diff --git a/src/symbolictheoryutils.jl b/src/symbolictheoryutils.jl
index 441e301..1471bfd 100644
--- a/src/symbolictheoryutils.jl
+++ b/src/symbolictheoryutils.jl
@@ -95,11 +95,13 @@ macro operator(head, body)
     result = quote end
     
     # construct the function on basic symbolics
+    argnames = [gensym(:x) for _ in 1:arity]
+    argclaus = [:($a::Symbolic) for a in argnames]
     push!(result.args, quote
         @nospecialize
-        function $f(args...)
-            s = promote_symtype($f, args...)
-            SymbolicUtils.Term{s}($f, [args...])
+        function $f($(argclaus...))
+            s = promote_symtype($f, $(argnames...))
+            SymbolicUtils.Term{s}($f, Any[$(argnames...)])
         end
         export $f
     end)
diff --git a/test/klausmeier.jl b/test/klausmeier.jl
index 54fdaee..58fca6b 100644
--- a/test/klausmeier.jl
+++ b/test/klausmeier.jl
@@ -46,22 +46,38 @@ end)
 
 import .ThDEC: d, ⋆, SortError
 
-@register Δ(s::Sort) begin
-    @match s begin
-        ::Scalar => throw(SortError("Scalar"))
-        ::VField => throw(SortError("Nay!"))
-        ::Form => ⋆(d(⋆(d(s))))
-    end
-end
-
 ω, = @syms ω::PrimalFormT{1, :X, 2}
 
 @test Δ(PrimalForm(1, X)) == PrimalForm(1, X)
 @test symtype(Δ(ω)) == PrimalFormT{1, :X, 2}
 
 # TODO propagating module information is suited for a macro
-symbmodel = DecaSymbolic(lookup, Phytodynamics, Main)
+symbmodel = ps = DecaSymbolic(lookup, Phytodynamics, Main)
 
 DecaExpr(symbmodel)
 
 
+
+n = ps.vars[1]
+SymbolicUtils.symtype(n)
+Δ(n)
+
+r = @rule Δ(~n) => ⋆(d(⋆(d(~n))))
+
+t2 = r(Δ(n))
+t2 |> dump
+
+
+using SymbolicUtils.Rewriters
+using SymbolicUtils: promote_symtype
+r = @rule ⋆(⋆(~n)) => ~n
+nested_star_cancel = Postwalk(Chain([r]))
+nested_star_cancel(d(⋆(⋆(n))))
+nsc = nested_star_cancel
+
+isequal(nsc(⋆(⋆(d(n)))), d(n))
+dump(nsc(⋆(⋆(d(n))))) 
+dump(d(n))
+⋆(⋆(d(⋆(⋆(n)))))
+nsc(⋆(⋆(d(⋆(⋆(n))))))
+nsc(nsc(⋆(⋆(d(⋆(⋆(n)))))))
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