Fix self-reference causing recursion depth error

[nspope]

Fixes error popping up in #1599

[codecov]

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All modified and coverable lines are covered by tests ✅

Project coverage is 99.81%. Comparing base (6740b88) to head (a71a2c7).
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[nspope]

I'm merging this as the tests are passing on ubuntu and windows, so that #1599 can go in