diff --git a/src/component/app/App.tsx b/src/component/app/App.tsx
index 15919f3..f01a7ec 100644
--- a/src/component/app/App.tsx
+++ b/src/component/app/App.tsx
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ import { biggerExample, emptySet, factorial, higherOrder, higherOrder2Params, in
 import './App.css';
 import { evalExpr } from '../../eval/eval';
 import { Value } from '../other/Value';
-import { Type, TypeInfoBlock } from '../other/Type';
+import { Type } from '../other/Type';
 
 
 const examples: [string, ExprBlockState][] = [
@@ -190,7 +190,7 @@ export function App() {
             t: typeInfo.type,
           }}/>
           ::
-          <TypeInfoBlock typeInfo={typeInfo}/>
+          <Type type={typeInfo.type}/>
         </GlobalContext>
       </main>
 
diff --git a/src/component/app/configurations.ts b/src/component/app/configurations.ts
index 4d24127..32befcb 100644
--- a/src/component/app/configurations.ts
+++ b/src/component/app/configurations.ts
@@ -75,7 +75,7 @@ export const tripleFunctionCallEditorState: ExprBlockState = {
   },
 };
 
-export const biggerExample: ExprBlockState = {"kind":"let","focus":false,"inner":{"kind":"let","focus":false,"inner":{"kind":"let","focus":false,"inner":{"kind":"let","focus":false,"inner":{"kind":"input","text":"myList","value":{"kind":"name"}},"name":"myListInc","value":{"kind":"call","fn":{"kind":"call","fn":{"kind":"input","text":"list.map","value":{"kind":"name"},"focus":false},"input":{"kind":"call","fn":{"kind":"call","fn":{"kind":"input","text":"list.map","value":{"kind":"name"},"focus":false},"input":{"kind":"input","text":"myList","value":{"kind":"name"}}},"input":{"kind":"input","text":"inc","value":{"kind":"name"},"focus":false}}},"input":{"kind":"input","text":"id","value":{"kind":"name"},"focus":true}}},"name":"myList","value":{"kind":"call","fn":{"kind":"call","fn":{"kind":"input","text":"list.push","value":{"kind":"name"},"focus":false},"input":{"kind":"call","fn":{"kind":"call","fn":{"kind":"input","text":"list.push","value":{"kind":"name"},"focus":false},"input":{"kind":"call","fn":{"kind":"call","fn":{"kind":"input","text":"list.push","value":{"kind":"name"},"focus":false},"input":{"kind":"input","text":"list.emptyList","value":{"kind":"name"},"focus":false}},"input":{"kind":"input","text":"1","value":{"kind":"literal","type":"Int"},"focus":false}}},"input":{"kind":"input","text":"2","value":{"kind":"literal","type":"Int"},"focus":false}}},"input":{"kind":"input","text":"3","value":{"kind":"literal","type":"Int"},"focus":false}}},"name":"id","value":{"kind":"lambda","focus":false,"paramName":"x","expr":{"kind":"input","text":"x","value":{"kind":"name"},"focus":false}}},"name":"inc","value":{"kind":"lambda","focus":false,"paramName":"x","expr":{"kind":"call","fn":{"kind":"call","fn":{"kind":"input","text":"addInt","value":{"kind":"name"},"focus":false},"input":{"kind":"input","text":"x","value":{"kind":"name"},"focus":false}},"input":{"kind":"input","text":"1","value":{"kind":"literal","type":"Int"},"focus":true}}}};
+export const biggerExample: ExprBlockState = {"kind":"let","focus":false,"inner":{"kind":"let","focus":false,"inner":{"kind":"let","focus":false,"inner":{"kind":"let","focus":false,"inner":{"kind":"input","text":"","value":{"kind":"gibberish"},"focus":false},"name":"myListInc","value":{"kind":"call","fn":{"kind":"call","fn":{"kind":"input","text":"list.map","value":{"kind":"name"},"focus":false},"input":{"kind":"call","fn":{"kind":"call","fn":{"kind":"input","text":"list.map","value":{"kind":"name"},"focus":false},"input":{"kind":"input","text":"myList","value":{"kind":"name"},"focus":false}},"input":{"kind":"input","text":"inc","value":{"kind":"name"},"focus":false}}},"input":{"kind":"input","text":"id","value":{"kind":"name"},"focus":true}}},"name":"myList","value":{"kind":"call","fn":{"kind":"call","fn":{"kind":"input","text":"list.push","value":{"kind":"name"},"focus":false},"input":{"kind":"call","fn":{"kind":"call","fn":{"kind":"input","text":"list.push","value":{"kind":"name"},"focus":false},"input":{"kind":"call","fn":{"kind":"call","fn":{"kind":"input","text":"list.push","value":{"kind":"name"},"focus":false},"input":{"kind":"input","text":"list.emptyList","value":{"kind":"name"},"focus":false}},"input":{"kind":"input","text":"1","value":{"kind":"literal","type":"Int"},"focus":false}}},"input":{"kind":"input","text":"2","value":{"kind":"literal","type":"Int"},"focus":false}}},"input":{"kind":"input","text":"3","value":{"kind":"literal","type":"Int"},"focus":false}}},"name":"id","value":{"kind":"lambda","focus":false,"paramName":"x","expr":{"kind":"input","text":"x","value":{"kind":"name"},"focus":false}}},"name":"inc","value":{"kind":"lambda","focus":false,"paramName":"x","expr":{"kind":"call","fn":{"kind":"call","fn":{"kind":"input","text":"addInt","value":{"kind":"name"},"focus":false},"input":{"kind":"input","text":"x","value":{"kind":"name"},"focus":false}},"input":{"kind":"input","text":"1","value":{"kind":"literal","type":"Int"},"focus":true}}}};
 
 export const lambda2Params: ExprBlockState = {
   "kind": "let",
diff --git a/src/component/expr/CallBlock.tsx b/src/component/expr/CallBlock.tsx
index e5c77b5..6dfda9d 100644
--- a/src/component/expr/CallBlock.tsx
+++ b/src/component/expr/CallBlock.tsx
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ import { EnvContext } from "../../context/EnvContext";
 import { GlobalContext } from "../../context/GlobalContext";
 import { type StaticEnvironment, type TypeInfoCall } from "../../eval/infer_type";
 import { getActions } from "../app/actions";
-import { Type, TypeInfoBlock } from "../other/Type";
+import { Type } from "../other/Type";
 import "./CallBlock.css";
 import { ExprBlock, type ExprBlockState, type SetStateFn, type State2Props } from "./ExprBlock";
 
@@ -67,7 +67,7 @@ export function CallBlock(props: CallBlockProps) {
           {/* {  (resolved.kind === "error") && resolved.e.toString()
           || (resolved.kind === "value") && <Value dynamic={resolved} />
           || "unknown" } */}
-          :: <TypeInfoBlock typeInfo={props.typeInfo} />
+          :: <Type type={props.typeInfo.type} />
         </div>
       </div>
     </CallContext>
diff --git a/src/component/expr/ExprBlock.css b/src/component/expr/ExprBlock.css
index 81dc5b3..e579fcd 100644
--- a/src/component/expr/ExprBlock.css
+++ b/src/component/expr/ExprBlock.css
@@ -1,26 +1,10 @@
 .editor {
-  padding: 2px;
-  position: relative;
+  padding: 2px;;
 }
 .editor.error {
   border: 1px solid red;
   display: inline-block;
 }
-
-.errorMessage {
-  display: none;
-  position: absolute;
-  color: darkred;
-  background-color: pink;
-  margin-top: 4px;
-  z-index: 10;
-}
-
-.editor:hover > .errorMessage {
-  display: block;
-  /* z-index: 9999; */
-}
-
 .editor.unknown {
   border: 1px dashed dodgerblue;
   display: inline-block;
@@ -35,6 +19,37 @@
   background-color: transparent;
 }
 
+.typeSignature {
+  display: inline-block;
+  /* z-index: 1; */
+  position: relative;
+}
+
+.typeSignature.gotDebug {
+  background-color: gold;
+  padding: 2px;
+}
+
+.typeDebug {
+  display: none;
+}
+
+.typeSignature:hover > .typeDebug {
+  display: inline-block;
+  position: absolute;
+  white-space-collapse: preserve;
+  width: max-content;
+  background-color: #d2ebf1e0;
+  color: black;
+  font-family: var(--my-monospace-font);
+  padding: 4px;
+  z-index: 1000;
+}
+
+.editor:hover > .typeSignature {
+  display: inline-block;
+}
+
 .keyword {
   color: blue;
   font-weight: bold;
diff --git a/src/component/expr/ExprBlock.tsx b/src/component/expr/ExprBlock.tsx
index f048a65..834d06e 100644
--- a/src/component/expr/ExprBlock.tsx
+++ b/src/component/expr/ExprBlock.tsx
@@ -51,13 +51,12 @@ export function ExprBlock(props: ExprBlockProps) {
   const extraHandlers = Object.fromEntries(Object.entries(actions).map(([shortcut, action]) =>
     [shortcut, (e) => { e.preventDefault(); action(); }]))
 
-  console.log(props.typeInfo.err);
   return <span className={"editor" + (props.typeInfo.err ? " error" : "")}>
     {renderBlock[props.state.kind]()}
-    {(props.typeInfo.err !== undefined) &&
-      (<div className="errorMessage">
-        {props.typeInfo.err.message}
-      </div>)}
+    {props.typeInfo.err &&
+      <div>
+        {props.typeInfo.err.message.split('\n')[1]}
+      </div>}
     <Input
       placeholder="<c>"
       text=""
diff --git a/src/component/expr/InputBlock.tsx b/src/component/expr/InputBlock.tsx
index 692154a..d5c5437 100644
--- a/src/component/expr/InputBlock.tsx
+++ b/src/component/expr/InputBlock.tsx
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ import { GlobalContext } from "../../context/GlobalContext";
 import { inferTypeInput, type StaticEnvironment, type Type, type TypeInfoInput } from "../../eval/infer_type";
 import { getActions } from "../app/actions";
 import { Input } from "../other/Input";
-import { Type as TypeBlock, TypeInfoBlock } from "../other/Type";
+import { Type as TypeBlock } from "../other/Type";
 import type { ExprBlockState, State2Props } from "./ExprBlock";
 
 import "./InputBlock.css";
@@ -161,7 +161,7 @@ export function InputBlock({ state, setState, score, onCancel, typeInfo }: Input
           i={i} setI={setI} />
       </span>
     </Input>
-    ::<TypeInfoBlock typeInfo={typeInfo} />
+    ::<TypeBlock type={typeInfo.type} />
     </>
 }
 
@@ -200,7 +200,7 @@ function Suggestion({ setI, j, onSelect, highlighted, suggestion: [priority, typ
     onMouseEnter={onMouseEnter(j)}
     onMouseDown={onMouseDown(j)}>
       ({priority}) ({kind}) {text} :: <TypeBlock type={type} />
-  </div>;
+  </div>
 }
 
 const SuggestionMemo = memo<SuggestionProps>(Suggestion);
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/src/component/expr/LetInBlock.tsx b/src/component/expr/LetInBlock.tsx
index 1dce010..ab7b787 100644
--- a/src/component/expr/LetInBlock.tsx
+++ b/src/component/expr/LetInBlock.tsx
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ import { EnvContext } from "../../context/EnvContext";
 import { GlobalContext } from "../../context/GlobalContext";
 import { type TypeInfoLet } from "../../eval/infer_type";
 import { Input } from "../other/Input";
-import { Type, TypeInfoBlock } from "../other/Type";
+import { Type } from "../other/Type";
 import { ExprBlock, type ExprBlockState, type State2Props } from "./ExprBlock";
 
 import "./LetInBlock.css";
@@ -50,7 +50,7 @@ function DeclColumns({state, setState, score, typeInfo}) {
           onTextChange={name => setState(state => ({...state, name}))}
           extraHandlers={{}}
           />
-        :: <TypeInfoBlock typeInfo={typeInfo.value} />
+        :: <Type type={typeInfo.value.type} />
       </span>
       <span className="keyword column">&nbsp;=&nbsp;</span>
       <span className="column">
diff --git a/src/component/other/Type.css b/src/component/other/Type.css
index 2bd3da4..c87040c 100644
--- a/src/component/other/Type.css
+++ b/src/component/other/Type.css
@@ -70,29 +70,3 @@
   50%  { opacity:0; }
   100% { opacity:1; }
 }
-
-
-.typeSignature {
-  display: inline-block;
-  position: relative;
-}
-
-.typeDebug {
-  display: none;
-}
-
-.typeSignature:hover > .typeDebug {
-  display: inline-block;
-  position: absolute;
-  white-space-collapse: preserve;
-  width: max-content;
-  background-color: #d2ebf1e0;
-  color: black;
-  font-family: var(--my-monospace-font);
-  padding: 4px;
-  z-index: 100;
-}
-
-.editor:hover > .typeSignature {
-  display: inline-block;
-}
diff --git a/src/component/other/Type.tsx b/src/component/other/Type.tsx
index 9c4d01d..6a8bb59 100644
--- a/src/component/other/Type.tsx
+++ b/src/component/other/Type.tsx
@@ -1,16 +1,7 @@
-import { getHumanReadableName, getSymbol, prettySS, symbolDict, symbolDictIterator, symbolFunction, symbolList, symbolProduct, symbolSet, symbolSetIterator, symbolSum } from "dope2";
+import { getHumanReadableName, getSymbol, symbolDict, symbolDictIterator, symbolFunction, symbolList, symbolProduct, symbolSet, symbolSetIterator, symbolSum } from "dope2";
 
 import "./Type.css";
 import { ValueUnknown } from "./Value";
-import type { TypeInfo } from "../../eval/infer_type";
-
-export function TypeInfoBlock({typeInfo}: {typeInfo: TypeInfo}) {
-  return <span className="typeSignature gotDebug">
-    <Type type={typeInfo.type}/>
-    <br/>
-    <span className="typeDebug">{prettySS(typeInfo.subs)}</span>
-  </span>;
-}
 
 export function Type({type}) {
   if (type === undefined) {
diff --git a/src/eval/eval.ts b/src/eval/eval.ts
index 86d9578..0eb4955 100644
--- a/src/eval/eval.ts
+++ b/src/eval/eval.ts
@@ -60,7 +60,7 @@ export function evalLet(s: LetInBlockState, env: DynamicEnvironment): EvalResult
   const valueEnv = {
     names: trie.insert(env.names)(s.name)({
       recursive: true,
-      i: () => { try { return value; } catch (e) {} },
+      i: () => value,
     }),
   };
   const value = evalExpr(s.value, valueEnv);
diff --git a/src/eval/infer_type.ts b/src/eval/infer_type.ts
index dc77b50..e7d8a8e 100644
--- a/src/eval/infer_type.ts
+++ b/src/eval/infer_type.ts
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-import { Double, eqType, fnType, getHumanReadableName, IncompatibleTypesError, Int, mergeSubstitutionsN, occurring, prettySS, prettyT, recomputeTypeVars, substitute, SubstitutionCycle, trie, TYPE_VARS, UNBOUND_SYMBOLS, unify } from "dope2";
+import { Double, eqType, fnType, IncompatibleTypesError, Int, mergeSubstitutionsN, occurring, recomputeTypeVars, substitute, SubstitutionCycle, trie, TYPE_VARS, UNBOUND_SYMBOLS, unify } from "dope2";
 
 import type { CallBlockState } from "../component/expr/CallBlock";
 import type { ExprBlockState } from "../component/expr/ExprBlock";
@@ -8,8 +8,8 @@ import type { LetInBlockState } from "../component/expr/LetInBlock";
 import { memoize } from "../util/memoize";
 
 export interface StaticEnvironment {
-  names: any;            // mapping from name to type
-  typevars: Set<string>; // set of type variables currently in use
+  names: any;
+  typevars: Set<string>;
 }
 
 export interface Type {
@@ -98,7 +98,7 @@ export const inferTypeInput = memoize(function inferTypeInput(s: InputBlockState
     type,
     subs: new Map(),
     newEnv,
-    err: new Error(`'${s.text}' not found`),
+    err: new Error("Gibberish"),
   }
 });
 
@@ -163,15 +163,10 @@ export const inferTypeCall = memoize(function inferTypeCall(s: CallBlockState, e
 });
 
 export const inferTypeLet = memoize(function inferTypeLet(s: LetInBlockState, env: StaticEnvironment): TypeInfoLet {
-  console.log('inferTypeLet..', env.typevars);
-  const recursiveTypeInfo = iterateRecursiveType(s.name, s.value, env, true);
-  console.log('end inferTypeLet.');
-  console.log({recursiveTypeInfo});
+  const recursiveTypeInfo = iterateRecursiveType(s.name, s.value, env);
   // to eval the 'inner' expr, we only need to add our parameter to the environment:
   const innerEnv = {
-    names: trie.insert(env.names)(s.name)({
-      t: recursiveTypeInfo.inner.type,
-    }),
+    names: trie.insert(env.names)(s.name)({kind: "value", t: recursiveTypeInfo.paramType}),
     typevars: env.typevars,
   };
   const innerTypeInfo = inferType(s.inner, innerEnv);
@@ -187,9 +182,7 @@ export const inferTypeLet = memoize(function inferTypeLet(s: LetInBlockState, en
 });
 
 export const inferTypeLambda = memoize(function inferTypeLambda(s: LambdaBlockState, env: StaticEnvironment): TypeInfoLambda {
-  console.log('inferTypeLambda..', env.typevars);
-  const recursiveTypeInfo = iterateRecursiveType(s.paramName, s.expr, env, false);
-  console.log('end inferTypeLambda.');
+  const recursiveTypeInfo = iterateRecursiveType(s.paramName, s.expr, env);
   return {
     kind: "lambda",
     type: fnType(_ => recursiveTypeInfo.paramType)(_ => recursiveTypeInfo.inner.type),
@@ -199,36 +192,21 @@ export const inferTypeLambda = memoize(function inferTypeLambda(s: LambdaBlockSt
 
 // Given a named value whose type we know nothing about, and an expression that computes the value (which may recursively contain the value), compute the type of the value.
 // Why? Both lambda functions and let-expressions can refer to themselves recursively. To infer their type, we need to recompute the type and feed it back to itself until some fixed point is reached.
-function iterateRecursiveType(paramName: string, expr: ExprBlockState, env: StaticEnvironment, paramIsInner: boolean) {
+function iterateRecursiveType(paramName: string, expr: ExprBlockState, env: StaticEnvironment) {
   let [paramType] = typeUnknown(env);
   const paramTypeVar = paramType.symbol;
 
-  let iterations = 0;
+  let iterations = 1;
   while (true) {
     const innerEnv = {
-      names: trie.insert(env.names)(paramName)({
-        kind: "unknown",
-        t: paramType,
-      }),
+      names: trie.insert(env.names)(paramName)({kind: "unknown", t: paramType}),
       typevars: env.typevars.union(occurring(paramType) as Set<string>),
     };
-
     const innerTypeInfo = inferType(expr, innerEnv);
-    
+    const subsWithoutPType = new Map(innerTypeInfo.subs);
+    subsWithoutPType.delete(paramTypeVar);
     const inferredPType = substitute(paramType, innerTypeInfo.subs, []);
     const [inferredPType2, newEnv] = rewriteInferredType(inferredPType, env);
-
-    const subsWithoutPType = new Map(innerTypeInfo.subs); // copy
-    subsWithoutPType.delete(paramTypeVar);
-
-    // console.log("-----------------", iterations);
-    // console.log("paramType:", prettyT(paramType));
-    // console.log("inferredPType:", prettyT(inferredPType));
-    // console.log("inferredPType2:", prettyT(inferredPType2));
-    // console.log("env:", [...env.typevars].map(getHumanReadableName));
-    // console.log("innerEnv:", [...innerEnv.typevars].map(getHumanReadableName));
-    // console.log("-----------------");
-
     if (eqType(inferredPType2)(paramType)) {
       return {
         subs: subsWithoutPType,
@@ -238,11 +216,17 @@ function iterateRecursiveType(paramName: string, expr: ExprBlockState, env: Stat
         innerEnv,
       };
     }
-
-    if ((iterations++) == 10) {
+    if ((iterations++) == 100) {
       throw new Error("too many iterations! something's wrong!");
     }
-    paramType = inferredPType2; // next iteration
+    // console.log("-----------------", iterations);
+    // console.log("paramType:", prettyT(paramType));
+    // console.log("inferredPType:", prettyT(inferredPType));
+    // console.log("inferredPType2:", prettyT(inferredPType2));
+    // console.log("env:", [...env.typevars].map(getHumanReadableName));
+    // console.log("innerEnv:", [...innerEnv.typevars].map(getHumanReadableName));
+    // console.log("-----------------");
+    paramType = inferredPType2;
   }
 }
 
@@ -275,7 +259,7 @@ function rewriteInferredType(type: Type, env: StaticEnvironment): [Type, StaticE
   const newTypeVars = new Set(env.typevars);
   let i = 0;
   for (const o of occurring(type)) {
-    while (newTypeVars.has(UNBOUND_SYMBOLS[i])) {
+    while (env.typevars.has(UNBOUND_SYMBOLS[i])) {
       i++;
     }
     if (!env.typevars.has(o)) {