diff --git a/src/arith/lra/sidekick_arith_lra.ml b/src/arith/lra/sidekick_arith_lra.ml
index 03022636..da349c8b 100644
--- a/src/arith/lra/sidekick_arith_lra.ml
+++ b/src/arith/lra/sidekick_arith_lra.ml
@@ -373,6 +373,10 @@ module Make(A : ARG) : S with module A = A = struct
         fail_with_cert si acts cert
     end
 
+  (* TODO: trivial propagations *)
+
+  (* partial checks is where we add literals from the trail to the
+     simplex. *)
   let partial_check_ self si acts trail : unit =
     Profile.with_ "lra.partial-check" @@ fun () ->
     trail
@@ -381,7 +385,11 @@ module Make(A : ARG) : S with module A = A = struct
          let lit_t = SI.Lit.term lit in
          match A.view_as_lra lit_t with
          | LRA_simplex_pred (v, op, q) ->
-           let op = if sign then op else S_op.neg_sign op in
+
+           (* need to account for the literal's sign *)
+           let op = if sign then op else S_op.not_ op in
+
+           (* assert new constraint to Simplex *)
            let constr = SimpSolver.Constraint.mk v op q in
            Log.debugf 10
              (fun k->k "(@[lra.partial-check.assert@ %a@])"
diff --git a/src/arith/lra/simplex2.ml b/src/arith/lra/simplex2.ml
index 65085ae9..224cb778 100644
--- a/src/arith/lra/simplex2.ml
+++ b/src/arith/lra/simplex2.ml
@@ -23,6 +23,12 @@ module Op = struct
     | Geq -> Leq
     | Gt -> Lt
 
+  let not_ = function
+    | Leq -> Gt
+    | Lt -> Geq
+    | Geq -> Lt
+    | Gt -> Leq
+
   let to_string = function
     | Leq -> "<="
     | Lt -> "<"