diff --git a/1.5/Assemblies/Rimworld-Animations.dll b/1.5/Assemblies/Rimworld-Animations.dll
index fa7e05c..0edf7e7 100644
Binary files a/1.5/Assemblies/Rimworld-Animations.dll and b/1.5/Assemblies/Rimworld-Animations.dll differ
diff --git a/1.5/Source/Comps/CompExtendedAnimator.cs b/1.5/Source/Comps/CompExtendedAnimator.cs
index ed810fd..9782ae9 100644
--- a/1.5/Source/Comps/CompExtendedAnimator.cs
+++ b/1.5/Source/Comps/CompExtendedAnimator.cs
@@ -204,10 +204,10 @@ namespace Rimworld_Animations {
         public void CheckAndPlaySounds()
         {
 
-            PawnRenderNode rootNode = pawn.Drawer.renderer.renderTree.rootNode;
+            PawnRenderNode rootNode = pawn.Drawer?.renderer?.renderTree?.rootNode;
 
             //check if the rootnode has sounds; if so play it
-            if (rootNode.AnimationWorker is AnimationWorker_KeyframesExtended animWorker)
+            if (rootNode?.AnimationWorker is AnimationWorker_KeyframesExtended animWorker)
             {
                 SoundDef sound = animWorker.soundAtTick(rootNode.tree.AnimationTick);
                 if (sound != null)
@@ -220,7 +220,7 @@ namespace Rimworld_Animations {
             //do the same for all the child nodes
             foreach (PawnRenderNode node in rootNode.children)
             {
-                if (node.AnimationWorker is AnimationWorker_KeyframesExtended childrenAnimWorker)
+                if (node?.AnimationWorker is AnimationWorker_KeyframesExtended childrenAnimWorker)
                 {
                     SoundDef sound = childrenAnimWorker.soundAtTick(node.tree.AnimationTick);
                     if (sound != null)