diff --git a/tinygrad/codegen/uops.py b/tinygrad/codegen/uops.py
index d1da750417..285ea0eeb0 100644
--- a/tinygrad/codegen/uops.py
+++ b/tinygrad/codegen/uops.py
@@ -1,10 +1,10 @@
 from __future__ import annotations
-import functools, math, operator, itertools, ctypes
+import functools, itertools
 from typing import List, Set, Optional, Tuple, Any, Dict, DefaultDict, Callable, cast
 from collections import defaultdict
 from tinygrad.helpers import DEBUG, flatten, prod
 from tinygrad.dtype import dtypes, DType
-from tinygrad.ops import UnaryOps, BinaryOps, TernaryOps
+from tinygrad.ops import UnaryOps, BinaryOps, TernaryOps, exec_alu
 from tinygrad.shape.symbolic import sint, Variable, Node, NumNode, MulNode, DivNode, SumNode
 from enum import Enum, auto
 from dataclasses import dataclass
@@ -27,33 +27,6 @@ class UOp:
   @staticmethod
   def const(dtype, val): return UOp(UOps.CONST, dtype, arg=dtypes.as_const(val, dtype))
 
-def hook_overflow(dv, fxn):
-  def wfxn(*args):
-    try: return fxn(*args)
-    except OverflowError: return dv
-  return wfxn
-
-python_alu = {
-  UnaryOps.LOG2: lambda x: math.log2(x) if x > 0 else -math.inf if x == 0 else math.nan,
-  UnaryOps.EXP2: hook_overflow(math.inf, lambda x: math.exp(x*math.log(2))),
-  UnaryOps.SQRT: lambda x: math.sqrt(x) if x >= 0 else math.nan, UnaryOps.SIN: math.sin,
-  UnaryOps.NEG: lambda x: (not x) if isinstance(x, bool) else -x,
-  BinaryOps.MUL: operator.mul, BinaryOps.ADD: operator.add, BinaryOps.SUB: operator.sub, BinaryOps.XOR: operator.xor,
-  BinaryOps.MAX: max, BinaryOps.CMPEQ: operator.eq, BinaryOps.CMPLT: operator.lt,
-  BinaryOps.MOD: lambda x,y: abs(int(x))%abs(int(y))*(1,-1)[x<0],
-  BinaryOps.DIV: lambda x,y: int(x/y) if isinstance(x, int) else (x/y if y != 0 else x*math.inf),
-  TernaryOps.WHERE: lambda x,y,z: y if x else z}
-
-truncate: Dict[DType, Callable] = {dtypes.bool: bool, **{dt:lambda x: x for dt in dtypes.fields().values() if dtypes.is_float(dt)},
-  # TODO: float16 and bfloat16?
-  dtypes.float32: lambda x: ctypes.c_float(x).value, dtypes.float64: lambda x: ctypes.c_double(x).value,
-  dtypes.uint8: lambda x: ctypes.c_uint8(x).value, dtypes.uint16: lambda x: ctypes.c_uint16(x).value,
-  dtypes.uint32: lambda x: ctypes.c_uint32(x).value, dtypes.uint64: lambda x: ctypes.c_uint64(x).value,
-  dtypes.int8: lambda x: ctypes.c_int8(x).value, dtypes.int16: lambda x: ctypes.c_int16(x).value,
-  dtypes.int32: lambda x: ctypes.c_int32(x).value, dtypes.int64: lambda x: ctypes.c_int64(x).value,}
-
-def exec_alu(arg, dtype, p): return truncate[dtype](python_alu[arg](*p))
-
 def uop_alu_resolve(u:UOp) -> sint:
   if u.uop is UOps.CONST: return u.arg
   elif u.uop is UOps.DEFINE_VAR: return u.arg
diff --git a/tinygrad/ops.py b/tinygrad/ops.py
index 8baab55cfa..d1090ce86a 100644
--- a/tinygrad/ops.py
+++ b/tinygrad/ops.py
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 from __future__ import annotations
 from typing import Union, Type, Tuple, Any, List, Dict, Callable
-import functools, hashlib
+import functools, hashlib, math, operator, ctypes
 from enum import Enum, auto
 from dataclasses import dataclass
 from tinygrad.helpers import prod, dedup
@@ -96,3 +96,32 @@ def get_lazyop_info(ast:LazyOp) -> FlopCounter:
   @functools.lru_cache(None) # NOTE: this cache needs to be recreated for new ASTs
   def run_ast(ast): return InterpretedFlopCounter[ast.op](*([run_ast(x) for x in ast.src]+([ast.arg] if ast.arg is not None else [])))
   return run_ast(ast)
+
+# **************** ops in python ****************
+
+def hook_overflow(dv, fxn):
+  def wfxn(*args):
+    try: return fxn(*args)
+    except OverflowError: return dv
+  return wfxn
+
+python_alu = {
+  UnaryOps.LOG2: lambda x: math.log2(x) if x > 0 else -math.inf if x == 0 else math.nan,
+  UnaryOps.EXP2: hook_overflow(math.inf, lambda x: math.exp(x*math.log(2))),
+  UnaryOps.SQRT: lambda x: math.sqrt(x) if x >= 0 else math.nan, UnaryOps.SIN: math.sin,
+  UnaryOps.NEG: lambda x: (not x) if isinstance(x, bool) else -x,
+  BinaryOps.MUL: operator.mul, BinaryOps.ADD: operator.add, BinaryOps.SUB: operator.sub, BinaryOps.XOR: operator.xor,
+  BinaryOps.MAX: max, BinaryOps.CMPEQ: operator.eq, BinaryOps.CMPLT: operator.lt,
+  BinaryOps.MOD: lambda x,y: abs(int(x))%abs(int(y))*(1,-1)[x<0],
+  BinaryOps.DIV: lambda x,y: int(x/y) if isinstance(x, int) else (x/y if y != 0 else x*math.inf),
+  TernaryOps.WHERE: lambda x,y,z: y if x else z}
+
+truncate: Dict[DType, Callable] = {dtypes.bool: bool, **{dt:lambda x: x for dt in dtypes.fields().values() if dtypes.is_float(dt)},
+  # TODO: float16 and bfloat16?
+  dtypes.float32: lambda x: ctypes.c_float(x).value, dtypes.float64: lambda x: ctypes.c_double(x).value,
+  dtypes.uint8: lambda x: ctypes.c_uint8(x).value, dtypes.uint16: lambda x: ctypes.c_uint16(x).value,
+  dtypes.uint32: lambda x: ctypes.c_uint32(x).value, dtypes.uint64: lambda x: ctypes.c_uint64(x).value,
+  dtypes.int8: lambda x: ctypes.c_int8(x).value, dtypes.int16: lambda x: ctypes.c_int16(x).value,
+  dtypes.int32: lambda x: ctypes.c_int32(x).value, dtypes.int64: lambda x: ctypes.c_int64(x).value,}
+
+def exec_alu(arg, dtype, p): return truncate[dtype](python_alu[arg](*p))
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/tinygrad/runtime/ops_python.py b/tinygrad/runtime/ops_python.py
index 1febe89117..45b25dcb8b 100644
--- a/tinygrad/runtime/ops_python.py
+++ b/tinygrad/runtime/ops_python.py
@@ -6,8 +6,8 @@ import pickle, base64, itertools, time, struct
 from tinygrad.dtype import DType, dtypes, ImageDType
 from tinygrad.helpers import all_same, getenv, flatten
 from tinygrad.device import Compiled, Allocator, Compiler, CompilerOptions
-from tinygrad.codegen.uops import UOpGraph, UOps, exec_alu
-from tinygrad.ops import BinaryOps, TernaryOps
+from tinygrad.codegen.uops import UOpGraph, UOps
+from tinygrad.ops import BinaryOps, TernaryOps, exec_alu
 
 def _load(m, i):
   if i < 0 or i >= len(m): raise IndexError(f"load out of bounds, size is {len(m)} and access is {i}")