diff --git a/test/test_dtype.py b/test/test_dtype.py
index 18bb67830d..c170abfd8d 100644
--- a/test/test_dtype.py
+++ b/test/test_dtype.py
@@ -3,10 +3,9 @@ import numpy as np
 import torch
 from typing import Any, List
 from tinygrad.helpers import getenv, DEBUG, CI
-from tinygrad.dtype import DType, DTYPES_DICT, ImageDType, PtrDType, least_upper_float, least_upper_dtype
+from tinygrad.dtype import DType, DTYPES_DICT, ImageDType, PtrDType, least_upper_float, least_upper_dtype, truncate_fp16
 from tinygrad import Device, Tensor, dtypes
 from tinygrad.tensor import _to_np_dtype
-from tinygrad.ops import truncate_fp16
 from hypothesis import given, settings, strategies as strat
 from test.helpers import is_dtype_supported, rand_for_dtype
 
diff --git a/test/test_multitensor.py b/test/test_multitensor.py
index 87e7770537..b0e889809b 100644
--- a/test/test_multitensor.py
+++ b/test/test_multitensor.py
@@ -358,7 +358,7 @@ class TestMultiTensor(unittest.TestCase):
     shard_output.backward()
     shard_grad = m.conv1.weight.grad.numpy()
     # sometimes there is zeros in these grads... why?
-    np.testing.assert_allclose(grad, shard_grad, atol=3e-6, rtol=3e-6)
+    np.testing.assert_allclose(grad, shard_grad, atol=1e-5, rtol=1e-5)
 
   def test_multi_tensor_jit_param(self):
     @TinyJit
diff --git a/test/test_schedule.py b/test/test_schedule.py
index 8f78d60a83..e0ad407f4f 100644
--- a/test/test_schedule.py
+++ b/test/test_schedule.py
@@ -1520,7 +1520,7 @@ class TestIndexing(unittest.TestCase):
     X = Tensor([[0, 2, 3], [1, 2, 3]]).realize()
     Y = Tensor([1, 2]).realize()
     loss = X.sparse_categorical_crossentropy(Y)
-    self.check_schedule(loss, 6)
+    self.check_schedule(loss, 4)
     np.testing.assert_allclose(loss.item(), 0.878309, atol=1e-5, rtol=1e-6)
 
   def test_mnist_val(self):
@@ -1531,7 +1531,7 @@ class TestIndexing(unittest.TestCase):
     yt = Tensor.randn(BS, 10)
     with Context(SPLIT_REDUCEOP=0):
       loss = yt.sparse_categorical_crossentropy(Y_train[samples])
-      self.check_schedule(loss, 7)
+      self.check_schedule(loss, 6)
       loss_fused = loss.numpy()
     loss_ref = torch.nn.CrossEntropyLoss()(torch.tensor(yt.numpy()), torch.tensor(Y_train.numpy())[torch.tensor(samples.numpy())])
     np.testing.assert_allclose(loss_fused, loss_ref.numpy(), atol=1e-6, rtol=1e-6)
diff --git a/tinygrad/dtype.py b/tinygrad/dtype.py
index 3440b6c7a4..2e475dbab2 100644
--- a/tinygrad/dtype.py
+++ b/tinygrad/dtype.py
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 from __future__ import annotations
-from typing import Final, Optional, ClassVar, Set, Tuple, Dict, Union
+from typing import Final, Optional, ClassVar, Set, Tuple, Dict, Union, Callable
+import math, struct, ctypes
 from dataclasses import dataclass
 import functools
 from tinygrad.helpers import getenv
@@ -63,6 +64,7 @@ class dtypes:
     if isinstance(val, tuple):
       assert len(val) == dtype.count, f"mismatch {val} {dtype}"
       return tuple(dtypes.as_const(x, dtype) for x in val)
+    # TODO: should truncate here
     return int(val) if dtypes.is_int(dtype) else float(val) if dtypes.is_float(dtype) else bool(val)
   @staticmethod
   @functools.lru_cache(None)
@@ -144,3 +146,15 @@ def sum_acc_dtype(dt:DType):
   if dtypes.is_unsigned(dt): return least_upper_dtype(dt, dtypes.uint)
   if dtypes.is_int(dt) or dt == dtypes.bool: return least_upper_dtype(dt, dtypes.int)
   return least_upper_dtype(dt, dtypes.float)
+
+def truncate_fp16(x):
+  try: return struct.unpack("@e", struct.pack("@e", float(x)))[0]
+  except OverflowError: return math.copysign(math.inf, x)
+
+truncate: Dict[DType, Callable] = {dtypes.bool: bool,
+  # TODO: bfloat16
+  dtypes.float16: truncate_fp16, 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 \
+      if isinstance(x,int) else x, dtypes.int64: lambda x: ctypes.c_int64(x).value}
diff --git a/tinygrad/ops.py b/tinygrad/ops.py
index 045a307ac8..2e4a582fb4 100644
--- a/tinygrad/ops.py
+++ b/tinygrad/ops.py
@@ -1,10 +1,10 @@
 from __future__ import annotations
 from typing import Any, List, Optional, Set, Union, Tuple, Dict, Callable, cast, TYPE_CHECKING, TypeVar, DefaultDict
-import sys, time, functools, itertools, math, operator, ctypes, struct, hashlib
+import sys, time, functools, itertools, math, operator, hashlib
 from enum import auto, IntEnum, Enum
 from collections import defaultdict
 from dataclasses import dataclass, field
-from tinygrad.dtype import ConstType, ImageDType, PtrDType, dtypes, DType
+from tinygrad.dtype import ConstType, ImageDType, PtrDType, dtypes, DType, truncate
 from tinygrad.helpers import _CURRENT_KERNEL, ContextVar, pretty_print, prod, getenv, all_same
 from tinygrad.shape.symbolic import Variable, sint
 if TYPE_CHECKING:
@@ -310,18 +310,6 @@ python_alu: Dict[Op, Callable]  = {
   BinaryOps.MOD: lambda x,y: abs(int(x))%abs(int(y))*(1,-1)[x<0], BinaryOps.IDIV: lambda x,y: abs(x)//abs(y)*(1,-1)[x*y<0] if y != 0 else x*math.inf,
   TernaryOps.MULACC: lambda x,y,z: (x*y)+z, TernaryOps.WHERE: lambda x,y,z: y if x else z}
 
-def truncate_fp16(x):
-  try: return struct.unpack("@e", struct.pack("@e", float(x)))[0]
-  except OverflowError: return math.copysign(math.inf, x)
-
-truncate: Dict[DType, Callable] = {dtypes.bool: bool,
-  # TODO: bfloat16
-  dtypes.float16: truncate_fp16, 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 \
-      if isinstance(x,int) else x, dtypes.int64: lambda x: ctypes.c_int64(x).value}
-
 def exec_alu(op:Op, dtype:DType, operands):
   if dtype.count > 1:
     return tuple([exec_alu(op, dtype.scalar(), [x[i] if isinstance(x, tuple) else x for x in operands]) for i in range(dtype.count)])
diff --git a/tinygrad/tensor.py b/tinygrad/tensor.py
index 5bbe0efbf7..afa60614ce 100644
--- a/tinygrad/tensor.py
+++ b/tinygrad/tensor.py
@@ -3164,7 +3164,7 @@ class Tensor:
     """
     assert 0.0 <= label_smoothing <= 1.0, "label_smoothing must be in [0.0, 1.0]"
     assert reduction in ("mean", "sum", "none"), "reduction must be one of ['mean', 'sum', 'none']"
-    log_probs, loss_mask = self.log_softmax(), (Y != ignore_index)
+    log_probs, loss_mask = self.log_softmax(), (Y != ignore_index) if ignore_index != -1 else Y.ones_like(dtype=dtypes.bool)
     y_counter = Tensor.arange(self.shape[-1], requires_grad=False, device=self.device).unsqueeze(0).expand(Y.numel(), self.shape[-1])
     y = ((y_counter == Y.flatten().reshape(-1, 1)) * loss_mask.reshape(-1, 1)).reshape(*Y.shape, self.shape[-1])
     smoothing = label_smoothing * (log_probs.mean(-1) * loss_mask)