diff --git a/cpmpy/expressions/core.py b/cpmpy/expressions/core.py
index cc50c74c6..6f7e32140 100644
--- a/cpmpy/expressions/core.py
+++ b/cpmpy/expressions/core.py
@@ -554,26 +554,31 @@ def get_bounds(self):
             lb1, ub1 = get_bounds(self.args[0])
             lb2, ub2 = get_bounds(self.args[1])
             bounds = [lb1 * lb2, lb1 * ub2, ub1 * lb2, ub1 * ub2]
-            return min(bounds), max(bounds)
+            lowerbound, upperbound = min(bounds), max(bounds)
         elif self.name == 'sum':
             lbs, ubs = zip(*[get_bounds(x) for x in self.args])
-            return sum(lbs), sum(ubs)
+            lowerbound, upperbound = sum(lbs), sum(ubs)
         elif self.name == 'wsum':
             weights, vars = self.args
-            var_bounds = np.array([get_bounds(arg) for arg in vars]).T
-            bounds = var_bounds * weights
-            return bounds.min(axis=0).sum(), bounds.max(axis=0).sum()  # for every column is axis=0...
+            bounds = []
+            #this may seem like too many lines, but avoiding np.sum avoids overflowing things at int32 bounds
+            for i, varbounds in enumerate([get_bounds(arg) for arg in vars]):
+                sortbounds = (list(weights[i] * x for x in varbounds))
+                sortbounds.sort()
+                bounds += [sortbounds]
+            lbs, ubs = (zip(*bounds))
+            lowerbound, upperbound = sum(lbs), sum(ubs) #this is builtins sum, not numpy sum
         elif self.name == 'sub':
             lb1, ub1 = get_bounds(self.args[0])
             lb2, ub2 = get_bounds(self.args[1])
-            return lb1-ub2, ub1-lb2
+            lowerbound, upperbound = lb1-ub2, ub1-lb2
         elif self.name == 'div':
             lb1, ub1 = get_bounds(self.args[0])
             lb2, ub2 = get_bounds(self.args[1])
             if lb2 <= 0 <= ub2:
                 raise ZeroDivisionError("division by domain containing 0 is not supported")
             bounds = [lb1 // lb2, lb1 // ub2, ub1 // lb2, ub1 // ub2]
-            return min(bounds), max(bounds)
+            lowerbound, upperbound = min(bounds), max(bounds)
         elif self.name == 'mod':
             lb1, ub1 = get_bounds(self.args[0])
             lb2, ub2 = get_bounds(self.args[1])
@@ -595,14 +600,18 @@ def get_bounds(self):
                 # E.g., (-2)^2 is positive, but (-2)^1 is negative, so for (-2)^[0,2] we also need to add (-2)^1.
                 bounds += [lb1 ** (ub2 - 1), ub1 ** (ub2 - 1)] 
                 # This approach is safe but not tight (e.g., [-2,-1]^2 will give (-2,4) as range instead of [1,4]).
-            return min(bounds), max(bounds)
+            lowerbound, upperbound = min(bounds), max(bounds)
 
         elif self.name == '-':
             lb1, ub1 = get_bounds(self.args[0])
-            return -ub1, -lb1
-        
-        raise ValueError(f"Bound requested for unknown expression {self}, please report bug on github")
-        
+            lowerbound, upperbound = -ub1, -lb1
+
+        if lowerbound == None:
+            raise ValueError(f"Bound requested for unknown expression {self}, please report bug on github")
+        if lowerbound > upperbound:
+            #overflow happened
+            raise OverflowError('Overflow when calculating bounds, your expression exceeds integer bounds.')
+        return lowerbound, upperbound
 def _wsum_should(arg):
     """ Internal helper: should the arg be in a wsum instead of sum