diff --git a/dpipe/__version__.py b/dpipe/__version__.py
index 14e974f..0404d81 100644
--- a/dpipe/__version__.py
+++ b/dpipe/__version__.py
@@ -1 +1 @@
-__version__ = '0.2.8'
+__version__ = '0.3.0'
diff --git a/dpipe/batch_iter/pipeline.py b/dpipe/batch_iter/pipeline.py
index 6f6966d..8cb2a83 100644
--- a/dpipe/batch_iter/pipeline.py
+++ b/dpipe/batch_iter/pipeline.py
@@ -176,7 +176,8 @@ def __enter__(self):
         return self
 
     def __exit__(self, exc_type, exc_val, exc_tb):
-        if self.pipeline is not None:
+        # need getattr here, because the destructor might get called before the field is initialized
+        if getattr(self, 'pipeline', None) is not None:
             self.pipeline, pipeline = None, self.pipeline
             return pipeline.__exit__(exc_type, exc_val, exc_tb)
 
diff --git a/dpipe/predict/shape.py b/dpipe/predict/shape.py
index 1f23d20..97186d1 100644
--- a/dpipe/predict/shape.py
+++ b/dpipe/predict/shape.py
@@ -81,7 +81,8 @@ def wrapper(x, *args, **kwargs):
 
 def patches_grid(patch_size: AxesLike, stride: AxesLike, axis: AxesLike = None,
                  padding_values: Union[AxesParams, Callable] = 0, ratio: AxesParams = 0.5,
-                 combiner: Type[PatchCombiner] = Average, get_boxes: Callable = get_boxes, **imops_kwargs):
+                 combiner: Type[PatchCombiner] = Average, get_boxes: Callable = get_boxes, stream: bool = False,
+                 **imops_kwargs):
     """
     Divide an incoming array into patches of corresponding ``patch_size`` and ``stride`` and then combine
     the predicted patches by aggregating the overlapping regions using the ``combiner`` - Average by default.
@@ -110,12 +111,15 @@ def wrapper(x, *args, **kwargs):
             elif ((shape - local_size) < 0).any() or ((local_stride - shape + local_size) % local_stride).any():
                 raise ValueError('Input cannot be patched without remainder.')
 
+            if stream:
+                patches = predict(divide(x, local_size, local_stride, input_axis, get_boxes=get_boxes), *args, **kwargs)
+            else:
+                patches = pmap(
+                    predict,
+                    divide(x, local_size, local_stride, input_axis, get_boxes=get_boxes),
+                    *args, **kwargs
+                )
 
-            patches = pmap(
-                predict,
-                divide(x, local_size, local_stride, input_axis, get_boxes=get_boxes),
-                *args, **kwargs
-            )
             prediction = combine(
                 patches, extract(x.shape, input_axis), local_stride, axis,
                 combiner=combiner, get_boxes=get_boxes,
diff --git a/tests/predict/test_shape.py b/tests/predict/test_shape.py
index 69e65bb..a871a39 100644
--- a/tests/predict/test_shape.py
+++ b/tests/predict/test_shape.py
@@ -1,15 +1,28 @@
+import sys
+
 import pytest
 import numpy as np
 
 from dpipe.im.utils import identity
 from dpipe.predict.shape import *
+from dpipe.itertools import pmap
 
 assert_eq = np.testing.assert_array_almost_equal
 
 
-def test_patches_grid():
+@pytest.fixture(params=[1, 2, 3, 4])
+def batch_size(request):
+    return request.param
+
+
+@pytest.fixture(params=[False, True])
+def stream(request):
+    return request.param
+
+
+def test_patches_grid(stream):
     def check_equal(**kwargs):
-        assert_eq(x, patches_grid(**kwargs, axis=-1)(identity)(x))
+        assert_eq(x, patches_grid(**kwargs, stream=stream, axis=-1)(identity)(x))
 
     x = np.random.randn(3, 23, 20, 27) * 10
     check_equal(patch_size=10, stride=1, padding_values=0)
@@ -27,9 +40,9 @@ def check_equal(**kwargs):
     check_equal(patch_size=15, stride=12, padding_values=None)
 
 
-def test_divisible_patches():
+def test_divisible_patches(stream):
     def check_equal(**kwargs):
-        assert_eq(x, divisible_shape(divisible)(patches_grid(**kwargs)(identity))(x))
+        assert_eq(x, divisible_shape(divisible)(patches_grid(**kwargs, stream=stream)(identity))(x))
 
     size = [80] * 3
     stride = [20] * 3
@@ -37,3 +50,19 @@ def check_equal(**kwargs):
     for shape in [(373, 302, 55), (330, 252, 67)]:
         x = np.random.randn(*shape)
         check_equal(patch_size=size, stride=stride)
+
+
+@pytest.mark.skipif(sys.version_info < (3, 7), reason='Requires python3.7 or higher.')
+def test_batched_patches_grid(batch_size):
+    from more_itertools import batched
+    from itertools import chain
+
+    def patch_predict(patch):
+        return patch + 1
+
+    def stream_predict(patches_generator):
+        return chain.from_iterable(pmap(patch_predict, map(np.array, batched(patches_generator, batch_size))))
+
+    x = np.random.randn(3, 23, 20, 27) * 10
+
+    assert_eq(x + 1, patches_grid(patch_size=(6, 8, 9), stride=(4, 3, 2), stream=True, axis=(-1, -2, -3))(stream_predict)(x))
diff --git a/tests/requirements.txt b/tests/requirements.txt
index d29db9b..3f3f0cc 100644
--- a/tests/requirements.txt
+++ b/tests/requirements.txt
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
 pytest
 pytest-cov
 pytest-subtests
+more_itertools; python_version >= '3.7'