diff --git a/nac3core/src/typecheck/type_inferencer/mod.rs b/nac3core/src/typecheck/type_inferencer/mod.rs
index 9ac503a17..632e6d06b 100644
--- a/nac3core/src/typecheck/type_inferencer/mod.rs
+++ b/nac3core/src/typecheck/type_inferencer/mod.rs
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+use std::cmp::max;
 use std::collections::{HashMap, HashSet};
 use std::convert::{From, TryInto};
 use std::iter::once;
@@ -1560,17 +1561,18 @@ impl<'a> Inferencer<'a> {
                 keywords.iter().find(|kwarg| kwarg.node.arg.is_some_and(|id| id == "ndmin".into()));
 
             let ty = arraylike_flatten_element_type(self.unifier, arg0.custom.unwrap());
+            let arg0_ndims = arraylike_get_ndims(self.unifier, arg0.custom.unwrap());
             let ndims = if let Some(ndmin_kw) = ndmin_kw {
                 match &ndmin_kw.node.value.node {
                     ExprKind::Constant { value, .. } => match value {
-                        ast::Constant::Int(value) => *value as u64,
+                        ast::Constant::Int(value) => max(*value as u64, arg0_ndims),
                         _ => return Err(HashSet::from(["Expected uint64 for ndims".to_string()])),
                     },
 
-                    _ => arraylike_get_ndims(self.unifier, arg0.custom.unwrap()),
+                    _ => arg0_ndims,
                 }
             } else {
-                arraylike_get_ndims(self.unifier, arg0.custom.unwrap())
+                arg0_ndims
             };
             let ndims = self.unifier.get_fresh_literal(vec![SymbolValue::U64(ndims)], None);
             let ret = make_ndarray_ty(self.unifier, self.primitives, Some(ty), Some(ndims));