diff --git a/attic/overflow.hs b/attic/overflow.hs
index 284472ecd..81e83b078 100644
--- a/attic/overflow.hs
+++ b/attic/overflow.hs
@@ -1,8 +1,11 @@
 -- N-bit signed multiplication overflow detection using a N+1 bit multiplier
 
-{-# LANGUAGE DataKinds           #-}
-{-# LANGUAGE ExplicitNamespaces  #-}
-{-# OPTIONS_GHC -Wall -Werror    #-}
+{-# LANGUAGE DataKinds            #-}
+{-# LANGUAGE ExplicitNamespaces   #-}
+{-# LANGUAGE TypeFamilies         #-}
+{-# LANGUAGE UndecidableInstances #-}
+
+{-# OPTIONS_GHC -Wall -Werror     #-}
 
 module Main(main) where
 
@@ -10,7 +13,28 @@ import Data.SBV
 import Data.SBV.Tools.Overflow (bvMulO)
 
 import Data.Proxy
-import GHC.TypeLits (KnownNat, type (+), natVal)
+import Data.Kind
+import Data.Type.Bool
+import Data.Type.Equality
+
+import GHC.TypeLits
+
+type InvalidBVSMULO (n :: Nat) = 'Text "Invalid call to bvsmulO on n: " ':<>: 'ShowType n
+                               ':$$: 'Text ""
+                               ':$$: 'Text "A valid call must have 0 < n <= 32769"
+                               ':$$: 'Text ""
+                               ':$$: 'Text "Given type falls outside of this range, or the size is not a known natural."
+
+-- We use an SWord16 as the approxLog; and we add two of these. The function computes
+-- N-2 at the largest for N bits. Two of them give us 2N-4, and to fit into SWord16,
+-- we need 2N-4 <= 2^16-1, which implies N <= 32769, or N < 32770; which should be plenty enough for
+-- any practical purpose. Hence the constraint below.
+type family BVIsValidSMulO (arg :: Nat) :: Constraint where
+   BVIsValidSMulO (n :: Nat) = ( BVIsNonZero n
+                               , KnownNat n
+                               , If (n `CmpNat` 32770 == 'LT)
+                                    (() :: Constraint)
+                                    (TypeError (InvalidBVSMULO n)))
 
 -- Find the position of the first non-sign bit. i.e., the first bit that differs from the msb.
 -- Position is 0 indexed. Note that if there's no differing bit, then you also get back 0.
@@ -26,16 +50,16 @@ import GHC.TypeLits (KnownNat, type (+), natVal)
 --    101 -> 1
 --    110 -> 0
 --    111 -> 0  (no differing bit from 1; so we get 0)
-approxLog :: (BVIsNonZero n, KnownNat n) => SInt n -> SWord8
+approxLog :: BVIsValidSMulO n => SInt n -> SWord 16
 approxLog w = case blastBE w of
                 []     -> error $ "Impossible happened: Got no bits after blasing " ++ show w
                 x : xs -> walk (.== sNot x) (literal (fromIntegral (length xs - 1))) xs
- where walk :: (SBool -> SBool) -> SWord8 -> [SBool] -> SWord8
+ where walk :: (SBool -> SBool) -> SWord 16 -> [SBool] -> SWord 16
        walk _check _i []     = 0
        walk  check  i (b:bs) = ite (check b) i (walk check (i-1) bs)
 
 -- Algorithm using an N+1 bit multiplier
-bvsmulO :: forall n. (BVIsNonZero n, KnownNat n, BVIsNonZero (n+1), KnownNat (n+1)) => SInt n -> SInt n -> SBool
+bvsmulO :: forall n. (BVIsValidSMulO n, BVIsNonZero (n+1), KnownNat (n+1)) => SInt n -> SInt n -> SBool
 bvsmulO x y = sNot zeroOut .&& overflow
   where zeroOut = x .== 0 .|| y .== 0
 
@@ -61,7 +85,7 @@ textbook x y = prod2N ./= sFromIntegral prodN
         prodN :: SInt n
         prodN = x * y
 
-test :: forall proxy n. (BVIsNonZero n, KnownNat n, BVIsNonZero (n+1), KnownNat (n+1), BVIsNonZero (n+n), KnownNat (n+n)) => proxy n -> IO ()
+test :: forall proxy n. (BVIsValidSMulO n, BVIsNonZero (n+1), KnownNat (n+1), BVIsNonZero (n+n), KnownNat (n+n)) => proxy n -> IO ()
 test _ = do print =<< check "Against builtin"  bvMulO
             print =<< check "Against textbook" textbook
    where check w f = do putStrLn $ "Proving: " ++ w ++ ", N = " ++ show (natVal (Proxy @n))
@@ -81,4 +105,5 @@ main = do test (Proxy @1)
           test (Proxy @8)
           test (Proxy @16)
           test (Proxy @24)
-          -- run (Proxy @32)   -- Takes about 2 minutes
+          test (Proxy @32)
+          test (Proxy @64)