diff --git a/external/solanaceae_plugin b/external/solanaceae_plugin
index 82cfb6d4..f7a51975 160000
--- a/external/solanaceae_plugin
+++ b/external/solanaceae_plugin
@@ -1 +1 @@
-Subproject commit 82cfb6d4920a2d6eb19e3f3560b20ec281a5fa81
+Subproject commit f7a519754d31313a5312a01a9c569edf76d15bac
diff --git a/src/main_screen.cpp b/src/main_screen.cpp
index 1c0ecf35..798d239b 100644
--- a/src/main_screen.cpp
+++ b/src/main_screen.cpp
@@ -83,7 +83,9 @@ MainScreen::MainScreen(SDL_Renderer* renderer_, Theme& theme_, std::string save_
 			// function pointers are funky
 			g_provideInstance("ImGuiMemAllocFunc", ImGui::GetVersion(), "host", reinterpret_cast<void*>(alloc_func));
 			g_provideInstance("ImGuiMemFreeFunc", ImGui::GetVersion(), "host", reinterpret_cast<void*>(free_func));
-			g_provideInstance("ImGuiMemUserData", ImGui::GetVersion(), "host", user_data);
+			if (user_data != nullptr) { // dont register nullptrs (can be valid, we rely on the other 2 pointers to indicate)
+				g_provideInstance("ImGuiMemUserData", ImGui::GetVersion(), "host", user_data);
+			}
 		}
 
 		g_provideInstance<TextureUploaderI>("TextureUploaderI", "host", &sdlrtu);