diff --git a/tinygrad/codegen/__init__.py b/tinygrad/codegen/__init__.py
index c3c7657805..b81204342b 100644
--- a/tinygrad/codegen/__init__.py
+++ b/tinygrad/codegen/__init__.py
@@ -82,13 +82,13 @@ def _get_rewrites_for_renderer(opts:Renderer, linearizer:bool, _QUANTIZE, _DEVEC
   supported_ops = tuple(opts.code_for_op.keys())
   extra_matcher = opts.extra_matcher if opts.extra_matcher is not None else PatternMatcher([])
 
+  # optional pre matcher
+  if opts.pre_matcher is not None: ret.append(RewriteStep(opts.pre_matcher, name="pre_matcher"))
+
   # decompositions
   pm_decomp = symbolic_simple+get_late_rewrite_patterns(supported_ops, _TRANSCENDENTAL>=2)
   ret.append(RewriteStep(pm_decomp, name="decompositions"))
 
-  # optional pre matcher
-  if opts.pre_matcher is not None: ret.append(RewriteStep(opts.pre_matcher, name="pre_matcher"))
-
   # final rules for the renderer (without sym)
   pm_final_rewrite = symbolic_simple+pm_render+extra_matcher
   ret.append(RewriteStep(pm_final_rewrite, lambda _: opts.device, name="final rewrite"))
diff --git a/tinygrad/renderer/wgsl.py b/tinygrad/renderer/wgsl.py
index 4063a23c76..513d03018a 100644
--- a/tinygrad/renderer/wgsl.py
+++ b/tinygrad/renderer/wgsl.py
@@ -28,14 +28,17 @@ def is_packed(dt:DType, odt:DType|None = None) -> bool:
   if odt is None: odt = dt
   return dt.itemsize < 4 and dt.base != dtypes.half and (not isinstance(odt, PtrDType) or odt.addrspace != AddrSpace.REG)
 
-wgsl_matcher = PatternMatcher([
-  (UPat((Ops.CMPLT, Ops.XOR), src=(UPat(name="a", dtype=dtypes.bool), UPat.var("b")), name="c"),
-   lambda a,b,c: a.cast(dtypes.int).alu(c.op, b.cast(dtypes.int)).cast(dtypes.bool)),
+wgsl_pack_load_store = PatternMatcher([
   (UPat.load(UPat.var("b"), UPat.cvar("c"), name="l"),
    lambda l,b,c: packed_load(l,b,l.dtype,c.cast(dtypes.uint32)) if is_packed(l.dtype, b.dtype) else None),
   (UPat.load(UPat.var("b"), name='l', allow_any_len=True), lambda l,b: packed_load(l, b, l.dtype) if is_packed(l.dtype, b.dtype) else None),
   (UPat.store(UPat.var("bidx"), UPat.var("var"), allow_any_len=True),
    lambda bidx,var: packed_store(bidx,var) if is_packed(var.dtype, bidx.dtype) else None),
+])
+
+wgsl_matcher = PatternMatcher([
+  (UPat((Ops.CMPLT, Ops.XOR), src=(UPat(name="a", dtype=dtypes.bool), UPat.var("b")), name="c"),
+   lambda a,b,c: a.cast(dtypes.int).alu(c.op, b.cast(dtypes.int)).cast(dtypes.bool)),
   (UPat.var("a") << UPat.var("b"),lambda a,b:(a.bitcast(dtypes.uint32)<<b.cast(dtypes.uint32)).bitcast(a.dtype) if b.dtype!=dtypes.uint32 else None),
   (UPat.var("x") >> UPat.var("y"), lambda x,y: UOp(Ops.SHR, x.dtype, (x,y.cast(dtypes.uint))) if y.dtype != dtypes.uint else None),
   ]) + extra_pm
@@ -45,6 +48,7 @@ class WGSLRenderer(CStyleLanguage):
   global_max = (65535, 65535, 65535)
   local_max = (256, 256, 64)
   code_for_workitem = {"g": lambda x: f"i32(gindex.{'xyz'[int(x)]})", "l": lambda x: f"i32(lindex.{'xyz'[int(x)]})"}
+  pre_matcher = wgsl_pack_load_store
   extra_matcher = wgsl_matcher
   supports_float4 = False
   barrier = "workgroupBarrier();"