diff --git a/src/Lib/Common.newt b/src/Lib/Common.newt
index c5baebe..38f8be5 100644
--- a/src/Lib/Common.newt
+++ b/src/Lib/Common.newt
@@ -104,7 +104,8 @@ data QName : U where
   QN : List String -> String -> QName
 
 instance Eq QName where
-  QN ns n == QN ns' n' = n == n' && ns == ns'
+  -- `if` gets us short circuit behavior, idris has a lazy `&&`
+  QN ns n == QN ns' n' = if n == n' then ns == ns' else False
 
 instance Show QName where
   show (QN Nil n) = n
diff --git a/src/Lib/ProcessDecl.newt b/src/Lib/ProcessDecl.newt
index a5e0a9f..228e223 100644
--- a/src/Lib/ProcessDecl.newt
+++ b/src/Lib/ProcessDecl.newt
@@ -110,7 +110,8 @@ processTypeSig ns fc names tm = do
   -- let mstart = length' mc.metas
   traverse (checkAlreadyDef fc) names
   ty <- check (mkCtx fc) tm (VU fc)
-  ty <- zonk top 0 Nil ty
+  -- this is not needed
+  -- ty <- zonk top 0 Nil ty
   log 1 $ \ _ => "TypeSig \{unwords names} : \{render 90 $ pprint Nil ty}"
   ignore $ for names $ \nm => setDef (QN ns nm) fc ty Axiom Nil
 
@@ -161,7 +162,7 @@ processDef ns fc nm clauses = do
   -- TODO - make nf that expands all metas and drop zonk
   -- Idris2 doesn't expand metas for performance - a lot of these are dropped during erasure.
   -- Day1.newt is a test case
-  -- tm' <- nf Nil tm
+  -- NOW - might not need this if we do it at compile time
   tm' <- zonk top 0 Nil tm
   debug $ \ _ => "NF\n\{render 80 $ pprint Nil tm'}"
   -- This is done in Compile.newt now, we can't store the result because we need the real thing at compile time