diff --git a/src/main.zig b/src/main.zig
index 69b8a34..a4c3aed 100644
--- a/src/main.zig
+++ b/src/main.zig
@@ -340,21 +340,6 @@ const BTree = struct {
             self.ally.destroy(self);
         }
 
-        fn push_value(self: *Leaf, value: u32) void {
-            std.debug.assert(self.len < CAPACITY);
-            var tmp = value;
-            for (self.get_values()) |*val| {
-                if (val.* < value) {
-                    continue;
-                }
-                const t = val.*;
-                val.* = tmp;
-                tmp = t;
-            }
-            self.values[self.len] = tmp;
-            self.len = self.len + 1;
-        }
-
         const SplitResult = struct {
             // attached, old node that may be modified
             left: *Leaf,
@@ -372,10 +357,13 @@ const BTree = struct {
                 if (child.left.get_values()[0] < middle) {
                     // the left node is already attached to the tree in the correct place
 
+                    // check if the rightmost value of the right child is smaller than the parent middle
                     if (child.right.get_values()[child.right.len - 1] < middle) {
                         @ptrCast(*Node, parent.left).insert_node(NodeOrLeaf.from_leaf(child.right));
-                    } else {
+                    } else if (child.right.get_values()[0] > middle) {
                         @ptrCast(*Node, parent.right).insert_node(NodeOrLeaf.from_leaf(child.right));
+                    } else {
+                        std.debug.print("AAAAAAAAAAA something bad", .{});
                     }
                 } else {
                     // if the child left component is in the parent right, so must the child right
@@ -419,8 +407,8 @@ const BTree = struct {
             const leaf = self;
 
             if (leaf.len < CAPACITY) {
-                std.debug.print("pushing value {} into leaf ", .{value});
-                self.dbg();
+                std.debug.print("pushing value {} into ", .{value});
+                NodeOrLeaf.from_leaf(self).dbg();
                 std.debug.print("\n", .{});
 
                 NodeOrLeaf.from_leaf(leaf).push_value(value);
@@ -428,7 +416,7 @@ const BTree = struct {
                 std.debug.print("splitting node ", .{});
                 self.dbg();
                 const split = try leaf.split_at(value);
-                std.debug.print("into [", .{});
+                std.debug.print(" into [ ", .{});
                 split.left.dbg();
                 std.debug.print(", {}, ", .{split.middle});
                 split.right.dbg();
@@ -438,13 +426,13 @@ const BTree = struct {
                     // parent can only throw split if it has no parent, so we just pass it back along to the top?
                     const result = try parent.parent.as_leaf().insert_value(split.middle);
 
-                    if (result) |for_root| {
+                    if (result) |parent_split| {
                         std.debug.print("double split\n", .{});
 
-                        return SplitResult.concat(for_root, split);
+                        return SplitResult.concat(parent_split, split);
+                    } else {
+                        parent.parent.insert_node(NodeOrLeaf.from_leaf(split.right));
                     }
-
-                    parent.parent.insert_node(NodeOrLeaf.from_leaf(split.right));
                 } else {
                     return split;
                 }
@@ -553,6 +541,24 @@ test "btree insert" {
     tree.dbg();
 }
 
+test "btree rand insert" {
+    std.debug.print("random insertions\n", .{});
+
+    var tree = BTree.create(std.testing.allocator);
+    defer tree.destroy();
+
+    var rng = std.rand.DefaultPrng.init(0);
+
+    for (0..100) |_| {
+        // const i = rng.random().intRangeAtMost(u32, 0, 512);
+        const i = rng.random().int(u32);
+        tree.insert(i) catch {
+            std.debug.print("{} already present - ignoring\n", .{i});
+        };
+    }
+    tree.dbg();
+}
+
 test "btree new" {
     std.debug.print("testing insertion\n", .{});
     var tree = BTree.create(std.testing.allocator);