diff --git a/infogan/misc/custom_ops.py b/infogan/misc/custom_ops.py
index 9434a2c..45f6d32 100644
--- a/infogan/misc/custom_ops.py
+++ b/infogan/misc/custom_ops.py
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ def __call__(self, input_layer, epsilon=1e-5, momentum=0.1, name="batch_norm",
 
         shape = input_layer.shape
         shp = in_dim or shape[-1]
-        with tf.variable_scope(name) as scope:
+        with tf.variable_scope(tf.get_variable_scope(), reuse=False) as scope:
             self.gamma = self.variable("gamma", [shp], init=tf.random_normal_initializer(1., 0.02))
             self.beta = self.variable("beta", [shp], init=tf.constant_initializer(0.))