diff --git a/test/test_tensor.py b/test/test_tensor.py
index 886cbd38c1..5f284bbf53 100644
--- a/test/test_tensor.py
+++ b/test/test_tensor.py
@@ -67,7 +67,7 @@ class TestTinygrad(unittest.TestCase):
 class TestOps(unittest.TestCase):
   def test_conv2d(self):
     x = torch.randn((5,2,10,7), requires_grad=True)
-    w = torch.randn((4,2,3,3), requires_grad=True)
+    w = torch.randn((4,2,3,2), requires_grad=True)
     xt = Tensor(x.detach().numpy())
     wt = Tensor(w.detach().numpy())
 
diff --git a/tinygrad/utils.py b/tinygrad/utils.py
index 833b1d1f5f..44d7678e06 100644
--- a/tinygrad/utils.py
+++ b/tinygrad/utils.py
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 import numpy as np
+from functools import lru_cache
 
 def mask_like(like, mask_inx, mask_value = 1.0):
   mask = np.zeros_like(like).reshape(-1)
@@ -31,14 +32,17 @@ def fetch_mnist():
 # these are matlab functions used to speed up convs
 # write them fast and the convs will be fast?
 
+@lru_cache
+def get_im2col_indexes(oy, ox, cin, H, W):
+  idxc = np.tile(np.arange(cin).repeat(H*W), oy*ox)
+  idxy = np.tile(np.arange(H).repeat(W), oy*ox*cin) + np.arange(oy).repeat(ox*cin*H*W)
+  idxx = np.tile(np.arange(W), oy*ox*cin*H) + np.tile(np.arange(ox), oy).repeat(cin*H*W)
+  return idxc, idxy, idxx
+
 def im2col(x, H, W):
   bs,cin,oy,ox = x.shape[0], x.shape[1], x.shape[2]-(H-1), x.shape[3]-(W-1)
-
-  # TODO: use something like np.take for speed
-  tx = np.empty((bs, oy, ox, cin*W*H), dtype=x.dtype)
-  for Y in range(oy):
-    for X in range(ox):
-      tx[:, Y, X] = x[:, :, Y:Y+H, X:X+W].reshape(bs, -1)
+  ic, iy, ix = get_im2col_indexes(oy, ox, cin, H, W)
+  tx = x[:, ic, iy, ix]
   return tx.reshape(-1, cin*W*H)
 
 def col2im(tx, H, W, OY, OX):