diff --git a/project.clj b/project.clj
index ef036a1..d59c75e 100644
--- a/project.clj
+++ b/project.clj
@@ -9,8 +9,8 @@
   :auto-clean false
   :dependencies [[riddley "0.1.12"]]
   :profiles {:provided {:dependencies
-                        [[org.clojure/clojure "1.6.0"]
-                         [org.clojure/clojurescript "0.0-3211"]]}
+                        [[org.clojure/clojure "1.7.0"]
+                         [org.clojure/clojurescript "1.7.10"]]}
              :dev {:dependencies
                    [[org.clojure/test.check "0.7.0"]]
                    :plugins
diff --git a/src/clj/com/rpl/specter.cljx b/src/clj/com/rpl/specter.cljx
index f7cdba3..f178834 100644
--- a/src/clj/com/rpl/specter.cljx
+++ b/src/clj/com/rpl/specter.cljx
@@ -374,7 +374,7 @@
    The input path may be parameterized, in which case the result of transformed
    will be parameterized in the order of which the parameterized navigators
    were declared."
-  [path update-fn]
+  [path ^:notpath update-fn]
   (fixed-pathed-nav [late path]
     (select* [this structure next-fn]
       (next-fn (compiled-transform late update-fn structure)))
diff --git a/src/clj/com/rpl/specter/impl.cljx b/src/clj/com/rpl/specter/impl.cljx
index 21864ae..da194a9 100644
--- a/src/clj/com/rpl/specter/impl.cljx
+++ b/src/clj/com/rpl/specter/impl.cljx
@@ -857,6 +857,26 @@
     1
     ))
 
+(defn- variadic-arglist? [al]
+  (contains? (set al) '&))
+
+(defn- arglist-for-params-count [arglists c code]
+  (let [ret (->> arglists
+                 (filter
+                   (fn [al]
+                     (or (= (count al) c)
+                         (variadic-arglist? al))
+                     ))
+                 first)
+        len (count ret)]
+    (when-not ret
+      (throw-illegal "Invalid # arguments at " code))
+    (if (variadic-arglist? ret)
+      (srange-transform ret (- len 2) len
+        (fn [_] (repeatedly (- c (- len 2)) gensym)))
+      ret
+      )))
+
 (defn- magic-precompilation* [p params-atom failed-atom]
   (let [magic-fail! (fn [& reason]
                       (if (get-cell MUST-CACHE-PATHS)
@@ -908,9 +928,37 @@
                   vv
                   )
 
-                (and (fn? vv) (-> vv meta :pathedfn))
-                (let [subpath (mapv #(magic-precompilation* % params-atom failed-atom)
-                                    ps)]
+                (and (fn? vv) (-> v meta :pathedfn))
+                ;;TODO: update this to ignore args that aren't symbols or have :nopath
+                ;;metadata on them (in the arglist)
+                (let [arglists (-> v meta :arglists)
+                      al (arglist-for-params-count arglists (count ps) (:code p))
+                      subpath (vec
+                                (map
+                                  (fn [pdecl p]
+                                   (if (and (symbol? pdecl)
+                                            (-> pdecl meta :notpath not))
+                                     (magic-precompilation* p params-atom failed-atom)
+
+                                     (cond (and (instance? VarUse p)
+                                                (-> p :var meta :dynamic not))
+                                           (:val p)
+
+                                           (and (not (instance? LocalSym p))
+                                                (not (instance? VarUse p))
+                                                (not (instance? SpecialFormUse p))
+                                                (not (instance? FnInvocation p))
+                                                (not (coll? p)))
+                                           p
+
+                                           :else
+                                           (magic-fail! "Could not factor static param "
+                                            "of pathedfn because it's not a static var "
+                                            " or non-collection value: "
+                                            (extract-original-code p))
+                                       )))
+                                   al
+                                   ps))]
                   (if @failed-atom
                     nil
                     (apply vv subpath)
diff --git a/src/clj/com/rpl/specter/macros.clj b/src/clj/com/rpl/specter/macros.clj
index 15301de..6abcd7b 100644
--- a/src/clj/com/rpl/specter/macros.clj
+++ b/src/clj/com/rpl/specter/macros.clj
@@ -339,8 +339,9 @@
     [(with-meta name attr) macro-args]))
 
 (defmacro defpathedfn [name & args]
-  (let [[name args] (name-with-attributes name args)]
-    `(def ~name (vary-meta (fn ~@args) assoc :pathedfn true))))
+  (let [[name args] (name-with-attributes name args)
+        name (vary-meta name assoc :pathedfn true)]
+    `(defn ~name ~@args)))
 
 (defmacro defnavconstructor [name & args]
   (let [[name [[csym anav] & body-or-bodies]] (name-with-attributes name args)
diff --git a/test/com/rpl/specter/core_test.cljx b/test/com/rpl/specter/core_test.cljx
index 054f723..1a23b59 100644
--- a/test/com/rpl/specter/core_test.cljx
+++ b/test/com/rpl/specter/core_test.cljx
@@ -936,6 +936,14 @@
     [{:a 1 :b 2} {:a 10 :b 6} {:c 7 :b 8} {:c 1 :d 9} {:c 3 :d -1}]
     [[:a :b] [:b :a] [:c :d] [:b :c]]
     )
+  (ic-test
+    true
+    []
+    [(s/transformed s/STAY inc)]
+    inc
+    10
+    []
+    )
 
   (s/must-cache-paths!)
   (is (thrown? #+clj Exception #+cljs js/Error
@@ -947,6 +955,11 @@
   (is (thrown? #+clj Exception #+cljs js/Error
     (select [:a (identity even?)] {:a 2})
     ))
+  ;; this tests a bug that existed before ^:staticparam annotation
+  ;; for pathedfns
+  (is (thrown? #+clj Exception #+cljs js/Error
+    (select [(s/putval 10) (s/transformed s/STAY #(inc %))] 10)
+    ))
   (let [p :a]
     (is (thrown? #+clj Exception #+cljs js/Error
       (select [p even?] {:a 2})
@@ -991,3 +1004,10 @@
            [1 "a" "b" 2 3 "c" 4 5 6 "d" "e" "f"]
            )))
   )
+
+;; there was a bug where the transform-fn was being factored by inline caching
+;; this verifies that it doesn't do inline caching
+(deftest transformed-inline-caching
+  (dotimes [i 10]
+    (is (= [(inc i)] (select (s/transformed s/STAY #(+ % i)) 1)))
+    ))