diff --git a/src/Compiler/Compiler.hs b/src/Compiler/Compiler.hs
index cb09c2d..2afc66f 100644
--- a/src/Compiler/Compiler.hs
+++ b/src/Compiler/Compiler.hs
@@ -211,6 +211,8 @@ compile (Program prgE) = do
         binExprToValues e1 e2 = case (e1, e2) of
                     -- instead of declaring variables for working on ints,
                     -- we can directly pass them to their functions.
+                    -- This optimization removes the need to declare
+                    -- roughly 50% of variables
                     (EInt i1, EInt i2) -> return (VInteger i1, VInteger i2)
                     (EInt i, e) -> do
                         go e
diff --git a/test/simple.sf b/test/simple.sf
index 0a35e27..bbd9312 100644
--- a/test/simple.sf
+++ b/test/simple.sf
@@ -2,4 +2,4 @@
 
 
 
-main =  ((2 * (123 + 4214 % (1230)) - 1231) / 314) 
+main =  ((2 * (123 + 4214 % (1230)) - 1231) / 2) * 412412