diff --git a/NewHorizons/Components/EOTE/NHSlideCollection.cs b/NewHorizons/Components/EOTE/NHSlideCollection.cs
index 905187f7..6b13a833 100644
--- a/NewHorizons/Components/EOTE/NHSlideCollection.cs
+++ b/NewHorizons/Components/EOTE/NHSlideCollection.cs
@@ -158,6 +158,7 @@ public class NHSlideCollection : SlideCollection
                     _pathsBeingLoaded.Remove(path);
                     if (_shipLogSlideProjector == null)
                     {
+                        // Object.FindObjectOfType doesnt work with inactive
                         _shipLogSlideProjector = Resources.FindObjectsOfTypeAll<ShipLogSlideProjector>().FirstOrDefault();
                     }
                     if (_shipLogSlideProjector != null)
diff --git a/NewHorizons/Patches/ToolPatches/ToolModeSwapperPatches.cs b/NewHorizons/Patches/ToolPatches/ToolModeSwapperPatches.cs
index 63986a2a..b0a0168d 100644
--- a/NewHorizons/Patches/ToolPatches/ToolModeSwapperPatches.cs
+++ b/NewHorizons/Patches/ToolPatches/ToolModeSwapperPatches.cs
@@ -5,6 +5,8 @@ namespace NewHorizons.Patches.ToolPatches
     [HarmonyPatch(typeof(ToolModeSwapper))]
     public static class ToolModeSwapperPatches
     {
+        private static ShipCockpitController _shipCockpitController;
+
         // Patches ToolModeSwapper.EquipToolMode(ToolMode mode) to deny swaps if you're holding a vision torch.
         // This is critical for preventing swapping to the scout launcher (causes memory slides to fail) but it
         // just doesn't look right when you switch to other stuff (eg the signalscope), so I'm disabling swapping tools entirely
@@ -21,7 +23,9 @@ namespace NewHorizons.Patches.ToolPatches
                 mode == ToolMode.Probe ||
                 mode == ToolMode.SignalScope ||
                 mode == ToolMode.Translator;
-            var isInShip = UnityEngine.Object.FindObjectOfType<ShipCockpitController>()?._playerAtFlightConsole ?? false;
+            if (_shipCockpitController == null)
+                _shipCockpitController = UnityEngine.Object.FindObjectOfType<ShipCockpitController>();
+            var isInShip = _shipCockpitController != null ? _shipCockpitController._playerAtFlightConsole : false;
 
             if (!isInShip && isHoldingVisionTorch && swappingToRestrictedTool) return false;