diff --git a/collects/typed-scheme/rep/type-rep.ss b/collects/typed-scheme/rep/type-rep.ss
index 1bc93feae5..58528227ce 100644
--- a/collects/typed-scheme/rep/type-rep.ss
+++ b/collects/typed-scheme/rep/type-rep.ss
@@ -43,7 +43,7 @@
 ;; rator is a type
 ;; rands is a list of types
 ;; stx is the syntax of the pair of parens
-(dt App ([rator Type?] [rands (listof Type?)] [stx syntax?])
+(dt App ([rator Type?] [rands (listof Type?)] [stx (or/c #f syntax?)])
     [#:intern (list rator rands)]
     [#:frees (combine-frees (map free-vars* (cons rator rands)))
              (combine-frees (map free-idxs* (cons rator rands)))]
diff --git a/collects/typed-scheme/typecheck/tc-lambda-unit.ss b/collects/typed-scheme/typecheck/tc-lambda-unit.ss
index 66ce896383..d0d4d7244b 100644
--- a/collects/typed-scheme/typecheck/tc-lambda-unit.ss
+++ b/collects/typed-scheme/typecheck/tc-lambda-unit.ss
@@ -285,11 +285,11 @@
 (define (tc/rec-lambda/check form formals body name args ret)
   (with-lexical-env/extend
    (syntax->list formals) args
-   (let ([t (->* args ret)])
+   (let* ([t (make-arr args ret)]
+          [ft (make-Function (list t))])
      (with-lexical-env/extend
-      (list name) (list t)
-      (begin (tc-exprs/check (syntax->list body) ret)
-             (make-Function (list t)))))))
+      (list name) (list ft)
+      (begin (tc-exprs/check (syntax->list body) ret) ft)))))
 
 ;(trace tc/mono-lambda)
 
diff --git a/collects/typed-scheme/utils/utils.ss b/collects/typed-scheme/utils/utils.ss
index 8cb1559cc4..485bc20b7f 100644
--- a/collects/typed-scheme/utils/utils.ss
+++ b/collects/typed-scheme/utils/utils.ss
@@ -166,7 +166,7 @@
       [(_ val)
        #'(? (lambda (x) (equal? val x)))])))
 
-(define-for-syntax printing? #f)
+(define-for-syntax printing? #t)
 
 (define print-type* (box (lambda _ (error "print-type* not yet defined"))))
 (define print-effect* (box (lambda _ (error "print-effect* not yet defined"))))