diff --git a/src/Dodge/Particle/Bullet/Draw.hs b/src/Dodge/Particle/Bullet/Draw.hs
index 1ff84d636..dea078c40 100644
--- a/src/Dodge/Particle/Bullet/Draw.hs
+++ b/src/Dodge/Particle/Bullet/Draw.hs
@@ -8,4 +8,4 @@ drawBul :: Particle -> Picture
 drawBul pt = setLayer 1 
     . setDepth 20 
     . color (_ptColor pt) 
-    $ thickLine (take 3 $ _ptTrail pt) (_ptWidth pt)
+    $ thickLine (_ptWidth pt) (take 3 $ _ptTrail pt)
diff --git a/src/Dodge/Picture/SizeInvariant.hs b/src/Dodge/Picture/SizeInvariant.hs
index eb718d1ea..fb7514fc6 100644
--- a/src/Dodge/Picture/SizeInvariant.hs
+++ b/src/Dodge/Picture/SizeInvariant.hs
@@ -69,7 +69,7 @@ fixedSizePicClampArrow xbord ybord pic p cfig w = pictures
     windowPoint = intersectSegPolyFirst campos p winps
     arrowPic = case borderPoint of
         Nothing -> blank
-        Just bp -> thickLine [bp, fromMaybe p windowPoint] 5
+        Just bp -> thickLine 5 [bp, fromMaybe p windowPoint]
     (V2 x y) = fromMaybe p borderPoint
     campos = _cameraCenter w
     theScale = 1 / _cameraZoom w
diff --git a/src/Dodge/Render/ShapePicture.hs b/src/Dodge/Render/ShapePicture.hs
index 85eedfd88..409b162b5 100644
--- a/src/Dodge/Render/ShapePicture.hs
+++ b/src/Dodge/Render/ShapePicture.hs
@@ -94,7 +94,7 @@ drawPathing :: Configuration -> World -> Picture
 drawPathing cfig w
     | _debug_pathing cfig 
         = -- setLayer 5 $ 
-        (color green . pictures . map (flip thickLine 5 . tflat2) $ graphToEdges gr)
+        (color green . pictures . map (thickLine 5 . tflat2) $ graphToEdges gr)
         <> concatMap dispInc (graphToIncidence gr)
     | otherwise = []
   where
diff --git a/src/Dodge/Room/Foreground.hs b/src/Dodge/Room/Foreground.hs
index de977e607..b93641776 100644
--- a/src/Dodge/Room/Foreground.hs
+++ b/src/Dodge/Room/Foreground.hs
@@ -15,9 +15,9 @@ highDiagonalMesh
     -> Float    -- ^ vertical distance between lines
     -> Picture
 highDiagonalMesh pa pb w d = setDepth (-0.2) $ pictures $
-    map (flip thickLine 3 . tflat2) (diagonalLinesRect pb pa w d (3*pi/4))
+    map (thickLine 3 . tflat2) (diagonalLinesRect pb pa w d (3*pi/4))
     ++ 
-    map (flip thickLine 3 . tflat2) (diagonalLinesRect pb pc (negate h) d (pi/4))
+    map (thickLine 3 . tflat2) (diagonalLinesRect pb pc (negate h) d (pi/4))
   where
     pc = pb +.+ w *.* normalizeV (vNormal (pb -.- pa))
     h = dist pa pb
diff --git a/src/Picture.hs b/src/Picture.hs
index 505306b88..772b0469a 100644
--- a/src/Picture.hs
+++ b/src/Picture.hs
@@ -231,11 +231,11 @@ text = map f . stringToList
 
 line :: [Point2] -> Picture
 {-# INLINE line #-}
-line = flip thickLine 1
+line = thickLine 1
 
 lineCol :: [(Point2,RGBA)] -> Picture
 {-# INLINE lineCol #-}
-lineCol = flip thickLineCol 1
+lineCol = thickLineCol 1
 
 lineThick :: Float -> [Point2] -> Picture
 {-# INLINE lineThick #-}
@@ -247,9 +247,9 @@ lineThick t = pictures . f
     f _             = []
     n a b = (t*0.5) *.* errorNormalizeV 42 (vNormal (a -.- b))
 
-thickLine :: [Point2] -> Float -> Picture
+thickLine :: Float -> [Point2] -> Picture
 {-# INLINE thickLine #-}
-thickLine ps t = pictures $ f ps
+thickLine t = pictures . f
   where 
     f (x:y:ys)
       | x == y      = f (x:ys)
@@ -257,9 +257,9 @@ thickLine ps t = pictures $ f ps
     f _             = []
     n a b = (t*0.5) *.* errorNormalizeV 42 (vNormal (a -.- b))
 
-thickLineCol :: [(Point2,RGBA)] -> Float -> Picture
+thickLineCol :: Float -> [(Point2,RGBA)] -> Picture
 {-# INLINE thickLineCol #-}
-thickLineCol ps t = pictures $ f ps
+thickLineCol t = pictures . f
   where 
     f ((x,c):(y,c'):ys) 
       | x == y      = f ((x,c):ys)
@@ -335,7 +335,7 @@ overCol f vx = vx {_vxCol = f (_vxCol vx)}
 -- no premature optimisation, consider changing to use texture arrays
 stringToList :: String -> [(Point3,Point4,Point2)]
 {-# INLINE stringToList #-}
-stringToList s = concatMap (uncurry charToTuple) $ zip [0,0.9*dimText ..] s
+stringToList = concatMap (uncurry charToTuple) . zip [0,0.9*dimText ..]
   where
     dimText = 100