diff --git a/Project.toml b/Project.toml
index 088c94e..985d165 100644
--- a/Project.toml
+++ b/Project.toml
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@ BlockDiagonals = "0a1fb500-61f7-11e9-3c65-f5ef3456f9f0"
 ChainRulesCore = "d360d2e6-b24c-11e9-a2a3-2a2ae2dbcce4"
 Combinatorics = "861a8166-3701-5b0c-9a16-15d98fcdc6aa"
 LinearAlgebra = "37e2e46d-f89d-539d-b4ee-838fcccc9c8e"
+LinearOperators = "5c8ed15e-5a4c-59e4-a42b-c7e8811fb125"
 Lux = "b2108857-7c20-44ae-9111-449ecde12c47"
 LuxCore = "bb33d45b-7691-41d6-9220-0943567d0623"
 Optimisers = "3bd65402-5787-11e9-1adc-39752487f4e2"
diff --git a/src/ConstLinearLayer.jl b/src/ConstLinearLayer.jl
index d2a9f7f..52ee758 100644
--- a/src/ConstLinearLayer.jl
+++ b/src/ConstLinearLayer.jl
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 import ChainRulesCore: rrule
-using LuxCore
+using LuxCore, LinearOperators
 using LuxCore: AbstractExplicitLayer
 
 struct ConstLinearLayer{T} <: AbstractExplicitLayer
@@ -33,4 +33,21 @@ function rrule(::typeof(LuxCore.apply), l::ConstLinearLayer, x::AbstractArray,ps
         return NoTangent(), NoTangent(), l.op' * A[1], (op = A[1] * x',), NoTangent()
     end
     return val, pb
-end
\ No newline at end of file
+end
+
+function _linear_operator_L(L, C, pos, len)
+    if L == 0
+       T = ComplexF64
+       fL = let C=C, idx=pos#, T=T
+           (res, aa) -> mul!(res, C, aa[idx]);# try; mul!(res, C, aa[idx]); catch; mul!(zeros(T,size(C,1)), C, aa[idx]); end
+           end
+    else
+       T = SVector{2L+1,ComplexF64} 
+       fL = let C=C, idx=pos#, T=T
+           (res, aa) -> begin
+               res[:] .= C * aa[idx]
+           end
+       end
+    end
+    return LinearOperator{T}(size(C,1), len, false, false, fL, nothing, nothing; S = Vector{T})
+ end
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/src/builder.jl b/src/builder.jl
index 5cab21b..c58d543 100644
--- a/src/builder.jl
+++ b/src/builder.jl
@@ -260,9 +260,7 @@ function equivariant_model(spec_nlm, radial::Radial_basis, L::Int64; categories=
       cgen = rSH ? Rot3DCoeffs_real(L) : Rot3DCoeffs(L) # TODO: this should be made group related
       C = _rpi_A2B_matrix(cgen, spec_nlm)
    end
-   
-   # l_sym = islong ? Lux.Parallel(nothing, [ConstLinearLayer(new_sparse_matrix(C[i],pos[i],length(spec_nlm))) for i = 1:L+1]... ) : ConstLinearLayer(C)
-   l_sym = islong ? Lux.Parallel(nothing, [ConstLinearLayer(C[i]*sparse_trans(pos[i],length(spec_nlm))) for i = 1:L+1]... ) : ConstLinearLayer(C)
+   l_sym = islong ? Lux.Parallel(nothing, [ConstLinearLayer(_linear_operator_L(i-1,C[i],pos[i],length(spec_nlm))) for i = 1:L+1]... ) : ConstLinearLayer(C)
    # C - A2Bmap
    luxchain = append_layer(luxchain_tmp, l_sym; l_name = :BB)
    # luxchain = Chain(xx2AA = luxchain_tmp, BB = l_sym)