diff --git a/quad/quads-typed.rkt b/quad/quads-typed.rkt
index eba8c0a7..79ed7123 100644
--- a/quad/quads-typed.rkt
+++ b/quad/quads-typed.rkt
@@ -19,7 +19,8 @@
 (define-type QuadAttrValue Any)
 (define-predicate QuadAttrValue? QuadAttrValue)
 (define-type QuadAttrs (HashTable QuadAttrKey QuadAttrValue))
-(define-type HashableList  (All (A) (Rec duo (U Null (List* QuadAttrKey A duo)))))
+(define-type HashableList  (Rec duo (U Null (List* QuadAttrKey Any duo))))
+(define-predicate HashableList? HashableList)
 
 
 (: quad-attrs? (Any . -> . Boolean))
diff --git a/quad/tests-typed.rkt b/quad/tests-typed.rkt
index d5dc12a4..1a6c8d45 100644
--- a/quad/tests-typed.rkt
+++ b/quad/tests-typed.rkt
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 #lang racket/base
-(require "utils.rkt" "wrap.rkt" "quads-typed.rkt" "world.rkt" racket/list racket/format)
+(require "utils-typed.rkt" "quads-typed.rkt" "world-typed.rkt" racket/list racket/format)
 (require rackunit)
 
-(check-equal? (join-attrs (list (box '(width 10)) (box #f "foobar") (hash 'x 10) (list 'width 20))) 
+(check-equal? (join-attrs (list (box '(width 10)) (quad-attrs (box '(x 10))) (list 'width 20))) 
               (list (cons 'width 10) (cons 'x 10) (cons 'width 20)))
diff --git a/quad/utils-typed.rkt b/quad/utils-typed.rkt
index 36df12aa..12cc0aa3 100644
--- a/quad/utils-typed.rkt
+++ b/quad/utils-typed.rkt
@@ -13,24 +13,16 @@
 (: pairs? (Any . -> . Boolean))
 (define (pairs? x) (and (list? x) (andmap pair? x)))
 
-
 ;; push together multiple attr sources into one list of pairs.
 ;; mostly a helper function for the two attr functions below.
-(: join-attrs ((Listof (U Quad QuadAttrs HashableList)) . -> . Any)) ;; temp: end with QuadAttrs
+(provide join-attrs)
+(: join-attrs ((Listof (U Quad QuadAttrs HashableList)) . -> . (Listof QuadAttrPair)))
 (define (join-attrs quads-or-attrs-or-lists)
-  (append-map (inst hash->list QuadAttrs HashableList) (filter-not false? (map (λ(x)
+  ((inst append-map QuadAttrPair QuadAttrs) (inst hash->list QuadAttrKey QuadAttrValue) (map (λ(x)
                                                    (cond
                                                      [(quad? x) (quad-attrs x)]
-                                                     [(quad-attrs? x) x]
+                                                     [(quad-attrs? x) (cast x QuadAttrs)]
                                                      [(hashable-list? x) (quadattrs (cast x (Listof Any)))]
-                                                     [else #f])) quads-or-attrs-or-lists))))
+                                                     [else (cast hash QuadAttrs)])) quads-or-attrs-or-lists)))
 
-#|
-(append-map hash->list (filter-not false? (map (λ(x)
-                                                   (cond
-                                                     [(quad? x) (quad-attrs x)]
-                                                     [(quad-attrs? x) x]
-                                                     [(hashable-list? x) (quadattrs x)]
-                                                     [else #f])) quads-or-attrs-or-lists)))
-|#