diff --git a/cffi/cdefs.h b/cffi/cdefs.h
index dd7bd18..6e61c62 100644
--- a/cffi/cdefs.h
+++ b/cffi/cdefs.h
@@ -44,11 +44,17 @@ sr_log_level_t sr_log_get_syslog(void);
 typedef struct sr_conn_ctx_s sr_conn_ctx_t;
 typedef struct sr_session_ctx_s sr_session_ctx_t;
 typedef enum sr_conn_flag_e {
-	SR_CONN_CACHE_RUNNING,
-	SR_CONN_CTX_SET_PRIV_PARSED,
+	SR_CONN_DEFAULT,
 	...
 } sr_conn_flag_t;
-typedef uint32_t sr_conn_options_t;
+
+typedef enum {
+    SR_CTX_DEFAULT,
+    SR_CTX_NO_PRINTED,
+    SR_CTX_SET_PRIV_PARSED,
+    ...
+} sr_context_flag_t;
+
 typedef enum sr_datastore_e {
 	SR_DS_STARTUP,
 	SR_DS_RUNNING,
@@ -76,8 +82,10 @@ struct timespec {
     long tv_nsec;
 };
 
-int sr_connect(const sr_conn_options_t, sr_conn_ctx_t **);
+int sr_connect(const uint32_t opts, sr_conn_ctx_t **);
 int sr_disconnect(sr_conn_ctx_t *);
+void sr_cache_running(int);
+uint32_t sr_context_options(uint32_t, int, uint32_t *);
 const struct ly_ctx *sr_acquire_context(sr_conn_ctx_t *);
 void sr_release_context(sr_conn_ctx_t *);
 int sr_install_module(sr_conn_ctx_t *, const char *, const char *, const char **);
diff --git a/cffi/source.c b/cffi/source.c
index 5f754f2..5eab04d 100644
--- a/cffi/source.c
+++ b/cffi/source.c
@@ -7,9 +7,6 @@
 #include <sysrepo/version.h>
 #include <sysrepo/netconf_acm.h>
 
-#if (SR_VERSION_MAJOR != 7)
-#error "This version of sysrepo bindings only works with libsysrepo.so.7"
-#endif
-#if (SR_VERSION_MINOR < 10)
-#error "Need at least libsysrepo.so.7.10"
+#if (SR_VERSION_MAJOR != 8)
+#error "This version of sysrepo bindings only works with libsysrepo.so.8"
 #endif
diff --git a/sysrepo/connection.py b/sysrepo/connection.py
index a4845e6..42d3253 100644
--- a/sysrepo/connection.py
+++ b/sysrepo/connection.py
@@ -36,26 +36,32 @@ class SysrepoConnection:
 
     __slots__ = ("cdata",)
 
-    def __init__(self, cache_running: bool = False):
+    def __init__(self, cache_running: bool = False, not_printed: bool = True):
         """
         :arg cache_running:
             Always cache running datastore data which makes mainly repeated retrieval of
             data much faster. Affects all sessions created on this connection.
+        :arg not_printed:
+            The context is created from a sysrepo shared memory and is loaded faster.
+            Some operations on the context do not work.
         """
-        flags = 0
-        if cache_running:
-            flags |= lib.SR_CONN_CACHE_RUNNING
+        ctx_flags = 0
+        if not_printed:
+            ctx_flags |= lib.SR_CTX_NO_PRINTED
 
         # mandatory flag to work with libyang-python
-        flags |= lib.SR_CONN_CTX_SET_PRIV_PARSED
+        ctx_flags |= lib.SR_CTX_SET_PRIV_PARSED
 
         conn_p = ffi.new("sr_conn_ctx_t **")
         # valid_signals() is only available since python 3.8
         valid_signals = getattr(signal, "valid_signals", lambda: range(1, signal.NSIG))
         sigmask = signal.pthread_sigmask(signal.SIG_BLOCK, valid_signals())
         try:
-            check_call(lib.sr_connect, flags, conn_p)
+            lib.sr_cache_running(cache_running)
+            lib.sr_context_options(ctx_flags, 0, ffi.NULL)
+            check_call(lib.sr_connect, 0, conn_p)
             self.cdata = ffi.gc(conn_p[0], lib.sr_disconnect)
+
         finally:
             signal.pthread_sigmask(signal.SIG_SETMASK, sigmask)
 
diff --git a/tests/test_connection.py b/tests/test_connection.py
index eeb2b84..1d4b528 100644
--- a/tests/test_connection.py
+++ b/tests/test_connection.py
@@ -87,3 +87,9 @@ def test_conn_get_module_infos(self):
             self.assertEqual(pwd.getpwnam(owner).pw_uid, os.geteuid())
             self.assertEqual(grp.getgrnam(group).gr_gid, os.getegid())
             self.assertEqual(perm, 0o600)
+
+    def test_conn_start_session_with_printed_context(self):
+        with sysrepo.SysrepoConnection(not_printed=False) as conn:
+            sess = conn.start_session()
+            self.assertEqual(sess.get_datastore(), "running")
+            sess.stop()