diff --git a/include/aare/NDArray.hpp b/include/aare/NDArray.hpp
index c3edbfb..3495276 100644
--- a/include/aare/NDArray.hpp
+++ b/include/aare/NDArray.hpp
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ template <typename T, ssize_t Ndim = 2>
 class NDArray : public ArrayExpr<NDArray<T, Ndim>, Ndim> {
     std::array<ssize_t, Ndim> shape_;
     std::array<ssize_t, Ndim> strides_;
-    size_t size_{};
+    size_t size_{}; //TODO! do we need to store size when we have shape?
     T *data_;
 
   public:
@@ -43,8 +43,7 @@ class NDArray : public ArrayExpr<NDArray<T, Ndim>, Ndim> {
      */
     explicit NDArray(std::array<ssize_t, Ndim> shape)
         : shape_(shape), strides_(c_strides<Ndim>(shape_)),
-          size_(std::accumulate(shape_.begin(), shape_.end(), 1,
-                                std::multiplies<>())),
+          size_(num_elements(shape_)),
           data_(new T[size_]) {}
 
     /**
@@ -79,6 +78,24 @@ class NDArray : public ArrayExpr<NDArray<T, Ndim>, Ndim> {
         other.reset(); // TODO! is this necessary?
     }
 
+
+    //Move constructor from an an array with Ndim + 1
+    template <ssize_t M, typename = std::enable_if_t<(M == Ndim + 1)>>
+    NDArray(NDArray<T, M> &&other) 
+        : shape_(drop_first_dim(other.shape())),
+          strides_(c_strides<Ndim>(shape_)), size_(num_elements(shape_)),
+          data_(other.data()) {
+
+            // For now only allow move if the size matches, to avoid unreachable data
+            // if the use case arises we can remove this check
+            if(size() != other.size()) {
+                data_ = nullptr; // avoid double free, other will clean up the memory in it's destructor
+                throw std::runtime_error(LOCATION +
+                                         "Size mismatch in move constructor of NDArray<T, Ndim-1>");
+            }
+        other.reset();
+    }
+
     // Copy constructor
     NDArray(const NDArray &other)
         : shape_(other.shape_), strides_(c_strides<Ndim>(shape_)),
@@ -212,24 +229,6 @@ class NDArray : public ArrayExpr<NDArray<T, Ndim>, Ndim> {
     void Print_all();
     void Print_some();
 
-    template <ssize_t M = Ndim, typename = std::enable_if_t<(M > 2)>>
-    NDArray<T, Ndim - 1> drop_dimension() && {
-
-        std::array<ssize_t, Ndim - 1> new_shape;
-
-        std::copy(shape_.begin() + 1, shape_.begin() + Ndim, new_shape.begin());
-
-        NDArray<T, Ndim - 1> new_array(new_shape);
-
-        delete new_array.data();
-
-        new_array.data_ref() = data_;
-
-        this->reset();
-
-        return new_array;
-    }
-
     void reset() {
         data_ = nullptr;
         size_ = 0;
diff --git a/include/aare/NDView.hpp b/include/aare/NDView.hpp
index 56bca2f..c946c26 100644
--- a/include/aare/NDView.hpp
+++ b/include/aare/NDView.hpp
@@ -26,6 +26,32 @@ Shape<Ndim> make_shape(const std::vector<size_t> &shape) {
     return arr;
 }
 
+
+/**
+ * @brief Helper function to drop the first dimension of a shape.
+ * This is useful when you want to create a 2D view from a 3D array.
+ * @param shape The shape to drop the first dimension from.
+ * @return A new shape with the first dimension dropped.
+ */
+template<size_t Ndim>
+Shape<Ndim-1> drop_first_dim(const Shape<Ndim> &shape) {
+    Shape<Ndim - 1> new_shape;
+    std::copy(shape.begin() + 1, shape.end(), new_shape.begin());
+    return new_shape;
+}
+
+/**
+ * @brief Helper function when constructing NDArray/NDView. Calculates the number
+ * of elements in the resulting array from a shape.
+ * @param shape The shape to calculate the number of elements for.
+ * @return The number of elements in and NDArray/NDView of that shape.
+ */
+template <size_t Ndim>
+size_t num_elements(const Shape<Ndim> &shape) {
+    return std::accumulate(shape.begin(), shape.end(), 1,
+                           std::multiplies<size_t>());
+}
+
 template <ssize_t Dim = 0, typename Strides>
 ssize_t element_offset(const Strides & /*unused*/) {
     return 0;
diff --git a/include/aare/calibration.hpp b/include/aare/calibration.hpp
index a94705f..3b18da6 100644
--- a/include/aare/calibration.hpp
+++ b/include/aare/calibration.hpp
@@ -163,24 +163,22 @@ calculate_pedestal(NDView<uint16_t, 3> raw_data, ssize_t n_threads) {
                 NDView<uint16_t, 3>)>(&sum_and_count_per_gain<only_gain0>),
             view));
     }
+    Shape<3> shape{num_gains, raw_data.shape(1), raw_data.shape(2)};
+    NDArray<size_t, 3> accumulator(shape, 0);
+    NDArray<size_t, 3> count(shape, 0);
 
-    NDArray<size_t, 3> accumulator(
-        std::array<ssize_t, 3>{num_gains, raw_data.shape(1), raw_data.shape(2)},
-        0);
-    NDArray<size_t, 3> count(
-        std::array<ssize_t, 3>{num_gains, raw_data.shape(1), raw_data.shape(2)},
-        0);
+    // Combine the results from the futures
     for (auto &f : futures) {
         auto [acc, cnt] = f.get();
         accumulator += acc;
         count += cnt;
     }
 
-    if constexpr (only_gain0) {
-        return safe_divide<T>(accumulator, count).drop_dimension();
-    } else {
-        return safe_divide<T>(accumulator, count);
-    }
+
+    // Will move to a NDArray<T, 3 - static_cast<ssize_t>(only_gain0)>
+    // if only_gain0 is true
+    return safe_divide<T>(accumulator, count);
+
 }
 
 /**
diff --git a/src/NDArray.test.cpp b/src/NDArray.test.cpp
index 9af8379..a4d687a 100644
--- a/src/NDArray.test.cpp
+++ b/src/NDArray.test.cpp
@@ -427,4 +427,28 @@ TEST_CASE("Construct an NDArray from an std::array") {
     for (uint32_t i = 0; i < a.size(); ++i) {
         REQUIRE(a(i) == b[i]);
     }
+}
+
+
+TEST_CASE("Move construct from an array with Ndim + 1") {
+    NDArray<int, 3> a({{1,2,2}}, 0);
+    a(0, 0, 0) = 1;
+    a(0, 0, 1) = 2;
+    a(0, 1, 0) = 3;
+    a(0, 1, 1) = 4;
+
+
+    NDArray<int, 2> b(std::move(a));
+    REQUIRE(b.shape() == Shape<2>{2,2});
+    REQUIRE(b.size() == 4);
+    REQUIRE(b(0, 0) == 1);
+    REQUIRE(b(0, 1) == 2);
+    REQUIRE(b(1, 0) == 3);
+    REQUIRE(b(1, 1) == 4);
+
+}
+
+TEST_CASE("Move construct from an array with Ndim + 1 throws on size mismatch") {
+    NDArray<int, 3> a({{2,2,2}}, 0);
+    REQUIRE_THROWS(NDArray<int, 2>(std::move(a)));
 }
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