diff --git a/nac3core/src/typecheck/context.rs b/nac3core/src/typecheck/context.rs
index c1b8bb0..4c23c0d 100644
--- a/nac3core/src/typecheck/context.rs
+++ b/nac3core/src/typecheck/context.rs
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 use std::collections::HashMap;
+use std::collections::HashSet;
 
 use super::primitives::get_var;
 use super::symbol_resolver::*;
@@ -89,6 +90,13 @@ impl<'a> InferenceContext<'a> {
         VariableId(id)
     }
 
+    fn get_fresh_var_with_bound(&mut self, bound: Vec<Type>) -> VariableId {
+        self.local_variables.push(VarDef { name: None, bound });
+        let id = self.fresh_var_id;
+        self.fresh_var_id += 1;
+        VariableId(id)
+    }
+
     pub fn assign_identifier(&mut self, identifier: &'a str) -> Type {
         if let Some(t) = self.local_identifiers.get(identifier) {
             t.clone()
@@ -141,22 +149,42 @@ impl<'a> InferenceContext<'a> {
                     .base
                     .fields
                     .get(identifier)
-                    .map_or_else(|| Err("no such field".to_owned()), |v| Ok(v))?;
+                    .map_or_else(|| Err("no such field".to_owned()), Ok)?;
                 // function and tuple can have 0 type variables but with type parameters
                 // we require other types have the same number of type variables and type
                 // parameters in order to build a mapping
-                assert!(type_def.params.len() == 0 || type_def.params.len() == params.len());
+                assert!(type_def.params.is_empty() || type_def.params.len() == params.len());
                 let map = type_def
                     .params
                     .clone()
                     .into_iter()
                     .zip(params.clone().into_iter())
                     .collect();
-                Ok(field.subst(&map))
+                let field = field.subst(&map);
+                Ok(self.get_instance(field))
             }
         }
     }
 
+    fn get_instance(&mut self, t: Type) -> Type {
+        let mut vars = HashSet::new();
+        t.get_vars(&mut vars);
+
+        let local_min = self.global.get_var_count();
+        let bounded = vars.into_iter().filter(|id| id.0 < local_min);
+        let map = bounded
+            .map(|v| {
+                (
+                    v,
+                    get_var(
+                        self.get_fresh_var_with_bound(self.global.get_var_def(v).bound.clone()),
+                    ),
+                )
+            })
+            .collect();
+        t.subst(&map)
+    }
+
     pub fn get_type_def(&self, id: TypeId) -> &TypeDef {
         self.global.get_type_def(id)
     }
diff --git a/nac3core/src/typecheck/mod.rs b/nac3core/src/typecheck/mod.rs
index 7ab8258..19afdd1 100644
--- a/nac3core/src/typecheck/mod.rs
+++ b/nac3core/src/typecheck/mod.rs
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+#![allow(dead_code)]
 mod context;
 pub mod location;
 mod magic_methods;