diff --git a/src/internal/types.cpp b/src/internal/types.cpp
index cb53999..131b3a4 100644
--- a/src/internal/types.cpp
+++ b/src/internal/types.cpp
@@ -410,13 +410,13 @@ bool stream_dense_fold(Type &type) {
 /* if nested streams, if the child count is 1, the parent's
 elements are just the child's element
  */
-bool stream_fold_child_count_one(Type &type) {
+bool stream_elision(Type &type) {
 
   bool changed = false;
 
   // try to fold all children into their parents first
   for (Type &child : type.children()) {
-    changed |= stream_fold_child_count_one(child);
+    changed |= stream_elision(child);
   }
 
   // type and child must be StreamData
@@ -442,6 +442,53 @@ bool stream_fold_child_count_one(Type &type) {
   return changed;
 }
 
+/* detect, for example, where two vectors of two blocks is just one vector of
+  four blocks
+
+  when stride of parent is count * stride of child
+
+  parent/child replaced with something like child, except count is now
+  child.count * parent.count
+
+  this probably only comes in vectors of subarrays since subarrays have
+  padding on the end
+*/
+bool stream_flatten(Type &type) {
+
+  bool changed = false;
+
+  // try to fold all children into their parents first
+  for (Type &child : type.children()) {
+    changed |= stream_flatten(child);
+  }
+
+  // type and child must be StreamData
+  if (!std::holds_alternative<StreamData>(type.data)) {
+    return false;
+  }
+  assert(1 == type.children().size());
+  Type &child = type.children()[0];
+  if (!std::holds_alternative<StreamData>(child.data)) {
+    return false;
+  }
+
+  StreamData &pData = std::get<StreamData>(type.data);
+  const StreamData &cData = std::get<StreamData>(child.data);
+
+  if (pData.stride == cData.count * cData.stride) {
+    changed = true;
+
+    // transform parent in to child, with count multiplied by parents count
+    pData.count *= cData.count;
+    pData.stride = cData.stride;
+    pData.off += cData.off;
+    std::vector<Type> gchildren = child.children();
+    type.children() = gchildren;
+  }
+
+  return changed;
+}
+
 /* tries to convert as much of the type to subarrays as possible
  */
 Type simplify(const Type &type) {
@@ -461,8 +508,11 @@ Type simplify(const Type &type) {
     changed |= stream_dense_fold(simp);
     LOG_SPEW("after stream_dense_fold");
     LOG_SPEW("\n" + simp.str());
-    changed |= stream_fold_child_count_one(simp);
-    LOG_SPEW("after stream_fold_child_count_one");
+    changed |= stream_flatten(simp);
+    LOG_SPEW("after stream_flatten");
+    LOG_SPEW("\n" + simp.str());
+    changed |= stream_elision(simp);
+    LOG_SPEW("after stream_elision");
     LOG_SPEW("\n" + simp.str());
   }