diff --git a/test/test_rangeify.py b/test/test_rangeify.py
index 05fd2bde69..af89cd6214 100644
--- a/test/test_rangeify.py
+++ b/test/test_rangeify.py
@@ -97,6 +97,11 @@ class TestRangeify(unittest.TestCase):
     w1 = Tensor.empty(8, 4, 3, 3)
     x.conv2d(w1).realize()
 
+  def test_conv2d_elu(self):
+    x = Tensor.empty(1, 4, 32, 32)
+    w1 = Tensor.empty(8, 4, 3, 3)
+    x.conv2d(w1).elu().realize()
+
   def test_conv2d_t(self):
     x = Tensor.empty(1, 4, 32, 32)
     w1 = Tensor.empty(8, 4, 3, 3)
diff --git a/test/unit/test_winograd.py b/test/unit/test_winograd.py
index e9cbd822bc..0a7855ff06 100644
--- a/test/unit/test_winograd.py
+++ b/test/unit/test_winograd.py
@@ -42,7 +42,7 @@ class TestWinograd(unittest.TestCase):
     out = Tensor.conv2d(x,w, padding=1)
     out.mean().backward()
     backward_schedule = Tensor.schedule(x.grad, w.grad)
-    self.assertEqual(len(backward_schedule), 6 if RANGEIFY else 9)
+    self.assertEqual(len(backward_schedule), 4 if RANGEIFY else 9)
 
   def test_counters(self):
     IC, OC, X, Y = 4,4,9,9
diff --git a/tinygrad/schedule/rangeify.py b/tinygrad/schedule/rangeify.py
index b1bd4a4c23..05a207ae23 100644
--- a/tinygrad/schedule/rangeify.py
+++ b/tinygrad/schedule/rangeify.py
@@ -258,11 +258,16 @@ def index_child(ctx:RangeifyContext, c:UOp, x:UOp, idx:UOp):
     end_ranges = []
     idx_ranges = []
     # NOTE: locals aren't working, so we only fully bufferize here (unless RANGEIFY > 1)
-    all_all_same = all(all_same(r) for r in all_rngs)
-    for i,valid_rngs in enumerate(all_rngs):
+    rngs_valids = []
+    for valid_rngs in all_rngs:
       rngs, valids = zip(*[(r.get_idx(), r.get_valid()) for r in valid_rngs])
+      # if a range has a 1 src, it's the same as UOp.const(dtypes.index, 0)
+      same_rngs = [x if x.op is not Ops.RANGE or resolve(x.src[0] != 1) else UOp.const(dtypes.index, 0) for x in rngs]
+      rngs_valids.append((rngs, valids, all_same(same_rngs)))
+    all_all_same = all(same_rngs for _,_,same_rngs in rngs_valids)
+    for i,(rngs,valids,same_rngs) in enumerate(rngs_valids):
       # we compare the ranges without their valids
-      if all_same(rngs) and (all_all_same or RANGEIFY > 1):
+      if same_rngs and (all_all_same or RANGEIFY > 1):
         # the new valid is the OR of all the children valids
         minimum_valid = functools.reduce(operator.or_, valids, UOp.const(dtypes.bool, False))
         out_rngs.append(minimum_valid.where(rngs[0], UOp.invalid()).simplify())
@@ -576,7 +581,7 @@ def split_store(ctx:list[UOp], x:UOp):
 
   # NOTE: the hack for COPY is here
   ret = ret.sink() if ret.src[1].op not in {Ops.COPY, Ops.BUFFER_VIEW} else ret.src[1]
-  kernel_arg = Kernel(ret,tuple(dedup(flatten([x for x in metadatas if x is not None]))))
+  kernel_arg = Kernel(ret,tuple(dedup(flatten([x for x in metadatas if x is not None])))[::-1])
   kernel = UOp(Ops.KERNEL, src=tuple(lctx.map.values())+tuple(lctx.vars.keys()), arg=kernel_arg)
   return x.as_buf().assign(kernel)
 
@@ -593,12 +598,28 @@ add_tags = PatternMatcher([
   (UPat(GroupOp.All-{Ops.BUFFER, Ops.CONST, Ops.DEVICE, Ops.UNIQUE, Ops.DEFINE_VAR, Ops.BIND}.union(GroupOp.Movement), name="x"), tag_uop),
 ])
 
+# support for using a contiguous permuted view instead of the parent view if one exists
+# modified from kernelize.py to not use ShapeTracker
+
+def found_contiguous(ctx:dict[UOp, UOp], contig:UOp, src:UOp):
+  x = src
+  while x is not src.base:
+    if x.op is Ops.PERMUTE: contig = contig.permute(argsort(x.arg))
+    elif x.op is Ops.RESHAPE: contig = contig.reshape(x.src[0].shape)
+    else: return None
+    x = x.src[0]
+  ctx[src.base] = contig
+replace_contiguous = PatternMatcher([
+  (UPat(Ops.CONTIGUOUS, src=(UPat(GroupOp.Movement, name="src"),), name="contig"), found_contiguous),
+  (UPat(GroupOp.ALU, name="alu"), lambda ctx,alu: alu.replace(src=new_src) if (new_src:=tuple(ctx.get(s, s) for s in alu.src)) != alu.src else None),
+])
+
 @track_rewrites(lambda _,ret: f"Schedule {pluralize('Kernel', len([u for u in UOp.sink(*ret.values()).toposort() if u.op is Ops.KERNEL]))}", True)
 def get_rangeify_map(sink:UOp) -> dict[UOp, UOp]:
   uop_list: list[UOp] = []
   tsink = graph_rewrite(sink, add_tags, ctx=uop_list, bottom_up=True, name="number the uops")
 
-  tsink = graph_rewrite(tsink, earliest_rewrites, name="earliest rewrites")
+  tsink = graph_rewrite(tsink, earliest_rewrites+replace_contiguous, ctx={}, name="earliest rewrites")
   realize_map: dict[UOp, UOp] = {}
   graph_rewrite(tsink, do_realize, ctx=realize_map, name="Input Graph")
   # NOTE: we don't use contiguous here, contiguous is a user op