diff --git a/test/unit/test_view.py b/test/unit/test_view.py
index b4c7ef48a7..1c8a73d8e2 100644
--- a/test/unit/test_view.py
+++ b/test/unit/test_view.py
@@ -6,38 +6,38 @@ from tinygrad.shape.view import View, merge_dims
 class TestView(unittest.TestCase):
   def test_canonicalize_empty_mask(self):
     v = View.create(shape=(2,2,2), strides=(4,2,1), mask=((0,2),(0,2),(0,2)))
-    assert v.mask is None
+    self.assertIsNone(v.mask)
     v = View.create(shape=(4,3,2), strides=(1,4,10), mask=((0,4),(0,3),(0,2)))
-    assert v.mask is None
+    self.assertIsNone(v.mask)
 
   def test_minify_zero_strided_dims(self):
     target = View.create(shape=(2,2), strides=(30,2), offset=7, mask=None)
     v = View.create(shape=(2,1,2), strides=(30,0,2), offset=7, mask=None)
-    assert v.minify() == target
+    self.assertEqual(v.minify(), target)
     v = View.create(shape=(1,2,2), strides=(0,30,2), offset=7, mask=None)
-    assert v.minify() == target
+    self.assertEqual(v.minify(), target)
     v = View.create(shape=(2,2,1), strides=(30,2,0), offset=7, mask=None)
-    assert v.minify() == target
+    self.assertEqual(v.minify(), target)
     v = View.create(shape=(2,1,1,2), strides=(30,0,0,2), offset=7, mask=None)
-    assert v.minify() == target
+    self.assertEqual(v.minify(), target)
     v = View.create(shape=(1,1,2,2), strides=(0,0,30,2), offset=7, mask=None)
-    assert v.minify() == target
+    self.assertEqual(v.minify(), target)
     v = View.create(shape=(2,2,1,1), strides=(30,2,0,0), offset=7, mask=None)
-    assert v.minify() == target
+    self.assertEqual(v.minify(), target)
     v = View.create(shape=(1,2,2,1), strides=(0,30,2,0), offset=7, mask=None)
-    assert v.minify() == target
+    self.assertEqual(v.minify(), target)
     v = View.create(shape=(1,2,1,2), strides=(0,30,0,2), offset=7, mask=None)
-    assert v.minify() == target
+    self.assertEqual(v.minify(), target)
 
   def test_empty_mask_contiguous(self):
     v1 = View.create(shape=(2,2,2), strides=(4,2,1), mask=None)
     v2 = View.create(shape=(2,2,2), strides=(4,2,1), mask=((0,2),(0,2),(0,2)))
-    assert v1.contiguous == v2.contiguous
+    self.assertEqual(v1.contiguous, v2.contiguous)
     v1 = View.create(shape=(1,1,1,4), strides=(0,0,0,1), offset=0, mask=None)
     v2 = View.create(shape=(1,1,1,4), strides=(0,0,0,1), offset=0, mask=((0,1),(0,1),(0,1),(0,4)))
-    assert v1.contiguous == v2.contiguous
+    self.assertEqual(v1.contiguous, v2.contiguous)
     v = View.create(shape=(2,3,4), mask=((0,2),(0,3),(0,4)))
-    assert v.contiguous
+    self.assertTrue(v.contiguous)
 
 class TestMergeDims(unittest.TestCase):
   def test_contiguous(self):
@@ -125,5 +125,42 @@ class TestMergeViews(unittest.TestCase):
     self.assertIsNotNone(v)
     self.assertEqual(v, View(shape=(1, 1, 6, 3), strides=(0, 0, 5, -1), offset=-2, mask=((0, 1), (0, 1), (1, 6), (0, 3)), contiguous=False))
 
+  @unittest.expectedFailure  # TODO: fix these
+  def test_merges_from_fuzzer(self):
+    v0 = View(shape=(2, 4), strides=(2, 1), offset=-2, mask=((0, 2), (2, 4)), contiguous=False)
+    v1 = View(shape=(2, 4, 2, 2), strides=(4, 0, -2, -1), offset=3, mask=None, contiguous=False)
+    target = View(shape=(2, 4, 2, 2), strides=(2, 0, 0, -1), offset=1, mask=((0, 2), (0, 4), (0, 1), (0, 2)), contiguous=False)
+    v = v0 + v1
+    self.assertIsNotNone(v)
+    self.assertEqual(v, target)
+
+    v0 = View(shape=(5, 10, 12), strides=(100, 1, 10), offset=-20, mask=((0, 5), (0, 10), (2, 12)), contiguous=False)
+    v1 = View(shape=(10, 6, 5, 2, 2), strides=(12, 2, 120, 1, 0), offset=0, mask=None, contiguous=False)
+    target = View(shape=(10, 6, 5, 2, 2), strides=(1, 20, 100, 10, 0), offset=-20, mask=((0, 10), (1, 6), (0, 5), (0, 2), (0, 2)), contiguous=False)
+    v = v0 + v1
+    self.assertIsNotNone(v)
+    self.assertEqual(v, target)
+
+    v0 = View(shape=(8, 7, 3), strides=(1, 12, -4), offset=6, mask=((2, 6), (0, 7), (0, 3)), contiguous=False)
+    v1 = View(shape=(4, 2, 6, 2, 1), strides=(42, 21, 3, 1, 0), offset=4, mask=None, contiguous=False)
+    target = View(shape=(4, 2, 6, 2, 1), strides=(2, 1, 12, -4, 0), offset=14, mask=((1, 3), (0, 2), (0, 6), (0, 2), (0, 1)), contiguous=False)
+    v = v0 + v1
+    self.assertIsNotNone(v)
+    self.assertEqual(v, target)
+
+    v0 = View(shape=(7, 21, 3), strides=(54, 3, 1), offset=-9, mask=((0, 6), (3, 21), (0, 3)), contiguous=False)
+    v1 = View(shape=(5, 3, 3, 7), strides=(63, 1, 3, 9), offset=63, mask=None, contiguous=False)
+    target = View(shape=(5, 3, 3, 7), strides=(54, 1, 3, 9), offset=45, mask=((0, 5), (0, 3), (0, 3), (1, 7)), contiguous=False)
+    v = v0 + v1
+    self.assertIsNotNone(v)
+    self.assertEqual(v, target)
+
+    v0 = View(shape=(5, 1, 24), strides=(20, 0, 1), offset=-2, mask=((0, 5), (0, 1), (2, 22)), contiguous=False)
+    v1 = View(shape=(12, 2, 5, 2, 1), strides=(2, 1, 24, 0, 0), offset=0, mask=None, contiguous=False)
+    target = View(shape=(12, 2, 5, 2, 1), strides=(2, 1, 20, 0, 0), offset=-2, mask=((1, 11), (0, 2), (0, 5), (0, 2), (0, 1)), contiguous=False)
+    v = v0 + v1
+    self.assertIsNotNone(v)
+    self.assertEqual(v, target)
+
 if __name__ == '__main__':
   unittest.main()