diff --git a/tinygrad/helpers.py b/tinygrad/helpers.py
index a8a5da3b87..3e5655692c 100644
--- a/tinygrad/helpers.py
+++ b/tinygrad/helpers.py
@@ -142,7 +142,7 @@ DONT_REALIZE_EXPAND, DONT_GROUP_REDUCES = ContextVar("DONT_REALIZE_EXPAND", 0),
 QUANTIZE, VALIDATE_WITH_CPU, DISABLE_FAST_IDIV = ContextVar("QUANTIZE", 0), ContextVar("VALIDATE_WITH_CPU", 0), ContextVar("DISABLE_FAST_IDIV", 0)
 CORRECT_DIVMOD_FOLDING, FUSE_OPTIM = ContextVar("CORRECT_DIVMOD_FOLDING", 0), ContextVar("FUSE_OPTIM", 0)
 ALLOW_DEVICE_USAGE, MAX_BUFFER_SIZE = ContextVar("ALLOW_DEVICE_USAGE", 1), ContextVar("MAX_BUFFER_SIZE", 0)
-RANGEIFY, FUSE_ATTENTION = ContextVar("RANGEIFY", 0), ContextVar("FUSE_ATTENTION", 0)
+RANGEIFY, FUSE_ATTENTION = ContextVar("RANGEIFY", 1), ContextVar("FUSE_ATTENTION", 0)
 EMULATE = ContextVar("EMULATE", "")
 CPU_COUNT = ContextVar("CPU_COUNT", max(1, (os.cpu_count() or 1) // (4 if ARCH_X86 else 2))) # take 1/2 of the cores, accounting HT
 CPU_LLVM, AMD_LLVM = ContextVar("CPU_LLVM", 0), ContextVar("AMD_LLVM", 1)