diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index f16c156..34b113b 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 cmake_minimum_required(VERSION 3.25)
-project(blt-gp VERSION 0.1.53)
+project(blt-gp VERSION 0.1.54)
 
 include(CTest)
 
diff --git a/include/blt/gp/transformers.h b/include/blt/gp/transformers.h
index af0b0a8..94ea7c7 100644
--- a/include/blt/gp/transformers.h
+++ b/include/blt/gp/transformers.h
@@ -85,10 +85,11 @@ namespace blt::gp
             
             std::optional<crossover_t::crossover_point_t> get_crossover_point(gp_program& program, const tree_t& c1, const tree_t& c2) const;
             
-            std::optional<point_info_t> get_point_traverse(gp_program& program, const tree_t& t, std::optional<type_id> type,
-                                                           bool scale_per_depth = true) const;
+            std::optional<crossover_t::crossover_point_t> get_crossover_point_traverse(gp_program& program, const tree_t& c1, const tree_t& c2) const;
             
-            static std::optional<point_info_t> find_place_of_type(gp_program& program, const tree_t& t, type_id type);
+            static std::optional<point_info_t> get_point_traverse(gp_program& program, const tree_t& t, std::optional<type_id> type);
+            
+            static std::optional<point_info_t> random_place_of_type(gp_program& program, const tree_t& t, type_id type);
             
             /**
              * child1 and child2 are copies of the parents, the result of selecting a crossover point and performing standard subtree crossover.
@@ -103,6 +104,8 @@ namespace blt::gp
             virtual ~crossover_t() = default;
         
         protected:
+            std::optional<point_info_t> get_point_traverse_retry(gp_program& program, const tree_t& t, std::optional<type_id> type) const;
+            
             config_t config;
     };
     
diff --git a/include/blt/gp/tree.h b/include/blt/gp/tree.h
index dacffe0..7e3e0e2 100644
--- a/include/blt/gp/tree.h
+++ b/include/blt/gp/tree.h
@@ -158,6 +158,7 @@ namespace blt::gp
             
             void find_child_extends(gp_program& program, tracked_vector<child_t>& vec, blt::size_t parent_node, blt::size_t argc) const;
             
+            // places one past the end of the child. so it's [start, end)
             blt::ptrdiff_t find_endpoint(blt::gp::gp_program& program, blt::ptrdiff_t start) const;
             
             blt::ptrdiff_t find_parent(blt::gp::gp_program& program, blt::ptrdiff_t start) const;
diff --git a/lib/blt b/lib/blt
index cd9ec50..0869509 160000
--- a/lib/blt
+++ b/lib/blt
@@ -1 +1 @@
-Subproject commit cd9ec507d63d5e45f36dd16665f2033b0b5fe5f2
+Subproject commit 0869509c6a5fd530efbd57469d2b99b89c22b769
diff --git a/src/transformers.cpp b/src/transformers.cpp
index 71a1252..cd66400 100644
--- a/src/transformers.cpp
+++ b/src/transformers.cpp
@@ -211,7 +211,15 @@ namespace blt::gp
         return crossover_point_t{static_cast<blt::ptrdiff_t>(crossover_point), static_cast<blt::ptrdiff_t>(attempted_point)};
     }
     
-    std::optional<crossover_t::point_info_t> crossover_t::find_place_of_type(gp_program& program, const tree_t& t, type_id type)
+    std::optional<crossover_t::crossover_point_t> crossover_t::get_crossover_point_traverse(gp_program& program, const tree_t& c1,
+                                                                                            const tree_t& c2) const
+    {
+//        crossover_t::point_info_t c1_point = get_point_traverse_retry(program, c1, {});
+        
+        return std::optional<crossover_t::crossover_point_t>();
+    }
+    
+    std::optional<crossover_t::point_info_t> crossover_t::random_place_of_type(gp_program& program, const tree_t& t, type_id type)
     {
         auto attempted_point = program.get_random().get_size_t(1ul, t.get_operations().size());
         auto& attempted_point_type = program.get_operator_info(t.get_operations()[attempted_point].id);
@@ -220,26 +228,50 @@ namespace blt::gp
         return {};
     }
     
-    std::optional<crossover_t::point_info_t> crossover_t::get_point_traverse(gp_program& program, const tree_t& t, std::optional<type_id> type,
-                                                                             bool scale_per_depth) const
+    std::optional<crossover_t::point_info_t> crossover_t::get_point_traverse(gp_program& program, const tree_t& t, std::optional<type_id> type)
     {
         auto& random = program.get_random();
         
         blt::ptrdiff_t point = 0;
         while (true)
         {
+            auto& current_op_type = program.get_operator_info(t.get_operations()[point].id);
+            if (current_op_type.argc.is_terminal())
+            {
+                if (type && *type != current_op_type.return_type)
+                    return {};
+                return {{point, current_op_type}};
+            }
             // traverse to a child
             if (random.choice())
             {
-            
-            }
-            if (type)
-            {
-            
+                auto args = current_op_type.argc.argc;
+                auto argument = random.get_size_t(0, args);
+                
+                // move to the first child
+                point += 1;
+                // loop through all the children we wish to skip. The result will be the first node of the next child, becoming the new parent
+                for (blt::size_t i = 0; i < argument; i++)
+                    point += t.find_endpoint(program, point);
+                
+                continue;
             }
+            if (type && *type == current_op_type.return_type)
+                return {{point, current_op_type}};
         }
     }
     
+    std::optional<crossover_t::point_info_t> crossover_t::get_point_traverse_retry(gp_program& program, const tree_t& t,
+                                                                                   std::optional<type_id> type) const
+    {
+        for (blt::size_t i = 0; i < config.max_crossover_tries; i++)
+        {
+            if (auto found = get_point_traverse(program, t, type))
+                return found;
+        }
+        return {};
+    }
+    
     bool mutation_t::apply(gp_program& program, const tree_t&, tree_t& c)
     {
         mutate_point(program, c, program.get_random().get_size_t(0ul, c.get_operations().size()));