diff --git a/src/Optimizers/Greedy.jl b/src/Optimizers/Greedy.jl
index 38e913f..819bd88 100644
--- a/src/Optimizers/Greedy.jl
+++ b/src/Optimizers/Greedy.jl
@@ -32,6 +32,8 @@ function einexpr(config::Greedy, path::EinExpr{L}, sizedict::Dict{L}) where {L}
     path = sumtraces(path)
     metric = config.metric(sizedict)
 
+    hashyperinds = !isempty(hyperinds(path))
+
     # generate initial candidate contractions
     queue = MutableBinaryHeap{Tuple{Float64,EinExpr{L}}}(
         Base.By(first, Base.Reverse),
@@ -39,7 +41,7 @@ function einexpr(config::Greedy, path::EinExpr{L}, sizedict::Dict{L}) where {L}
             Iterators.filter(((a, b),) -> config.outer || !isdisjoint(a.head, b.head), combinations(path.args, 2)),
         ) do (a, b)
             # TODO don't consider outer products
-            candidate = sum([a, b], skip = path.head ∪ hyperinds(path))
+            candidate = sum([a, b], skip = hashyperinds ? path.head ∪ hyperinds(path) : path.head)
             weight = metric(candidate)
             (weight, candidate)
         end,
@@ -58,7 +60,7 @@ function einexpr(config::Greedy, path::EinExpr{L}, sizedict::Dict{L}) where {L}
         # update candidate queue
         for other in Iterators.filter(other -> config.outer || !isdisjoint(winner.head, other.head), path.args)
             # TODO don't consider outer products
-            candidate = sum([winner, other], skip = path.head ∪ hyperinds(path))
+            candidate = sum([winner, other], skip = hashyperinds ? path.head ∪ hyperinds(path) : path.head)
             weight = metric(candidate)
             push!(queue, (weight, candidate))
         end