertices(g))), g; kwargs...)
+  is = IndsNetwork(g)
+  for v in vertices(g)
+    is[v] = to_siteind(f(v), v; kwargs...)
+  end
+  return is
 end
diff --git a/test/test_sitetype.jl b/test/test_sitetype.jl
index 77075d8d..33283e91 100644
--- a/test/test_sitetype.jl
+++ b/test/test_sitetype.jl
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ using DataGraphs: vertex_data
 using Dictionaries: Dictionary
 using Graphs: nv, vertices
 using ITensorNetworks: IndsNetwork, siteinds
-using ITensors: SiteType, hastags, space
+using ITensors: Index, SiteType, hastags, space
 using ITensors.NDTensors: dim
 using NamedGraphs.NamedGraphGenerators: named_grid
 using Test: @test, @testset
@@ -18,6 +18,16 @@ using Test: @test, @testset
   fdim(v::Tuple) = space(SiteType(ftype(v)))
   testtag = "TestTag"
 
+  d1 = map(v -> Index(2), vertices(g))
+  d2 = map(v -> "S=1/2", vertices(g))
+  for x in (v -> d1[v], d1, v -> d2[v], d2)
+    s = siteinds(x, g)
+    @test s[1, 1] isa Vector{<:Index}
+    @test s[1, 2] isa Vector{<:Index}
+    @test s[2, 1] isa Vector{<:Index}
+    @test s[2, 2] isa Vector{<:Index}
+  end
+
   # uniform string sitetype
   s_us = siteinds(sitetypes[1], g; addtags=testtag)
   @test s_us isa IndsNetwork