diff --git a/external/solanaceae_message_serializer b/external/solanaceae_message_serializer
index e574c4f7..f83026be 160000
--- a/external/solanaceae_message_serializer
+++ b/external/solanaceae_message_serializer
@@ -1 +1 @@
-Subproject commit e574c4f7798ab8529879fb9f58795ac3c346daf6
+Subproject commit f83026beed88ef344ce5f59ea369eef152742e68
diff --git a/src/chat_gui4.cpp b/src/chat_gui4.cpp
index cfb6b2c9..832a16be 100644
--- a/src/chat_gui4.cpp
+++ b/src/chat_gui4.cpp
@@ -1048,6 +1048,11 @@ void ChatGui4::renderMessageBodyText(Message3Registry& reg, const Message3 e) {
 
 void ChatGui4::renderMessageBodyFile(Message3Registry& reg, const Message3 e) {
 	auto o = reg.get<Message::Components::MessageFileObject>(e).o;
+	if (!o) {
+		ImGui::TextDisabled("file message missing file object!");
+		return;
+	}
+
 	if (
 		!_show_chat_avatar_tf
 		&& (
@@ -1457,7 +1462,7 @@ void ChatGui4::pasteFile(const char* mime_type) {
 		size_t data_size = 0;
 		void* data = SDL_GetClipboardData(mime_type, &data_size);
 
-		std::cout << "CG: pasted image of size " << data_size << " mime " << mime_type << "\n";
+		std::cout << "CG: pasted image of size: " << data_size << " mimetype: " << mime_type << "\n";
 
 		_sip.sendMemory(
 			static_cast<const uint8_t*>(data), data_size,
diff --git a/src/main_screen.cpp b/src/main_screen.cpp
index fbb02e34..d49a6c2c 100644
--- a/src/main_screen.cpp
+++ b/src/main_screen.cpp
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ MainScreen::MainScreen(SimpleConfigModel&& conf_, SDL_Renderer* renderer_, Theme
 	renderer(renderer_),
 	conf(std::move(conf_)),
 	rmm(cr),
-	msnj{cr, {}, {}},
+	msnj{cr, os, {}, {}},
 	mts(rmm),
 	sm(os),
 	tc(save_path, save_password),