diff --git a/src/types.jl b/src/types.jl
index 429dc07d..91cb5c8f 100644
--- a/src/types.jl
+++ b/src/types.jl
@@ -94,7 +94,10 @@ const SIMPLIFIED = 0x01 << 0
 function ConstructionBase.setproperties(obj::BasicSymbolic{T}, patch::NamedTuple)::BasicSymbolic{T} where T
     nt = getproperties(obj)
     nt_new = merge(nt, patch)
-    Unityper.rt_constructor(obj){T}(;nt_new...)
+    @compactified obj::BasicSymbolic begin
+        Sym => Sym{T}(nt_new.name; nt_new...)
+        _ => Unityper.rt_constructor(obj){T}(;nt_new...)
+    end
 end
 
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