diff --git a/src/QSymbolicsBase/basic_ops_homogeneous.jl b/src/QSymbolicsBase/basic_ops_homogeneous.jl
index a2d9652..60fb88a 100644
--- a/src/QSymbolicsBase/basic_ops_homogeneous.jl
+++ b/src/QSymbolicsBase/basic_ops_homogeneous.jl
@@ -29,8 +29,8 @@ arguments(x::SScaled) = [x.coeff,x.obj]
 operation(x::SScaled) = *
 head(x::SScaled) = :*
 children(x::SScaled) = [:*,x.coeff,x.obj]
-Base.:(*)(c, x::Symbolic{T}) where {T<:QObj} = c == 0 ? 0 : SScaled{T}(c,x)
-Base.:(*)(x::Symbolic{T}, c) where {T<:QObj} = c == 0 ? 0 : SScaled{T}(c,x)
+Base.:(*)(c, x::Symbolic{T}) where {T<:QObj} = SScaled{T}(c,x)
+Base.:(*)(x::Symbolic{T}, c) where {T<:QObj} = SScaled{T}(c,x)
 Base.:(/)(x::Symbolic{T}, c) where {T<:QObj} = SScaled{T}(1/c,x)
 basis(x::SScaled) = basis(x.obj)
 
@@ -85,17 +85,17 @@ basis(x::SAdd) = basis(first(x.dict).first)
 const SAddKet = SAdd{AbstractKet}
 function Base.show(io::IO, x::SAddKet)
     ordered_terms = sort([repr(i) for i in arguments(x)])
-    print(io, "("*join(map(string, ordered_terms),"+")::String*")") # type assert to help inference
+    print(io, "("*join(ordered_terms,"+")::String*")") # type assert to help inference
 end
 const SAddOperator = SAdd{AbstractOperator}
 function Base.show(io::IO, x::SAddOperator) 
     ordered_terms = sort([repr(i) for i in arguments(x)])
-    print(io, "("*join(map(string, ordered_terms),"+")::String*")") # type assert to help inference
+    print(io, "("*join(ordered_terms,"+")::String*")") # type assert to help inference
 end
 const SAddBra = SAdd{AbstractBra}
 function Base.show(io::IO, x::SAddBra)
     ordered_terms = sort([repr(i) for i in arguments(x)])
-    print(io, "("*join(map(string, ordered_terms),"+")::String*")") # type assert to help inference
+    print(io, "("*join(ordered_terms,"+")::String*")") # type assert to help inference
 end
 
 """Symbolic application of operator on operator
@@ -119,7 +119,7 @@ iscall(::SMulOperator) = true
 arguments(x::SMulOperator) = x.terms
 operation(x::SMulOperator) = *
 head(x::SMulOperator) = :*
-children(x::SMulOperator) = pushfirst!(x.terms,:*)
+children(x::SMulOperator) = [:*;x.terms]
 Base.:(*)(xs::Symbolic{AbstractOperator}...) = SMulOperator(collect(xs))
 Base.show(io::IO, x::SMulOperator) = print(io, join(map(string, arguments(x)),""))
 basis(x::SMulOperator) = basis(x.terms)
diff --git a/src/QSymbolicsBase/predefined.jl b/src/QSymbolicsBase/predefined.jl
index fa053ec..fc011d6 100644
--- a/src/QSymbolicsBase/predefined.jl
+++ b/src/QSymbolicsBase/predefined.jl
@@ -235,7 +235,7 @@ end
 julia> a = SKet(:a, SpinBasis(1//2)); A = SOperator(:A, SpinBasis(1//2));
 
 julia> dagger(2*im*A*a)
-0 - 2im⟨a|A†
+0 - 2im|a⟩†A†
 
 julia> B = SOperator(:B, SpinBasis(1//2));
 
@@ -263,13 +263,10 @@ children(x::SDagger) = [:dagger, x.obj]
 dagger(x::Symbolic{AbstractBra}) = SDagger{AbstractKet}(x)
 dagger(x::Symbolic{AbstractKet}) = SDagger{AbstractBra}(x)
 dagger(x::Symbolic{AbstractOperator}) = SDagger{AbstractOperator}(x)
-dagger(x::SKet) = SBra(x.name, x.basis)
 dagger(x::SScaledKet) = SScaledBra(conj(x.coeff), dagger(x.obj))
 dagger(x::SAddKet) = SAddBra(Dict(dagger(k)=>v for (k,v) in pairs(x.dict)))
-dagger(x::SBra) = SKet(x.name, x.basis)
 dagger(x::SScaledBra) = SScaledKet(conj(x.coeff), dagger(x.obj))
 dagger(x::SAddBra) = SAddKet(Dict(dagger(b)=>v for (b,v) in pairs(x.dict)))
-dagger(x::SOperator) = SDagger{AbstractOperator}(x)
 dagger(x::SAddOperator) = SAddOperator(Dict(dagger(o)=>v for (o,v) in pairs(x.dict)))
 dagger(x::SHermitianOperator) = x
 dagger(x::SHermitianUnitaryOperator) = x
diff --git a/src/QSymbolicsBase/rules.jl b/src/QSymbolicsBase/rules.jl
index d5570e2..6a8d6b7 100644
--- a/src/QSymbolicsBase/rules.jl
+++ b/src/QSymbolicsBase/rules.jl
@@ -22,10 +22,10 @@ function prefactorscalings(xs; scalar=false) # If the scalar keyword is true, th
     for x in xs
         if isexpr(x) && operation(x) == *
             c,t = arguments(x)
-            if scalar == false
+            if !scalar
                 coeff *= c
                 push!(terms,t)
-            elseif scalar == true && c isa Number
+            elseif scalar && c isa Number
                 coeff *= c
                 push!(terms, t)
             else
@@ -127,7 +127,7 @@ julia> qsimplify(anticommutator(σˣ, σˣ), rewriter=qsimplify_anticommutator)
 """
 function qsimplify(s; rewriter=nothing)
     if QuantumSymbolics.isexpr(s)
-        if rewriter == nothing
+        if isnothing(rewriter)
             Fixpoint(Chain(RULES_ALL))(s)
         else
             Fixpoint(rewriter)(s)
diff --git a/test/test_dagger.jl b/test/test_dagger.jl
index 8fbadde..ce740b9 100644
--- a/test/test_dagger.jl
+++ b/test/test_dagger.jl
@@ -15,11 +15,9 @@ U = SUnitaryOperator(:U, SpinBasis(1//2))
 ℋ = SHermitianOperator(:ℋ, SpinBasis(1//2))
 
 @testset "symbolic dagger tests" begin
-    @test isequal(dagger(k₁), SBra(:k₁, SpinBasis(1//2)))
-    @test isequal(dagger(im*k₁), -im*SBra(:k₁, SpinBasis(1//2)))
+    @test isequal(dagger(im*k₁), -im*dagger(k₁))
     @test isequal(dagger(k₁+k₂), dagger(k₁)+dagger(k₂))
-    @test isequal(dagger(b₁), SKet(:b₁, SpinBasis(1//2)))
-    @test isequal(dagger(im*b₁), -im*SKet(:b₁, SpinBasis(1//2)))
+    @test isequal(dagger(im*b₁), -im*dagger(b₁))
     @test isequal(dagger(b₁+b₂), dagger(b₁)+dagger(b₂))
     @test isequal(dagger(A+B), dagger(A) + dagger(B))
     @test isequal(dagger(ℋ), ℋ)