diff --git a/packages/squiggle-lang/__tests__/Distributions/AlgebraicShapeCombination_test.res b/packages/squiggle-lang/__tests__/Distributions/AlgebraicShapeCombination_test.res
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..7b84ee99
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/squiggle-lang/__tests__/Distributions/AlgebraicShapeCombination_test.res
@@ -0,0 +1,16 @@
+open Jest
+open TestHelpers
+
+describe("Combining Continuous and Discrete Distributions", () => {
+  makeTest(
+    "keep order of xs when multiplying by negative number",
+    AlgebraicShapeCombination.isOrdered(
+      AlgebraicShapeCombination.combineShapesContinuousDiscrete(
+        #Multiply,
+        {xs: [0., 1.], ys: [1., 1.]},
+        {xs: [-1.], ys: [1.]},
+      ),
+    ), // Multiply distribution by -1
+    true,
+  )
+})
diff --git a/packages/squiggle-lang/jest.config.js b/packages/squiggle-lang/jest.config.js
index 520f4693..71babb3c 100644
--- a/packages/squiggle-lang/jest.config.js
+++ b/packages/squiggle-lang/jest.config.js
@@ -2,7 +2,6 @@
 module.exports = {
   preset: "ts-jest",
   testEnvironment: "node",
-  bail: true,
   setupFilesAfterEnv: [
     "<rootdir>/../../node_modules/bisect_ppx/src/runtime/js/jest.bs.js",
   ],
diff --git a/packages/squiggle-lang/src/rescript/Distributions/PointSetDist/AlgebraicShapeCombination.res b/packages/squiggle-lang/src/rescript/Distributions/PointSetDist/AlgebraicShapeCombination.res
index d6ff1d31..b544fb33 100644
--- a/packages/squiggle-lang/src/rescript/Distributions/PointSetDist/AlgebraicShapeCombination.res
+++ b/packages/squiggle-lang/src/rescript/Distributions/PointSetDist/AlgebraicShapeCombination.res
@@ -215,7 +215,6 @@ let combineShapesContinuousDiscrete = (
             continuousShape.ys[i] *. discreteShape.ys[j],
           ),
         ) |> ignore
-        ()
       }
       Belt.Array.set(outXYShapes, j, dxyShape) |> ignore
       ()
@@ -225,9 +224,13 @@ let combineShapesContinuousDiscrete = (
       // creates a new continuous shape for each one of the discrete points, and collects them in outXYShapes.
       let dxyShape: array<(float, float)> = Belt.Array.makeUninitializedUnsafe(t1n)
       for i in 0 to t1n - 1 {
+        // If this operation would flip the x axis (such as -1 * normal(5, 2)),
+        // then we want to fill the shape in backwards to ensure all the points
+        // are still in the right order
+        let index = discreteShape.xs[j] > 0.0 ? i : t1n - 1 - i
         Belt.Array.set(
           dxyShape,
-          i,
+          index,
           (
             fn(continuousShape.xs[i], discreteShape.xs[j]),
             continuousShape.ys[i] *. discreteShape.ys[j] /. Js.Math.abs_float(discreteShape.xs[j]),
@@ -251,3 +254,5 @@ let combineShapesContinuousDiscrete = (
     XYShape.T.empty,
   )
 }
+
+let isOrdered = (a: XYShape.T.t): bool => E.A.Sorted.Floats.isSorted(a.xs)
diff --git a/packages/squiggle-lang/src/rescript/Utility/E.res b/packages/squiggle-lang/src/rescript/Utility/E.res
index 78c872ff..c3ba48a2 100644
--- a/packages/squiggle-lang/src/rescript/Utility/E.res
+++ b/packages/squiggle-lang/src/rescript/Utility/E.res
@@ -363,6 +363,9 @@ module A = {
       |> Rationale.Result.return
     }
 
+  let tail = Belt.Array.sliceToEnd(_, 1)
+
+  let zip = Belt.Array.zip
   // This zips while taking the longest elements of each array.
   let zipMaxLength = (array1, array2) => {
     let maxLength = Int.max(length(array1), length(array2))
@@ -506,6 +509,9 @@ module A = {
     }
 
     module Floats = {
+      let isSorted = (ar: array<float>): bool =>
+        reduce(zip(ar, tail(ar)), true, (acc, (first, second)) => acc && first < second)
+
       let makeIncrementalUp = (a, b) =>
         Array.make(b - a + 1, a) |> Array.mapi((i, c) => c + i) |> Belt.Array.map(_, float_of_int)