diff --git a/examples/javascript/mhz16.js b/examples/javascript/mhz16.js
index cfa410fd..71ded009 100644
--- a/examples/javascript/mhz16.js
+++ b/examples/javascript/mhz16.js
@@ -47,16 +47,17 @@ console.log(outputStr);
 outputStr = "but rather the temperature of the sensor elements.";
 console.log(outputStr);
 
-var gas = CO2_lib.new_intp();
-var temp = CO2_lib.new_intp();
-
 function writeCO2data()
 {
-	myCO2_obj.getData(gas, temp);
-	outputStr = "CO2 concentration: " + CO2_lib.intp_value(gas) +
-	" PPM, " +
-	"Temperature (in C): " + CO2_lib.intp_value(temp);
-	console.log(outputStr);	
+	if (!myCO2_obj.getData())
+		console.log("Failed to retrieve data");
+	else
+	{
+		outputStr = "CO2 concentration: " + myCO2_obj.getGas() +
+		" PPM, " +
+		"Temperature (in C): " + myCO2_obj.getTemperature();
+		console.log(outputStr);
+	}
 }
 var myInterval;
 setTimeout(function()
diff --git a/examples/python/mhz16.py b/examples/python/mhz16.py
index 33f5ac98..4fa0615a 100644
--- a/examples/python/mhz16.py
+++ b/examples/python/mhz16.py
@@ -56,16 +56,15 @@ print ("Make sure that the sensor has had "
 "The temperature reported is not the ambient temperature,\n"
 "but rather the temperature of the sensor elements.")
 
-gas = upmMhz16.new_intp()
-temp = upmMhz16.new_intp()
-
 time.sleep(1)
 
 while(1):
-	myCO2.getData(gas, temp)
-	outputStr = ("CO2 concentration: {0} PPM, "
-	"Temperature (in C): {1}".format(
-	upmMhz16.intp_value(gas), upmMhz16.intp_value(temp)))
-	print outputStr
+	if (not myCO2.getData()):
+		print "Failed to retrieve data"
+	else:
+		outputStr = ("CO2 concentration: {0} PPM, "
+		"Temperature (in C): {1}".format(
+		myCO2.getGas(), myCO2.getTemperature()))
+		print outputStr
 
 	time.sleep(2)