diff --git a/requirements_travis.txt b/requirements_travis.txt
index 5bc90a4bc..ac073ab34 100644
--- a/requirements_travis.txt
+++ b/requirements_travis.txt
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 jax
 jaxlib
-pytype
+pytype>=2019.06.21
 pytest
-torch>=1.1
\ No newline at end of file
+torch>=1.1
diff --git a/tensornetwork/network_components.py b/tensornetwork/network_components.py
index da3e1f3c0..e0ddfb7bf 100644
--- a/tensornetwork/network_components.py
+++ b/tensornetwork/network_components.py
@@ -16,7 +16,8 @@
 from __future__ import absolute_import
 from __future__ import division
 from __future__ import print_function
-from typing import Any, Dict, List, Optional, Set, Text, Tuple, Type, Union
+from typing import Any, Dict, List, Optional, Set, Text, Tuple, Type, Union, \
+  overload
 import typing
 import numpy as np
 from tensornetwork.backends import base_backend
@@ -256,7 +257,18 @@ def has_nondangling_edge(self):
         return True
     return False
 
+  @overload
+  def __getitem__(self, key: slice) -> List["Edge"]:
+    pass 
+
+  @overload
   def __getitem__(self, key: Union[int, Text]) -> "Edge":
+    pass
+
+  def __getitem__(self, key: Union[int, Text, slice]
+                 ) -> Union["Edge", List["Edge"]]:
+    if isinstance(key, slice):
+      return self.edges[key]
     return self.get_edge(key)
 
   def __str__(self) -> Text:
diff --git a/tensornetwork/network_components_test.py b/tensornetwork/network_components_test.py
index 88a51ff1c..ddbb1b02a 100644
--- a/tensornetwork/network_components_test.py
+++ b/tensornetwork/network_components_test.py
@@ -201,8 +201,17 @@ def test_node_magic_getitem(single_node_edge):
   edge = single_node_edge.edge
   node.add_edge(edge, axis=0)
   assert node[0] == edge
-
-
+  
+  
+def test_node_magic_getslice(single_node_edge):
+  node = single_node_edge.node
+  edge = single_node_edge.edge 
+  node.add_edge(edge, axis=0)
+  assert node[:1][0] is edge 
+  assert len(node[None:None]) == 3 
+  assert len(node[0:3:2]) == 2 
+  
+  
 def test_node_magic_str(single_node_edge):
   node = single_node_edge.node
   assert str(node) == node.name