diff --git a/janet/validate.janet b/janet/validate.janet
index 96097e5..14b159d 100644
--- a/janet/validate.janet
+++ b/janet/validate.janet
@@ -370,18 +370,29 @@ Deferred until a later iteration of Ludus:
 #  (set (args :tail-call) true))
 
 (defn- check-arity [validator]
+ (print "CHECKING ARITY")
  (def ast (validator :ast))
  # (when (ast :partial) (break validator))
  (def ctx (validator :ctx))
  (def data (ast :data))
  (def fn-word (first data))
+ (pp fn-word)
  (def the-fn (resolve-name ctx (fn-word :data)))
+ (print "the called function: " the-fn)
+ (pp the-fn)
  (when (not the-fn) (break validator))
+ (print "the function is not nil")
+ (print "the function type is " (type the-fn))
  (when (= :function (type the-fn)) (break validator))
- (when (= :cfunction (type the-fn) (break validator)))
+ (when (= :cfunction (type the-fn)) (break validator))
+ (print "the function is not a janet fn")
+ (print "fn type: " (the-fn :type))
  (when (not= :fn (the-fn :type)) (break validator))
  (print "fn name: " (the-fn :name))
  (def arities (the-fn :arities))
+ # when there aren't arities yet, break, since that means we're making a recursive function call
+ # TODO: enahnce this so that we can determine arities *before* all function bodies; this ensures arity-checking for self-recursive calls
+ (when (not arities) (break validator))
  (print "arities: ")
  (pp arities)
  (def args (get data 1))
@@ -389,6 +400,9 @@ Deferred until a later iteration of Ludus:
  (print "called with #args " num-args)
  (pp (get (validator :ctx) "bar"))
  (when (has-key? arities num-args) (break validator))
+ (print "arities: ")
+ (pp arities)
+ (when (not arities) (break validator))
  (def rest-arities (keys (arities :rest)))
  (when (empty? rest-arities)
   (array/push (validator :errors)
@@ -724,10 +738,11 @@ Deferred until a later iteration of Ludus:
 (do
 # (comment
 (def source `
-let foo = 1
-pkg Foo {foo}
-pkg Baz {Foo, foo}
-Baz :Foo :bar
+fn foo {
+ () -> foo (:foo)
+}
+
+foo ()
 `)
 (def scanned (s/scan source))
 (def parsed (p/parse scanned))