diff --git a/include/openPMD/binding/python/Container.hpp b/include/openPMD/binding/python/Container.hpp
index 2c37405a86..65b842c511 100644
--- a/include/openPMD/binding/python/Container.hpp
+++ b/include/openPMD/binding/python/Container.hpp
@@ -101,16 +101,14 @@ Class_ bind_container(Class_ &cl, std::string const &name)
     return cl;
 }
 
-template <
-    typename Map,
-    typename holder_type = std::unique_ptr<Map>,
-    typename... Args>
-py::class_<Map, holder_type, Attributable> create_and_bind_container(
-    py::handle scope, std::string const &name, Args &&...args)
+template <typename Map, typename... Args>
+py::class_<Map, std::unique_ptr<Map>, Args...>
+create_and_bind_container(py::handle scope, std::string const &name)
 {
+    using holder_type = std::unique_ptr<Map>;
     using KeyType = typename Map::key_type;
     using MappedType = typename Map::mapped_type;
-    using Class_ = py::class_<Map, holder_type, Attributable>;
+    using Class_ = py::class_<Map, holder_type, Args...>;
 
     // If either type is a non-module-local bound type then make the map
     // binding non-local as well; otherwise (e.g. both types are either
@@ -127,11 +125,8 @@ py::class_<Map, holder_type, Attributable> create_and_bind_container(
         scope,
         name.c_str(),
         py::module_local(local),
-        py::multiple_inheritance(),
-        std::forward<Args>(args)...);
+        py::multiple_inheritance());
 
-    // maybe move this to bind_container
-    cl.def(py::init<Map const &>());
     return bind_container<Map>(cl, name);
 }
 } // namespace openPMD::detail
diff --git a/src/binding/python/BaseRecord.cpp b/src/binding/python/BaseRecord.cpp
index 4a0500d6ab..f1b7efd0cf 100644
--- a/src/binding/python/BaseRecord.cpp
+++ b/src/binding/python/BaseRecord.cpp
@@ -26,6 +26,7 @@
 #include "openPMD/backend/Container.hpp"
 #include "openPMD/backend/MeshRecordComponent.hpp"
 #include "openPMD/backend/PatchRecordComponent.hpp"
+#include "openPMD/binding/python/Container.hpp"
 #include "openPMD/binding/python/UnitDimension.hpp"
 
 namespace py = pybind11;
@@ -37,29 +38,19 @@ void init_BaseRecord(py::module &m)
 Returns true if this record only contains a single component.
 )docstr";
 
-    // py::class_<
-    //     BaseRecord<BaseRecordComponent>,
-    //     Container<BaseRecordComponent> >(m,
-    //     "Base_Record_Base_Record_Component") .def_property_readonly(
-    //         "unit_dimension",
-    //         &BaseRecord<BaseRecordComponent>::unitDimension,
-    //         python::doc_unit_dimension)
-    //     .def_property_readonly(
-    //         "scalar", &BaseRecord<BaseRecordComponent>::scalar, doc_scalar);
-
-    py::class_<
+    detail::create_and_bind_container<
         BaseRecord<RecordComponent>,
         Container<RecordComponent>,
         RecordComponent>(m, "Base_Record_Record_Component")
         .def_property_readonly(
             "scalar", &BaseRecord<RecordComponent>::scalar, doc_scalar);
-    py::class_<
+    detail::create_and_bind_container<
         BaseRecord<MeshRecordComponent>,
         Container<MeshRecordComponent>,
         MeshRecordComponent>(m, "Base_Record_Mesh_Record_Component")
         .def_property_readonly(
             "scalar", &BaseRecord<MeshRecordComponent>::scalar, doc_scalar);
-    py::class_<
+    detail::create_and_bind_container<
         BaseRecord<PatchRecordComponent>,
         Container<PatchRecordComponent>,
         PatchRecordComponent>(m, "Base_Record_Patch_Record_Component")
diff --git a/src/binding/python/Container.cpp b/src/binding/python/Container.cpp
index e8ebf5c27b..ab890eafe5 100644
--- a/src/binding/python/Container.cpp
+++ b/src/binding/python/Container.cpp
@@ -51,7 +51,7 @@ using PyPatchRecordContainer = Container<PatchRecord>;
 using PyRecordComponentContainer = Container<RecordComponent>;
 using PyMeshRecordComponentContainer = Container<MeshRecordComponent>;
 using PyPatchRecordComponentContainer = Container<PatchRecordComponent>;
-using PyBaseRecordComponentContainer = Container<BaseRecordComponent>;
+// using PyBaseRecordComponentContainer = Container<BaseRecordComponent>;
 PYBIND11_MAKE_OPAQUE(PyIterationContainer)
 PYBIND11_MAKE_OPAQUE(PyMeshContainer)
 PYBIND11_MAKE_OPAQUE(PyPartContainer)
@@ -61,27 +61,42 @@ PYBIND11_MAKE_OPAQUE(PyPatchRecordContainer)
 PYBIND11_MAKE_OPAQUE(PyRecordComponentContainer)
 PYBIND11_MAKE_OPAQUE(PyMeshRecordComponentContainer)
 PYBIND11_MAKE_OPAQUE(PyPatchRecordComponentContainer)
-PYBIND11_MAKE_OPAQUE(PyBaseRecordComponentContainer)
+// PYBIND11_MAKE_OPAQUE(PyBaseRecordComponentContainer)
+
+namespace openPMD::detail
+{
+template <typename Map>
+void wrap_bind_container(py::handle scope, std::string const &name)
+{
+    create_and_bind_container<Map, Attributable>(std::move(scope), name)
+        .def(py::init<Map const &>());
+}
+} // namespace openPMD::detail
 
 void init_Container(py::module &m)
 {
-    ::detail::create_and_bind_container<PyIterationContainer>(
+    ::detail::create_and_bind_container<PyIterationContainer, Attributable>(
         m, "Iteration_Container");
-    ::detail::create_and_bind_container<PyMeshContainer>(m, "Mesh_Container");
-    ::detail::create_and_bind_container<PyPartContainer>(
+    ::detail::create_and_bind_container<PyMeshContainer, Attributable>(
+        m, "Mesh_Container");
+    ::detail::create_and_bind_container<PyPartContainer, Attributable>(
         m, "Particle_Container");
-    ::detail::create_and_bind_container<PyPatchContainer>(
+    ::detail::create_and_bind_container<PyPatchContainer, Attributable>(
         m, "Particle_Patches_Container");
-    ::detail::create_and_bind_container<PyRecordContainer>(
+    ::detail::create_and_bind_container<PyRecordContainer, Attributable>(
         m, "Record_Container");
-    ::detail::create_and_bind_container<PyPatchRecordContainer>(
+    ::detail::create_and_bind_container<PyPatchRecordContainer, Attributable>(
         m, "Patch_Record_Container");
-    ::detail::create_and_bind_container<PyRecordComponentContainer>(
-        m, "Record_Component_Container");
-    ::detail::create_and_bind_container<PyMeshRecordComponentContainer>(
-        m, "Mesh_Record_Component_Container");
-    ::detail::create_and_bind_container<PyPatchRecordComponentContainer>(
-        m, "Patch_Record_Component_Container");
-    ::detail::create_and_bind_container<PyBaseRecordComponentContainer>(
-        m, "Base_Record_Component_Container");
+    ::detail::
+        create_and_bind_container<PyRecordComponentContainer, Attributable>(
+            m, "Record_Component_Container");
+    ::detail::
+        create_and_bind_container<PyMeshRecordComponentContainer, Attributable>(
+            m, "Mesh_Record_Component_Container");
+    ::detail::create_and_bind_container<
+        PyPatchRecordComponentContainer,
+        Attributable>(m, "Patch_Record_Component_Container");
+    // ::detail::create_and_bind_container<PyBaseRecordComponentContainer,
+    // Attributable>(
+    //     m, "Base_Record_Component_Container");
 }