diff --git a/.github/workflows/test.yml b/.github/workflows/test.yml
index b3bb29402f..791f903008 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/test.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/test.yml
@@ -97,7 +97,7 @@ jobs:
     - name: Install Dependencies
       run: pip install -e '.[gpu,testing]'
     - name: Run Pytest (default)
-      run: GPU=1 python -m pytest -s -v
+      run: OPT=2 GPU=1 python -m pytest -s -v
 
   testopencl:
     name: OpenCL Tests
diff --git a/tinygrad/ops.py b/tinygrad/ops.py
index 241d698f57..6d6d791c39 100644
--- a/tinygrad/ops.py
+++ b/tinygrad/ops.py
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ OpType = Union[Type[UnaryOps], Type[BinaryOps], Type[ReduceOps], Type[MovementOp
 
 DEBUG = int(os.getenv("DEBUG", "0"))
 GRAPH = int(os.getenv("GRAPH", "0"))
-OPT = int(os.getenv("OPT", "2"))
+OPT = int(os.getenv("OPT", "1"))
 NOCONV = int(os.getenv("NOCONV", "0"))
 
 # TODO: movement ops that only change shape are really nops. treat them as such