diff --git a/frontend/src/Language/Granule/Checker/Kinding.hs b/frontend/src/Language/Granule/Checker/Kinding.hs
index a4ae4ed4..81c3fb91 100644
--- a/frontend/src/Language/Granule/Checker/Kinding.hs
+++ b/frontend/src/Language/Granule/Checker/Kinding.hs
@@ -1303,7 +1303,12 @@ requiresSolver s ty = do
   case result of
     -- Checking as coeffect or effect caused an error so ignore
     Left _  -> return False
-    Right _ -> putChecker >> return True
+    Right _ ->
+      -- avoid putting sets into the solver as the solver is weak on this
+      case isSet ty of
+       Just _ ->  putChecker >> return False
+       Nothing ->
+        putChecker >> return True
 
 instance Unifiable Substitutors where
     unify' (SubstT t) (SubstT t') = unify' t t'
diff --git a/frontend/tests/cases/negative/simple/set.gr.output b/frontend/tests/cases/negative/simple/set.gr.output
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..809299fb
--- /dev/null
+++ b/frontend/tests/cases/negative/simple/set.gr.output
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+Type checking failed: 
+Falsifiable theorem: frontend/tests/cases/negative/simple/set.gr:14:1:
+  When checking `non-example`, {Contacts} is not approximatable by {Location} for type Set Privilege
\ No newline at end of file