diff --git a/test/test_rangeify.py b/test/test_rangeify.py
index 302d0ebd43..05fd2bde69 100644
--- a/test/test_rangeify.py
+++ b/test/test_rangeify.py
@@ -108,6 +108,13 @@ class TestRangeify(unittest.TestCase):
     w2 = Tensor.empty(12, 8, 3, 3)
     x.conv2d(w1).conv2d(w2).realize()
 
+  def test_xception_conv2d(self):
+    # NOTE: this fusion is bad, it's recomputing the inner many times
+    x = Tensor.empty(1, 4, 32, 32)
+    w1 = Tensor.empty(8, 4, 1, 1)
+    w2 = Tensor.empty(8, 1, 3, 3)
+    x.conv2d(w1).conv2d(w2, groups=8).realize()
+
   def test_conv_maxpool_contig(self): self.test_conv_maxpool(True)
   def test_conv_maxpool(self, contig=False):
     GlobalCounters.reset()
diff --git a/tinygrad/schedule/rangeify.py b/tinygrad/schedule/rangeify.py
index 97cc691066..d8396eae93 100644
--- a/tinygrad/schedule/rangeify.py
+++ b/tinygrad/schedule/rangeify.py
@@ -170,7 +170,10 @@ def map_expand(r:UOp, idx:UOp):
     else:
       ending_ranges.extend(axis_to_range)
       new_rngs.append(a.const_like(0))
-  ending_ranges = [x.arg for x in ending_ranges if x not in non_ending_ranges]
+  # if RANGEIFY >= 2, we are aggressive about not ending ranges
+  if RANGEIFY >= 2: ending_ranges = [x.arg for x in ending_ranges if x not in non_ending_ranges]
+  # if RANGEIFY=1, if it's ending at all we end it
+  else: ending_ranges = [x.arg for x in ending_ranges]
   if idx.arg is not None: ending_ranges.append(idx.arg)
   return r.src[0].index(*new_rngs, arg=min(ending_ranges) if ending_ranges else None)