diff --git a/summingbird-core/src/main/scala/com/twitter/summingbird/Producer.scala b/summingbird-core/src/main/scala/com/twitter/summingbird/Producer.scala
index be0ec03bc..03e10c48d 100644
--- a/summingbird-core/src/main/scala/com/twitter/summingbird/Producer.scala
+++ b/summingbird-core/src/main/scala/com/twitter/summingbird/Producer.scala
@@ -177,11 +177,16 @@ sealed trait TailProducer[P <: Platform[P], +T] extends Producer[P, T] {
    * This can be used to combine two independent Producers in a way that ensures
    * that the Platform will plan both into a single Plan.
    */
+
+  def also[R](that: TailProducer[P, R])(implicit ev: DummyImplicit): TailProducer[P, R] =
+          new AlsoTailProducer(this, that)
+
   def also[R](that: Producer[P, R]): Producer[P, R] = AlsoProducer(this, that)
 
   override def name(id: String): TailProducer[P, T] = new TPNamedProducer[P, T](this, id)
 }
 
+class AlsoTailProducer[P <: Platform[P], T, R](ensure: TailProducer[P, T], result: TailProducer[P, R]) extends AlsoProducer[P, T, R](ensure, result) with TailProducer[P, R]
 
 /**
  * This is a special node that ensures that the first argument is planned, but produces values
diff --git a/summingbird-core/src/test/scala/com/twitter/summingbird/TestGraphs.scala b/summingbird-core/src/test/scala/com/twitter/summingbird/TestGraphs.scala
index bfddbfafc..3ad3e7c64 100644
--- a/summingbird-core/src/test/scala/com/twitter/summingbird/TestGraphs.scala
+++ b/summingbird-core/src/test/scala/com/twitter/summingbird/TestGraphs.scala
@@ -182,7 +182,8 @@ object TestGraphs {
     (fnR: T1 => TraversableOnce[T2], fnA: T2 => TraversableOnce[(K1, V1)],
       fnB: T2 => TraversableOnce[(K2, V2)]): TailProducer[P, (K2, (Option[V2], V2))] = {
       val combined = source.flatMap(fnR)
-      combined.flatMap(fnA).sumByKey(store1).also(combined).flatMap(fnB).sumByKey(store2)
+      val calculated = combined.flatMap(fnB).sumByKey(store2)
+      combined.flatMap(fnA).sumByKey(store1).also(calculated)
     }
 
   def mapOnlyJob[P <: Platform[P], T, U](
diff --git a/summingbird-online/src/main/scala/com/twitter/summingbird/planner/StripNamedNodes.scala b/summingbird-online/src/main/scala/com/twitter/summingbird/planner/StripNamedNodes.scala
index 0916be8e7..a69e8a9a2 100644
--- a/summingbird-online/src/main/scala/com/twitter/summingbird/planner/StripNamedNodes.scala
+++ b/summingbird-online/src/main/scala/com/twitter/summingbird/planner/StripNamedNodes.scala
@@ -51,6 +51,14 @@ object StripNamedNode {
 
   def functionize[P <: Platform[P]](node: Producer[P, Any]): ProducerF[P] = {
     node match {
+      // This case is special/different since AlsoTailProducer needs the full class maintained(unlike TailNamedProducer),
+      // but it is not a case class. It inherits from TailProducer so cannot be one.
+      case p: AlsoTailProducer[_, _ , _] =>
+          ProducerF(
+                List(p.result.asInstanceOf[Producer[P, Any]], p.ensure.asInstanceOf[Producer[P, Any]]),
+                p,
+                {(newEntries): List[Producer[P, Any]] => new AlsoTailProducer[P, Any, Any](castTail(newEntries(1)), castTail(newEntries(0)))}
+                )
       case p@AlsoProducer(_, _) => ProducerF(
                 List(p.result, p.ensure),
                 p,