diff --git a/src/ast/sls/sat_ddfw.cpp b/src/ast/sls/sat_ddfw.cpp
index a70f455f7..bc89ca28b 100644
--- a/src/ast/sls/sat_ddfw.cpp
+++ b/src/ast/sls/sat_ddfw.cpp
@@ -428,6 +428,8 @@ namespace sat {
         for (unsigned i = 0; i < num_vars(); ++i) 
             m_model[i] = to_lbool(value(i));
         save_priorities();
+        if (m_plugin && !m_in_external_flip && m_restart_count == 0)
+            m_plugin->on_restart(); // import values if there are any updated ones.
         if (m_plugin && !m_in_external_flip)
             m_last_result = m_plugin->on_save_model();
     }
diff --git a/src/ast/sls/sls_arith_base.cpp b/src/ast/sls/sls_arith_base.cpp
index 4bd6c1176..ab9e581f5 100644
--- a/src/ast/sls/sls_arith_base.cpp
+++ b/src/ast/sls/sls_arith_base.cpp
@@ -13,31 +13,13 @@ Author:
 
     Nikolaj Bjorner (nbjorner) 2023-02-07
 
+Notes:
+
     Uses quadratic solver method from nia_ls in hybrid-smt
     (with a bug fix for when order of roots are swapped)
     Other features from nia_ls are also used as a starting point, 
     such as tabu and fallbacks.
 
-Todo:
-
-- add fairness for which variable to flip and direction (by age fifo).
-  - maintain age per variable, per sign
-
-- include more general tabu measure
-  - 
-
-- random walk when there is no applicable update
-  - repair_down can fail repeatedely. Then allow a mode to reset arguments similar to 
-    repair of literals.
-
-- avoid overflow for nested products
-
-Done:
-- add tabu for flipping variable back to the same value.
-  - remember last variable/delta and block -delta = last_delta && last_variable = current_variable
-- include measures for bounded updates
-  - per variable maintain increasing range 
-
 --*/
 
 #include "ast/sls/sls_arith_base.h"
@@ -1439,6 +1421,20 @@ namespace sls {
         }
         for (auto bv : m_tmp_set)
             vi.m_bool_vars_of.push_back(bv);
+
+        m_tmp_nat_set.reset();
+        m_tmp_nat_set.assure_domain(ctx.clauses().size() + 1);
+
+        for (auto bv : vi.m_bool_vars_of) {
+            for (auto lit : { sat::literal(bv, false), sat::literal(bv, true) }) {
+                for (auto ci : ctx.get_use_list(lit)) {
+                    if (m_tmp_nat_set.contains(ci))
+                        continue;
+                    m_tmp_nat_set.insert(ci);
+                    vi.m_clauses_of.push_back(ci);
+                }
+            }
+        }
     }
 
     template<typename num_t>
@@ -2435,6 +2431,7 @@ namespace sls {
     template<typename num_t>
     void arith_base<num_t>::collect_statistics(statistics& st) const {
         st.update("sls-arith-steps", m_stats.m_steps);
+        st.update("sls-arith-propagations", m_stats.m_propagations);
     }
 
     template<typename num_t>
@@ -2838,6 +2835,24 @@ namespace sls {
         m_fixed_atoms.insert(bv);
     }
 
+    template<typename num_t>
+    void arith_base<num_t>::add_lookahead(sat::bool_var bv) {
+        auto* ineq = get_ineq(bv);
+        if (!ineq)
+            return;
+        num_t na, nb;
+        for (auto const& [x, nl] : ineq->m_nonlinear) {
+            if (is_fixed(x))
+                continue;
+            if (is_linear(x, nl, nb))
+                find_linear_moves(*ineq, x, nb);
+            else if (is_quadratic(x, nl, na, nb))
+                find_quadratic_moves(*ineq, x, na, nb, ineq->m_args_value);
+            else
+                ;
+        }
+    }
+
     // for every variable e, for every atom containing e
     // add lookahead for e.
     // m_fixable_atoms contains atoms that can be fixed.
@@ -3254,6 +3269,7 @@ namespace sls {
 
     template<typename num_t>
     void arith_base<num_t>::start_propagation() {
+        ++m_stats.m_propagations;
         updt_params();    
         if (m_config.use_clausal_lookahead)
             m_clausal_sls.search();
diff --git a/src/ast/sls/sls_arith_base.h b/src/ast/sls/sls_arith_base.h
index d801e60da..9956572ba 100644
--- a/src/ast/sls/sls_arith_base.h
+++ b/src/ast/sls/sls_arith_base.h
@@ -77,6 +77,7 @@ namespace sls {
         struct stats {
             unsigned m_steps = 0;
             unsigned m_restarts = 0;
+            unsigned m_propagations = 0;
         };
 
     public:
@@ -120,6 +121,7 @@ namespace sls {
             unsigned     m_def_idx = UINT_MAX;
             vector<std::pair<num_t, sat::bool_var>> m_linear_occurs;
             sat::bool_var_vector m_bool_vars_of;
+            unsigned_vector m_clauses_of;
             unsigned_vector m_muls;
             unsigned_vector m_adds;
             optional<bound> m_lo, m_hi;
@@ -216,6 +218,7 @@ namespace sls {
         svector<double>              m_prob_break;
         indexed_uint_set             m_bool_var_atoms;
         indexed_uint_set             m_tmp_set;
+        nat_set  m_tmp_nat_set;
 
         void invariant();
         void invariant(ineq const& i);
@@ -381,6 +384,7 @@ namespace sls {
         double lookahead(expr* e, bool update_score);
         void add_lookahead(bool_info& i, expr* e);
         void add_lookahead(bool_info& i, sat::bool_var bv);
+        void add_lookahead(sat::bool_var bv);
         ptr_vector<expr> const& get_fixable_exprs(expr* e);
         bool apply_move(expr* f, ptr_vector<expr> const& vars, arith_move_type t);
         expr* get_candidate_unsat();
diff --git a/src/ast/sls/sls_arith_clausal.cpp b/src/ast/sls/sls_arith_clausal.cpp
index 1337baa34..322ca2320 100644
--- a/src/ast/sls/sls_arith_clausal.cpp
+++ b/src/ast/sls/sls_arith_clausal.cpp
@@ -121,22 +121,14 @@ namespace sls {
     template<typename num_t>
     void arith_clausal<num_t>::add_lookahead_on_unsat_vars() {
         a.m_updates.reset();
-        a.m_fixed_atoms.reset();
         TRACE("arith_verbose", tout << "unsat-vars ";
         for (auto v : ctx.unsat_vars())
             if (a.get_ineq(v)) tout << mk_bounded_pp(ctx.atom(v), a.m) << " ";
         tout << "\n";);
 
-        for (auto v : ctx.unsat_vars()) {
-            auto* ineq = a.get_ineq(v);
-            if (!ineq)
-                continue;
-            auto e = ctx.atom(v);
-            auto& i = a.get_bool_info(e);  
-            auto const& vars = a.get_fixable_exprs(e);            
-            for (auto v : vars)
-                a.add_lookahead(i, v);
-        }
+        for (auto v : ctx.unsat_vars()) 
+            a.add_lookahead(v);
+        
     }
 
     /**
@@ -146,7 +138,6 @@ namespace sls {
     template<typename num_t>
     void arith_clausal<num_t>::add_lookahead_on_false_literals() {
         a.m_updates.reset();
-        a.m_fixed_atoms.reset();
 
         unsigned sz = a.m_bool_var_atoms.size();
         bool is_big = sz > 45u;
@@ -164,47 +155,25 @@ namespace sls {
         };
 
         unsigned idx = 0;
-        //unsigned num_sampled = 0;
-        for (unsigned i = std::min(sz, 45u); i-- > 0;) {
-            if (is_big) {
+        if (is_big) {
+            for (unsigned i = 45, j = 90; j-- > 0 && i-- > 0 && sz > 0;) {
                 idx = ctx.rand(sz);
                 bv = a.m_bool_var_atoms[idx];
-            }
-            else
-                bv = a.m_bool_var_atoms[i];
-
-            if (occurs_negative(bv)) {
-                auto e = ctx.atom(bv);
-                auto& i = a.get_bool_info(e);
-                a.add_lookahead(i, bv);
-                //++num_sampled;
-            }
-
-            if (is_big) {
                 --sz;
                 a.m_bool_var_atoms.swap_elems(idx, sz);
+                if (occurs_negative(bv))
+                    a.add_lookahead(bv);
+                else
+                    ++i;
             }
         }
-
-#if 0
-        for (auto bv : a.m_bool_var_atoms) {
-            if (ctx.unsat_vars().contains(bv))
-                continue;
-            auto* ineq = a.get_ineq(bv);            
-            if (!ineq)
-                continue;
-            sat::literal lit(bv, !ineq->is_true());
-            auto const& ul = ctx.get_use_list(~lit);
-            if (ul.begin() == ul.end())
-                continue;
-            // literal is false in some clause but none of the clauses where it occurs false are unsat.
-
-            auto e = ctx.atom(bv);
-            auto& i = a.get_bool_info(e);
-            
-            a.add_lookahead(i, bv);
+        else {
+            for (unsigned i = 0; i < sz; ++i) {
+                bv = a.m_bool_var_atoms[i];
+                if (occurs_negative(bv))
+                    a.add_lookahead(bv);
+            }
         }
-#endif
     }
 
     template<typename num_t>
@@ -300,50 +269,38 @@ namespace sls {
         if (!a.update_num(v, delta))
             return -1;
         double score = 0;
-        m_tmp_nat_set.reset();
-        m_tmp_nat_set.assure_domain(ctx.clauses().size() + 1);
-        for (auto bv : vi.m_bool_vars_of) {
-            for (auto lit : { sat::literal(bv, false), sat::literal(bv, true) }) {
-                for (auto ci : ctx.get_use_list(lit)) {                    
-                    if (m_tmp_nat_set.contains(ci)) {
-                        continue;
-                    }
-                    m_tmp_nat_set.insert(ci);
-
-                    auto const& c = ctx.get_clause(ci);
-                    unsigned num_true = 0;
-                    for (auto lit : c) {
-                        auto bv = lit.var();
-                        auto ineq = a.get_ineq(bv);
-                        if (ineq) {
-                            if (ineq->is_true() != lit.sign())
-                                ++num_true;
-                        }
-                        else if (ctx.is_true(lit))
-                            ++num_true;
-                    }
-
-                    CTRACE("arith_verbose", c.m_num_trues != num_true && (c.m_num_trues == 0 || num_true == 0),
-                        tout << "clause: " << c
-                        << " v" << v << " += " << delta
-                        << " new-true lits: " << num_true
-                        << " old-true lits: " << c.m_num_trues
-                        << " w: " << c.m_weight << "\n";
-                    for (auto lit : c)
-                        if (a.get_ineq(lit.var()))
-                            tout << lit << " " << *a.get_ineq(lit.var()) << "\n";);
-                    if (c.m_num_trues > 0 && num_true == 0)
-                        score -= c.m_weight;
-                    else if (c.m_num_trues == 0 && num_true > 0)
-                        score += c.m_weight;
+        for (auto ci : vi.m_clauses_of) {
+            auto const& c = ctx.get_clause(ci);
+            unsigned num_true = 0;
+            for (auto lit : c) {
+                auto bv = lit.var();
+                auto ineq = a.get_ineq(bv);
+                if (ineq) {
+                    if (ineq->is_true() != lit.sign())
+                        ++num_true;
                 }
+                else if (ctx.is_true(lit))
+                    ++num_true;
             }
-            
+
+            CTRACE("arith_verbose", c.m_num_trues != num_true && (c.m_num_trues == 0 || num_true == 0),
+                tout << "clause: " << c
+                << " v" << v << " += " << delta
+                << " new-true lits: " << num_true
+                << " old-true lits: " << c.m_num_trues
+                << " w: " << c.m_weight << "\n";
+            for (auto lit : c)
+                if (a.get_ineq(lit.var()))
+                    tout << lit << " " << *a.get_ineq(lit.var()) << "\n";);
+            if (c.m_num_trues > 0 && num_true == 0)
+                score -= c.m_weight;
+            else if (c.m_num_trues == 0 && num_true > 0)
+                score += c.m_weight;
         }
 
+        // verbose_stream() << num_clauses << " " << num_dup << "\n";
         // revert the update
-        a.update_args_value(v, vi.value() - delta);
-        
+        a.update_args_value(v, vi.value() - delta);        
         return score;
     }
 
diff --git a/src/ast/sls/sls_arith_clausal.h b/src/ast/sls/sls_arith_clausal.h
index 78897ba27..ba9109b9a 100644
--- a/src/ast/sls/sls_arith_clausal.h
+++ b/src/ast/sls/sls_arith_clausal.h
@@ -80,8 +80,6 @@ namespace sls {
         unsigned m_best_last_step = 0;
         unsigned m_num_lookaheads = 0;
 
-        nat_set  m_tmp_nat_set;
-
         // avoid checking the same updates twice
         var_t m_last_var = UINT_MAX;
         num_t m_last_delta;
diff --git a/src/ast/sls/sls_basic_plugin.cpp b/src/ast/sls/sls_basic_plugin.cpp
index aca1e646b..1a836a511 100644
--- a/src/ast/sls/sls_basic_plugin.cpp
+++ b/src/ast/sls/sls_basic_plugin.cpp
@@ -81,7 +81,7 @@ namespace sls {
     }
 
     expr_ref basic_plugin::eval_ite(app* e) {
-        expr* c, * th, * el;
+        expr* c = nullptr, * th = nullptr, * el = nullptr;
         VERIFY(m.is_ite(e, c, th, el));
         if (bval0(c))
             return ctx.get_value(th);
diff --git a/src/ast/sls/sls_bv_engine.cpp b/src/ast/sls/sls_bv_engine.cpp
index 8d009b500..96e355c2d 100644
--- a/src/ast/sls/sls_bv_engine.cpp
+++ b/src/ast/sls/sls_bv_engine.cpp
@@ -396,13 +396,12 @@ double sls_engine::find_best_move_mc(ptr_vector<func_decl> & to_evaluate, double
 // main search loop
 lbool sls_engine::search() {
     lbool res = l_undef;
-    double score = 0.0, old_score = 0.0;
+    double score = 0.0;
     unsigned new_const = (unsigned)-1, new_bit;
     mpz new_value;
     move_type move;
 
     score = rescore();
-    unsigned sz = m_assertions.size();
 
     while (check_restart(m_stats.m_moves)) {
         if (!m_manager.inc())
@@ -435,7 +434,6 @@ lbool sls_engine::search() {
             continue;
         }
 
-        old_score = score;
         new_const = (unsigned)-1;
 
         // find best increasing move
diff --git a/src/ast/sls/sls_bv_eval.cpp b/src/ast/sls/sls_bv_eval.cpp
index afaf71a89..a68a3a633 100644
--- a/src/ast/sls/sls_bv_eval.cpp
+++ b/src/ast/sls/sls_bv_eval.cpp
@@ -986,7 +986,7 @@ namespace sls {
     }
 
     void bv_eval::fold_oper(bvect& out, app* t, unsigned i, std::function<void(bvect&, bvval const&)> const& f) {
-        auto i2 = i == 0 ? 1 : 0;
+        unsigned i2 = i == 0 ? 1 : 0;
         auto const& c = wval(t->get_arg(i2));
         for (unsigned j = 0; j < c.nw; ++j)
             out[j] = c.bits()[j];
@@ -1242,8 +1242,6 @@ namespace sls {
     bool bv_eval::try_repair_sdiv(bvect const& e, bvval& a, bvval& b, unsigned i) {
 
         bool sign_a = a.sign();
-        bool sign_b = b.sign();
-        bool sign_e = e.get(a.bw - 1);
 
         // y = 0, x >= 0 -> -1
         if (i == 0 && b.is_zero() && a.is_ones(e) && a.try_set(m_zero))
diff --git a/src/ast/sls/sls_bv_lookahead.cpp b/src/ast/sls/sls_bv_lookahead.cpp
index 0d342287c..ba06e1d7c 100644
--- a/src/ast/sls/sls_bv_lookahead.cpp
+++ b/src/ast/sls/sls_bv_lookahead.cpp
@@ -676,7 +676,6 @@ namespace sls {
             for (unsigned i = 0; i < m_update_stack[depth].size(); ++i) {
                 auto [e, is_bv] = m_update_stack[depth][i];
                 TRACE("bv_verbose", tout << "update " << mk_bounded_pp(e, m) << "\n";);
-                bool old_truth = false;
                 if (t == e)
                     ;
                 else if (is_bv) {
@@ -684,7 +683,6 @@ namespace sls {
                     wval(e).commit_eval_ignore_tabu();
                 }
                 else {
-                    old_truth = m_ev.get_bool_value(e);
                     SASSERT(m.is_bool(e));    
                     auto v1 = m_ev.bval1(e);
 
diff --git a/src/ast/sls/sls_euf_plugin.cpp b/src/ast/sls/sls_euf_plugin.cpp
index 3bb90aa0a..d3d120cd0 100644
--- a/src/ast/sls/sls_euf_plugin.cpp
+++ b/src/ast/sls/sls_euf_plugin.cpp
@@ -197,8 +197,6 @@ namespace sls {
             g.mk(m.mk_true(), 0, 0, nullptr);
         if (!g.find(m.mk_false()))
             g.mk(m.mk_false(), 0, 0, nullptr);
-
-        // merge all equalities
         // check for conflict with disequalities during propagation
         if (merge_eqs) {
             TRACE("euf", tout << "root literals " << ctx.root_literals() << "\n");
@@ -279,7 +277,7 @@ namespace sls {
     void euf_plugin::validate_model() {
         auto& g = *m_g;
         for (auto lit : ctx.root_literals()) {
-                euf::enode* a, * b;
+                euf::enode* a = nullptr, * b = nullptr;
                 if (!ctx.is_true(lit))
                     continue;
                 auto e = ctx.atom(lit.var());
diff --git a/src/ast/sls/sls_seq_plugin.cpp b/src/ast/sls/sls_seq_plugin.cpp
index 2c7e7f8d9..5abe91e6c 100644
--- a/src/ast/sls/sls_seq_plugin.cpp
+++ b/src/ast/sls/sls_seq_plugin.cpp
@@ -276,7 +276,7 @@ namespace sls {
     ptr_vector<expr> const& seq_plugin::lhs(expr* eq) {
         auto& ev = get_eval(eq);
         if (ev.lhs.empty()) {
-            expr* x, * y;
+            expr* x = nullptr, * y = nullptr;
             VERIFY(m.is_eq(eq, x, y));
             seq.str.get_concat(x, ev.lhs);
             seq.str.get_concat(y, ev.rhs);
@@ -332,7 +332,7 @@ namespace sls {
     }
 
     bool seq_plugin::bval1_seq(app* e) {
-        expr* a, *b;
+        expr* a = nullptr, *b = nullptr;
         SASSERT(e->get_family_id() == seq.get_family_id());
         switch (e->get_decl_kind()) {
         case OP_SEQ_CONTAINS: 
@@ -433,7 +433,7 @@ namespace sls {
                 }
             }
             case OP_SEQ_AT: {
-                expr* x, * offset;
+                expr* x = nullptr, * offset = nullptr;
                 VERIFY(seq.str.is_at(e, x, offset));
                 zstring r = strval0(x);
                 expr_ref offset_e = ctx.get_value(offset);
@@ -613,14 +613,14 @@ namespace sls {
     }
 
     void seq_plugin::repair_up_str_length(app* e) {
-        expr* x;
+        expr* x = nullptr;
         VERIFY(seq.str.is_length(e, x));
         zstring val_x = strval0(x);
         update(e, rational(val_x.length()));
     }
 
     void seq_plugin::repair_up_str_indexof(app* e) {
-        expr* x, * y, * z = nullptr;
+        expr* x = nullptr, * y = nullptr, * z = nullptr;
         VERIFY(seq.str.is_index(e, x, y, z) || seq.str.is_index(e, x, y));
         zstring val_x = strval0(x);
         zstring val_y = strval0(y);
@@ -801,6 +801,7 @@ namespace sls {
                 index -= len_x;
             }
         }
+#if 0
         unsigned last_diff = 0;
         for (unsigned i = 1; i <= val.length() && i <= val_other.length(); ++i) {
             if (val[val.length() - i] != val_other[val_other.length() - i]) {
@@ -809,7 +810,7 @@ namespace sls {
             }
         }
 
-#if 0
+
         if (last_diff != 0) {
             unsigned index = last_diff;
             for (auto x : w) {
@@ -1273,7 +1274,7 @@ namespace sls {
     }
 
     bool seq_plugin::repair_down_str_replace(app* e) {
-        expr* x, * y, * z;
+        expr* x = nullptr, * y = nullptr, * z = nullptr;
         VERIFY(seq.str.is_replace(e, x, y, z));
         zstring r = strval0(e);
         if (r == strval1(e))
@@ -1293,7 +1294,7 @@ namespace sls {
     }
 
     bool seq_plugin::repair_down_str_itos(app* e) {
-        expr* x;
+        expr* x = nullptr;
         VERIFY(seq.str.is_itos(e, x));
         zstring se = strval0(e);
         rational r(se.encode().c_str());
@@ -1305,7 +1306,7 @@ namespace sls {
     }
 
     bool seq_plugin::repair_down_str_stoi(app* e) {
-        expr* x;
+        expr* x = nullptr;
         rational r;
         VERIFY(seq.str.is_stoi(e, x));
         VERIFY(a.is_numeral(ctx.get_value(e), r) && r.is_int());
@@ -1330,7 +1331,7 @@ namespace sls {
     }
 
     bool seq_plugin::repair_down_str_at(app* e) {
-        expr* x, * y;
+        expr* x = nullptr, * y = nullptr;
         VERIFY(seq.str.is_at(e, x, y));
         zstring se = strval0(e);
         // std::cout << "repair-str-at: " << mk_pp(e, m) << ": \"" << se << "\"" << std::endl;
@@ -1387,7 +1388,7 @@ namespace sls {
     }
 
     bool seq_plugin::repair_down_str_indexof(app* e) {
-        expr* x, * y, * offset = nullptr;
+        expr* x = nullptr, * y = nullptr, * offset = nullptr;
         VERIFY(seq.str.is_index(e, x, y, offset) || seq.str.is_index(e, x, y));
         rational value;
         VERIFY(a.is_numeral(ctx.get_value(e), value) && value.is_int());        
@@ -1437,7 +1438,7 @@ namespace sls {
     }
 
     bool seq_plugin::repair_down_str_prefixof(app* e) {
-        expr* a, * b;
+        expr* a = nullptr, * b = nullptr;
         VERIFY(seq.str.is_prefix(e, a, b));
         zstring sa = strval0(a);
         zstring sb = strval0(b);
@@ -1475,7 +1476,7 @@ namespace sls {
     }
 
     bool seq_plugin::repair_down_str_suffixof(app* e) {
-        expr* a, * b;
+        expr* a = nullptr, * b = nullptr;
         VERIFY(seq.str.is_suffix(e, a, b));
         zstring sa = strval0(a);
         zstring sb = strval0(b);
@@ -1513,7 +1514,7 @@ namespace sls {
     }
 
     bool seq_plugin::repair_down_str_contains(expr* e) {
-        expr* a, *b;
+        expr* a = nullptr, *b = nullptr;
         VERIFY(seq.str.is_contains(e, a, b));
         zstring sa = strval0(a);
         zstring sb = strval0(b);
@@ -1568,7 +1569,7 @@ namespace sls {
     }
 
     bool seq_plugin::repair_down_str_extract(app* e) {
-        expr* x, * offset, * len;
+        expr* x = nullptr, * offset = nullptr, * len = nullptr;
         VERIFY(seq.str.is_extract(e, x, offset, len));
         SASSERT(strval0(e) != strval1(e));
         zstring v = strval0(e);
@@ -1832,7 +1833,7 @@ namespace sls {
                 auto& ev = get_eval(t);
                 ev.max_length = 1;
             }
-            expr* x, * offset, * len;
+            expr* x = nullptr, * offset = nullptr, * len = nullptr;
             rational len_r;
             if (seq.str.is_extract(t, x, offset, len) && a.is_numeral(len, len_r)) {
                 auto& ev = get_eval(t);
@@ -1855,7 +1856,6 @@ namespace sls {
         auto e = ctx.atom(lit.var());
         if (!is_seq_predicate(e))
             return;
-        auto a = to_app(e);
         if (bval1(e) == lit.sign())
             ctx.flip(lit.var());
     }
@@ -1890,7 +1890,7 @@ namespace sls {
     }
 
     bool seq_plugin::repair_down_in_re(app* e) {
-        expr* x, * y;
+        expr* x = nullptr, * y = nullptr;
         VERIFY(seq.str.is_in_re(e, x, y));
         auto info = seq.re.get_info(y);
         if (!info.interpreted)
diff --git a/src/ast/sls/sls_smt_plugin.cpp b/src/ast/sls/sls_smt_plugin.cpp
index 67049d781..952515264 100644
--- a/src/ast/sls/sls_smt_plugin.cpp
+++ b/src/ast/sls/sls_smt_plugin.cpp
@@ -212,7 +212,7 @@ namespace sls {
             m_sat_phase[v] = ctx.get_best_phase(v);
     }
 
-    bool smt_plugin::export_to_sls() {        
+    bool smt_plugin::export_to_sls() {     
         bool updated = false;
         if (m_has_units) {            
             std::lock_guard<std::mutex> lock(m_mutex);
diff --git a/src/sat/dimacs.cpp b/src/sat/dimacs.cpp
index 1d19a60c7..f81eb3aa4 100644
--- a/src/sat/dimacs.cpp
+++ b/src/sat/dimacs.cpp
@@ -132,7 +132,7 @@ static bool parse_dimacs_core(Buffer & in, std::ostream& err, sat::solver & solv
             }
         }
     }
-    catch (dimacs::lex_error) {
+    catch (dimacs::lex_error& ) {
         return false;
     }
     return true;
@@ -280,7 +280,7 @@ namespace dimacs {
             }    
             return true;
         }
-        catch (lex_error) {
+        catch (dimacs::lex_error&) {
             return false;
         }
     }
diff --git a/src/smt/theory_sls.cpp b/src/smt/theory_sls.cpp
index da2207e56..0ce329046 100644
--- a/src/smt/theory_sls.cpp
+++ b/src/smt/theory_sls.cpp
@@ -103,13 +103,14 @@ namespace smt {
             m_smt_plugin->check(fmls, clauses);
             m_smt_plugin->get_shared_clauses(m_shared_clauses);
         }
-        else if (!m_parallel_mode) 
-            propagate_local_search();
-        else if (m_smt_plugin->completed()) {
+        else if (m_parallel_mode && m_smt_plugin->completed()) {
             m_smt_plugin->finalize(m_model, m_st);
             m_smt_plugin = nullptr;
             m_init_search = false;
         }
+        else 
+            propagate_local_search();
+        
     }    
 
     void theory_sls::pop_scope_eh(unsigned n) {
@@ -152,17 +153,29 @@ namespace smt {
         }    
     }
 
+    void theory_sls::update_propagation_scope() {
+        if (m_propagation_scope > ctx.get_scope_level() && m_propagation_scope == m_max_propagation_scope) {
+            m_smt_plugin->smt_values_to_sls();
+        }
+        m_propagation_scope = ctx.get_scope_level();
+        m_max_propagation_scope = std::max(m_max_propagation_scope, m_propagation_scope);
+    }
+
     void theory_sls::propagate_local_search() {
         if (!m_has_unassigned_clause_after_resolve)
             return;
-        if (m_parallel_mode || !m_smt_plugin)
+        if (!m_smt_plugin)
             return;
         ++m_after_resolve_decide_count;
-        if (100 + m_after_resolve_decide_gap > m_after_resolve_decide_count)
+        if (100 + m_after_resolve_decide_gap > m_after_resolve_decide_count) {
+            //update_propagation_scope();
             return;
+        }
         m_after_resolve_decide_gap *= 2;
-        if (!shared_clauses_are_true())
+        if (!shared_clauses_are_true()) {
+            update_propagation_scope();
             return;
+        }
         m_resolve_count = 0;
         m_has_unassigned_clause_after_resolve = false;
         run_guided_sls();
diff --git a/src/smt/theory_sls.h b/src/smt/theory_sls.h
index 40f73b52e..b0407cbdb 100644
--- a/src/smt/theory_sls.h
+++ b/src/smt/theory_sls.h
@@ -73,6 +73,8 @@ namespace smt {
         unsigned m_after_resolve_decide_count = 0;
         unsigned m_resolve_count = 0;
         unsigned m_resolve_gap = 0;
+        unsigned m_max_propagation_scope = 0;
+        unsigned m_propagation_scope = 0;
         mutable bool     m_init_search = false;
         mutable ::statistics m_st;
         vector<sat::literal_vector> m_shared_clauses;
@@ -95,6 +97,8 @@ namespace smt {
         void run_guided_sls();
         void finalize() const;
 
+        void update_propagation_scope();
+
     public:
         theory_sls(context& ctx);
         ~theory_sls() override;