diff --git a/Stickers/ModSettings.cs b/Stickers/ModSettings.cs
index 85dbae5..0ea6971 100644
--- a/Stickers/ModSettings.cs
+++ b/Stickers/ModSettings.cs
@@ -51,7 +51,7 @@ public static class ModSettings
         Category.CreateEntry("tab_double_click", TabDoubleClick.ToggleStickerMode, "Tab Double Click", "The action to perform when double clicking the Stickers tab.");
     
     internal static readonly MelonPreferences_Entry<string[]> Hidden_SelectedStickerNames =
-        Category.CreateEntry("selected_sticker_name", Array.Empty<string>(), 
+        Category.CreateEntry("selected_sticker_name", new[] { "", "", "", "" }, 
             display_name: "Selected Sticker Name", 
             description: "The name of the sticker selected for stickering.", 
             is_hidden: true);
@@ -78,6 +78,11 @@ public static class ModSettings
         // ensure sticker slots are initialized to the correct size
         string[] selectedStickerNames = Hidden_SelectedStickerNames.Value;
         if (selectedStickerNames.Length != MaxStickerSlots) Array.Resize(ref selectedStickerNames, MaxStickerSlots);
+        
+        // ensure theres no null entries so toml shuts the fuck up
+        for (int i = 0; i < selectedStickerNames.Length; i++)
+            selectedStickerNames[i] ??= "";
+
         Hidden_SelectedStickerNames.Value = selectedStickerNames;
 
         foreach (var selectedSticker in selectedStickerNames)
diff --git a/Stickers/Properties/AssemblyInfo.cs b/Stickers/Properties/AssemblyInfo.cs
index cf05529..45de81f 100644
--- a/Stickers/Properties/AssemblyInfo.cs
+++ b/Stickers/Properties/AssemblyInfo.cs
@@ -27,6 +27,6 @@ using System.Reflection;
 namespace NAK.Stickers.Properties;
 internal static class AssemblyInfoParams
 {
-    public const string Version = "1.0.5";
+    public const string Version = "1.0.6";
     public const string Author = "NotAKidoS";
 }
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diff --git a/Stickers/format.json b/Stickers/format.json
index c29740a..8eb9979 100644
--- a/Stickers/format.json
+++ b/Stickers/format.json
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 {
   "_id": 232,
   "name": "Stickers",
-  "modversion": "1.0.5",
+  "modversion": "1.0.6",
   "gameversion": "2024r175",
   "loaderversion": "0.6.1",
   "modtype": "Mod",
@@ -18,6 +18,6 @@
   ],
   "downloadlink": "https://github.com/NotAKidoS/NAK_CVR_Mods/releases/download/r40/Stickers.dll",
   "sourcelink": "https://github.com/NotAKidoS/NAK_CVR_Mods/tree/main/Stickers/",
-  "changelog": "- Added Friends Only setting.\n- Added button to clear sticker thumbnail cache.\n- Added Identify button to Player Selection page.\n- Added `[NoSticker]` GameObject name check. \n- Adjusted inbound network buffers to be cleared on initial connection to an instance.\n- Adjusted selecting a new image for a sticker slot to clear stickers in-scene for that slot.\n- Stripped all unused classes a bunch of other methods from decalery.\n  - Completely removed Skinned Mesh Renderer support as it required running on CPU.\n  - Most uploaded content is not marked as readable anyways (plus it crashed consistantly).\n- Fixed nullref spam when clearing stickers when sticker was already marked as dead.",
+  "changelog": "- Added Friends Only setting.\n- Added button to clear sticker thumbnail cache.\n- Added Identify button to Player Selection page.\n- Added `[NoSticker]` GameObject name check. \n- Adjusted inbound network buffers to be cleared on initial connection to an instance.\n- Adjusted selecting a new image for a sticker slot to clear stickers in-scene for that slot.\n- Stripped all unused classes a bunch of other methods from decalery.\n  - Completely removed Skinned Mesh Renderer support as it required running on CPU.\n  - Most uploaded content is not marked as readable anyways (plus it crashed consistantly).\n- Fixed nullref spam when clearing stickers when sticker was already marked as dead.\n- Fixed issue where saving melon preferences would error due to null sticker selection.",
   "embedcolor": "#f61963"
 }
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