diff --git a/test/test_rangeify.py b/test/test_rangeify.py
index 1ec988e3f9..a75ad1df9d 100644
--- a/test/test_rangeify.py
+++ b/test/test_rangeify.py
@@ -55,7 +55,17 @@ class TestDoubleMatmul(unittest.TestCase):
   def test_demote(self): self._test((Opt(OptOps.DEMOTE, 2, 8),))
 
   @unittest.skipUnless(Device.DEFAULT == "METAL", "only for METAL TC")
-  def test_demote_tc(self): self._test((Opt(OptOps.DEMOTE, 2, 8), (Opt(OptOps.TC, 0, (0, 0, 1)))))
+  def test_demote_tc_top(self):
+    self._test((Opt(OptOps.DEMOTE, 2, 8), Opt(OptOps.TC, 0, (0, 0, 1, 0))))
+
+  @unittest.skipUnless(Device.DEFAULT == "METAL", "only for METAL TC")
+  def test_demote_tc_bottom(self):
+    self._test((Opt(OptOps.DEMOTE, 2, 8), Opt(OptOps.TC, 0, (0, 0, 1, 1))))
+
+  @unittest.skip("broken")
+  @unittest.skipUnless(Device.DEFAULT == "METAL", "only for METAL TC")
+  def test_demote_tc_both(self):
+    self._test((Opt(OptOps.DEMOTE, 2, 8), Opt(OptOps.TC, 0, (0, 0, 1, 0)), Opt(OptOps.TC, 0, (0, 0, 1, 1))))
 
 class TestRangeifyAssign(unittest.TestCase):
   def test_assign_permuted(self):
diff --git a/tinygrad/codegen/opt/postrange.py b/tinygrad/codegen/opt/postrange.py
index dc7adfaff8..506de35221 100644
--- a/tinygrad/codegen/opt/postrange.py
+++ b/tinygrad/codegen/opt/postrange.py
@@ -194,11 +194,12 @@ class Scheduler:
     elif opt.op is OptOps.TC:
       #check(len(self.applied_opts) == 0, "tensor core opts must be first") # TODO: remove the need for this by having warps
       check(opt.axis is not None, "tensor core opts must have an axis")
-      check(opt.arg is not None and isinstance(opt.arg, tuple) and len(opt.arg) == 3, "tensor core opts must have valid arg")
-      check(-1 <= (tc_select:=cast(tuple, opt.arg)[0]) < len(self.ren.tensor_cores), "tensor core opts must have valid tc_select")
-      check(0 <= (tc_opt:=cast(tuple, opt.arg)[1]) <= 2, "tensor core opts must have valid tc_opt")
-      check(0 < (use_tensor_cores:=cast(tuple, opt.arg)[2]) <= 2, "use_tensor_cores value is not valid")
-      try: ret = self._apply_tc_opt(use_tensor_cores, cast(int, opt.axis), tc_select, tc_opt)
+      check(opt.arg is not None and isinstance(opt.arg, tuple) and len(opt.arg) >= 3, "tensor core opts must have valid arg")
+      assert isinstance(opt.arg, tuple)
+      check(-1 <= (tc_select:=opt.arg[0]) < len(self.ren.tensor_cores), "tensor core opts must have valid tc_select")
+      check(0 <= (tc_opt:=opt.arg[1]) <= 2, "tensor core opts must have valid tc_opt")
+      check(0 < (use_tensor_cores:=opt.arg[2]) <= 2, "use_tensor_cores value is not valid")
+      try: ret = self._apply_tc_opt(use_tensor_cores, cast(int, opt.axis), tc_select, tc_opt, opt.arg[3] if len(opt.arg) > 3 else 0)
       except ValueError as e: raise KernelOptError(str(e))
       check(ret is not None, "no tensor core available")
     elif opt.op is OptOps.PADTO:
@@ -233,10 +234,10 @@ class Scheduler:
     if append_opt: self.applied_opts.append(opt)
     return ret
 
-  def _apply_tc_opt(self, use_tensor_cores:int, axis:int, tc_select:int, opt_level:int) -> None|list[UOp]:
+  def _apply_tc_opt(self, use_tensor_cores:int, axis:int, tc_select:int, opt_level:int, reduce_choice:int) -> None|list[UOp]:
     reduceops = [x for x in self.ast.toposort() if x.op is Ops.REDUCE]
     if not len(reduceops): raise KernelOptError("no reduce ops for TensorCore")
-    reduceop = reduceops[0]
+    reduceop = reduceops[reduce_choice]
     if use_tensor_cores and reduceop is not None and reduceop.arg is Ops.ADD:
       mul = reduceop.src[0] if reduceop.src[0].op is not Ops.CAST else reduceop.src[0].src[0]
       if mul.op is not Ops.MUL: return None