diff --git a/src/org/rascalmpl/library/analysis/diff/edits/HiFiTreeDiff.rsc b/src/org/rascalmpl/library/analysis/diff/edits/HiFiTreeDiff.rsc
index 742326421e..3697180ef0 100644
--- a/src/org/rascalmpl/library/analysis/diff/edits/HiFiTreeDiff.rsc
+++ b/src/org/rascalmpl/library/analysis/diff/edits/HiFiTreeDiff.rsc
@@ -224,7 +224,7 @@ list[TextEdit] treeDiff(
 default list[TextEdit] treeDiff(
     t:appl(Production p:prod(_,_,_), list[Tree] _), 
     r:appl(Production q:!p         , list[Tree] _))
-    = [replace(t@\loc, learnIndentation(t@\loc, "<r>", "<t>"))];
+    = [replace(t@\loc, learnIndentation(t@\loc, "<r>", "<t>"))] when bprintln(t);
 
 // If list production are the same, then the element lists can still be of different length
 // and we switch to listDiff which has different heuristics than normal trees.
@@ -235,7 +235,7 @@ list[TextEdit] treeDiff(
 
 // When the productions are equal, but the children may be different, we dig deeper for differences
 default list[TextEdit] treeDiff(appl(Production p, list[Tree] argsA), appl(p, list[Tree] argsB))
-    = [*treeDiff(a, b) | <a,b> <- zip2(argsA, argsB)];
+    = [*treeDiff(a, b) | <a,b> <- zip2(argsA, argsB)] when bprintln("into <p> on both sides");
 
 @synopsis{decide how many separators we have}
 int seps(\iter-seps(_,list[Symbol] s))      = size(s);
diff --git a/src/org/rascalmpl/library/lang/rascal/tests/library/analysis/diff/edits/HiFiTreeDiffTests.rsc b/src/org/rascalmpl/library/lang/rascal/tests/library/analysis/diff/edits/HiFiTreeDiffTests.rsc
index 07475915d7..0c7dd7c826 100644
--- a/src/org/rascalmpl/library/lang/rascal/tests/library/analysis/diff/edits/HiFiTreeDiffTests.rsc
+++ b/src/org/rascalmpl/library/lang/rascal/tests/library/analysis/diff/edits/HiFiTreeDiffTests.rsc
@@ -72,6 +72,10 @@ start[Program] swapAB(start[Program] p) = visit(p) {
     case (Id) `b` => (Id) `a`
 };
 
+start[Program] naturalToString(start[Program] p) = visit(p) {
+    case (Type) `natural` => (Type) `string`
+};
+
 start[Program] addDeclarationToEnd(start[Program] p) = visit(p) {
     case (Program) `begin declare <{IdType ","}* decls>; <{Statement  ";"}* body> end`
         => (Program) `begin
@@ -116,3 +120,6 @@ test bool addDeclarationToStartAndSwapABTest()
 
 test bool addDeclarationToStartAndEndAndSwapABTest() 
     = editsAreSyntacticallyCorrect(#start[Program], simpleExample, addDeclarationToStart o addDeclarationToEnd o swapAB);
+
+test bool naturalToStringTest() 
+    = editsAreSyntacticallyCorrect(#start[Program], simpleExample, naturalToString);