diff --git a/test/test_viz.py b/test/test_viz.py
index c982804865..2edbea3d8a 100644
--- a/test/test_viz.py
+++ b/test/test_viz.py
@@ -4,11 +4,11 @@ from tinygrad.dtype import dtypes
 from tinygrad.ops import TRACK_MATCH_STATS, TrackedPatternMatcher as PatternMatcher, UOp, Ops, UPat, graph_rewrite, contexts, track_rewrites
 from tinygrad.viz.serve import get_details, get_metadata, uop_to_json
 
-@track_rewrites()
-def rewrite(sink:UOp, pm:PatternMatcher, ctx=None): return graph_rewrite(sink, pm, ctx)
+@track_rewrites(named=True)
+def rewrite(sink:UOp, pm:PatternMatcher, **kwargs): return graph_rewrite(sink, pm, **kwargs)
 
-def helper_test_viz(sink:UOp, pm:PatternMatcher, ctx=None) -> List[UOp]:
-  rewrite(sink, pm, ctx)
+def helper_test_viz(sink:UOp, pm:PatternMatcher, **kwargs) -> List[UOp]:
+  rewrite(sink, pm, **kwargs)
   assert len(contexts) == 1
   assert len(contexts[0][1]) == 1
   k = get_metadata(contexts)[0][0]
@@ -52,7 +52,7 @@ class TestViz(unittest.TestCase):
     pm = PatternMatcher([
       (UPat(Ops.LOAD, name="x"), store_load),
     ])
-    uops = helper_test_viz(a+b, pm, {})
+    uops = helper_test_viz(a+b, pm, ctx={})
     self.assertEqual(len(uops), 2)
     self.assertEqual(uops[-1], graph_rewrite(a+b, pm, {}))
 
@@ -89,5 +89,25 @@ class TestViz(unittest.TestCase):
     assert not any(v[0].startswith("CONST") for v in graph.values())
     assert len([x for x in graph.values() if "CONST" in x[0]]) == 1
 
+  def test_bottom_up_rewrite(self):
+    a = UOp(Ops.LOAD, dtypes.int, (UOp(Ops.DEFINE_GLOBAL, dtypes.int.ptr(), (), 0), UOp.const(dtypes.int, 0)))
+    n1 = a.sin()
+    uop = n1.sin()
+    pm = PatternMatcher([(UPat(tuple(Ops), name="x"), lambda ctx,x: ctx.get(x,None))])
+    ret = helper_test_viz(uop, pm, ctx={a.sin():a.sqrt(), n1.sin():n1.sqrt()}, bottom_up=True)
+    self.assertEqual(len(ret), 2)
+    self.assertIs(ret[0], a.sin().sqrt()) # first rewrite
+    self.assertIs(ret[1], a.sqrt().sqrt()) # second one
+
+  def test_top_down_rewrite(self):
+    a = UOp(Ops.LOAD, dtypes.int, (UOp(Ops.DEFINE_GLOBAL, dtypes.int.ptr(), (), 0), UOp.const(dtypes.int, 0)))
+    n1 = a.sin()
+    uop = n1.sin()
+    pm = PatternMatcher([(UPat(tuple(Ops), name="x"), lambda ctx,x: ctx.get(x,None))])
+    # if it wasn't bottom_up, it's rewritten once
+    ret = helper_test_viz(uop, pm, ctx={a.sin():a.sqrt(), n1.sin():n1.sqrt()}, bottom_up=False)
+    self.assertEqual(len(ret), 1)
+    self.assertIs(ret[0], a.sqrt().sin()) # only rewrite
+
 if __name__ == "__main__":
   unittest.main()
diff --git a/tinygrad/ops.py b/tinygrad/ops.py
index 58e97c1ded..95322415f2 100644
--- a/tinygrad/ops.py
+++ b/tinygrad/ops.py
@@ -688,6 +688,7 @@ match_stats:Dict[UPat, List[Union[int, float]]] = dict()
 class TrackedRewriteContext:
   loc: Tuple[str, int]                                                                              # location that called graph_rewrite
   sink: UOp                                                                                         # the sink passed into the rewrite
+  bottom_up: bool
   matches: List[Tuple[UOp, Optional[UOp], Optional[UPat], float]] = field(default_factory=list)     # all matches of sparents
 
 rewrite_stack: List[Tuple[Any, List[TrackedRewriteContext]]] = []
@@ -775,7 +776,7 @@ class RewriteContext:
 
 def graph_rewrite(sink:UOp, pm:PatternMatcher, ctx=None, bottom_up=False) -> UOp:
   if TRACK_MATCH_STATS >= 2 and len(rewrite_stack) != 0:
-    rewrite_stack[-1][1].append(TrackedRewriteContext(((frm:=sys._getframe(1)).f_code.co_filename, frm.f_lineno), sink))
+    rewrite_stack[-1][1].append(TrackedRewriteContext(((frm:=sys._getframe(1)).f_code.co_filename, frm.f_lineno), sink, bottom_up))
   return RewriteContext(pm, ctx).bottom_up_rewrite(sink) if bottom_up else RewriteContext(pm, ctx).rewrite(sink)
 
 # ***** uop type spec *****
diff --git a/tinygrad/viz/serve.py b/tinygrad/viz/serve.py
index 5ffc9b9625..6b4bd8b7a4 100755
--- a/tinygrad/viz/serve.py
+++ b/tinygrad/viz/serve.py
@@ -82,14 +82,14 @@ def get_details(k:Any, ctx:TrackedRewriteContext, metadata:GraphRewriteMetadata)
   replaces: Dict[UOp, UOp] = {}
   sink = ctx.sink
   for i,(u0,u1,upat,_) in enumerate(ctx.matches):
+    if ctx.bottom_up: replaces = {} # if it's bottom_up it's single pass
     replaces[u0] = u0 if u1 is None else u1
     # if the match didn't result in a rewrite we move forward
     if u1 is None: continue
-    # first, rewrite this UOp with the current rewrite + all the seen matches before this
+    # first, rewrite this UOp with the current rewrite + all the matches in replaces
     new_sink = _replace_uop(sink, {**replaces})
     # sanity check
-    if new_sink is sink:
-      raise AssertionError(f"rewritten sink wasn't rewritten! {i} {unwrap(upat).location}")
+    if new_sink is sink: raise AssertionError(f"rewritten sink wasn't rewritten! {i} {unwrap(upat).location}")
     # update ret data
     g.changed_nodes.append([id(x) for x in u1.sparents if x.op is not Ops.CONST])
     g.diffs.append(list(difflib.unified_diff(pcall(str, u0).splitlines(), pcall(str, u1).splitlines())))