diff --git a/tinygrad/engine/schedule.py b/tinygrad/engine/schedule.py
index 31306c0a70..22446f6fd6 100644
--- a/tinygrad/engine/schedule.py
+++ b/tinygrad/engine/schedule.py
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-import sys, atexit
+import sys, atexit, functools
 from collections import defaultdict, deque
 from dataclasses import dataclass
 from typing import Callable, Set, Tuple, List, Dict, Optional, DefaultDict, cast
@@ -28,11 +28,13 @@ class ScheduleItem:
   @property
   def outputs(self) -> Tuple[Buffer, ...]:
     """Read/write or write only buffers in the schedule."""
-    return self.bufs[:len(self.ast.src)] if self.ast.op is UOps.SINK else self.bufs[0:1]
+    return tuple(b for i,b in enumerate(self.bufs) if i in self.output_idxs)
   @property
   def inputs(self) -> Tuple[Buffer, ...]:
     """Read only buffers in the schedule."""
-    return self.bufs[len(self.ast.src):] if self.ast.op is UOps.SINK else self.bufs[1:]
+    return tuple(b for i,b in enumerate(self.bufs) if i not in self.output_idxs)
+  @functools.cached_property
+  def output_idxs(self) -> Tuple[int, ...]: return tuple(x.src[0].arg for x in self.ast.src) if self.ast.op is UOps.SINK else (0,)
 
 @dataclass(frozen=True)
 class LBScheduleItem: