diff --git a/betterstats-3-fabric-1.20.1/gradle.properties b/betterstats-3-fabric-1.20.1/gradle.properties
index 64de0715..979509e8 100644
--- a/betterstats-3-fabric-1.20.1/gradle.properties
+++ b/betterstats-3-fabric-1.20.1/gradle.properties
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ org.gradle.jvmargs=-Xmx1G
 	mod_name = Better Statistics Screen
 	mod_description = Improves the statistics screen and makes it more useful.
 	mod_author = TheCSDev
-	mod_version = 3.0.0+fabric-1.20.1
+	mod_version = 3.1+fabric-1.20.1
 	
 	mod_contact_homepage = https://github.com/TheCSMods
 	mod_contact_sources = https://github.com/TheCSMods/mc-better-stats
@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@ org.gradle.jvmargs=-Xmx1G
 	mod_depends_minecraft = >=1.20
 	mod_depends_java = >=17
 	
-	mod_jar_tcdcommons = META-INF/jarjar/tcdcommons-3.0.0+fabric-1.20.1.jar
+	mod_jar_tcdcommons = META-INF/jarjar/tcdcommons-3.1+fabric-1.20.1.jar
 	
 	pack_mcmeta_format = 15
 
diff --git a/betterstats-3-fabric-1.20.1/src/main/java/io/github/thecsdev/betterstats/api/util/stats/SUGeneralStat.java b/betterstats-3-fabric-1.20.1/src/main/java/io/github/thecsdev/betterstats/api/util/stats/SUGeneralStat.java
index 0422fb72..a5aa49cc 100644
--- a/betterstats-3-fabric-1.20.1/src/main/java/io/github/thecsdev/betterstats/api/util/stats/SUGeneralStat.java
+++ b/betterstats-3-fabric-1.20.1/src/main/java/io/github/thecsdev/betterstats/api/util/stats/SUGeneralStat.java
@@ -8,9 +8,11 @@
 import java.util.Comparator;
 import java.util.List;
 import java.util.Objects;
+import java.util.Optional;
 import java.util.function.Predicate;
 
 import org.jetbrains.annotations.Nullable;
+import org.jetbrains.annotations.ApiStatus.Internal;
 
 import io.github.thecsdev.betterstats.api.util.io.IStatsProvider;
 import it.unimi.dsi.fastutil.objects.ObjectArrayList;
@@ -39,12 +41,19 @@ public final class SUGeneralStat extends SUStat<Identifier>
 	// ==================================================
 	public SUGeneralStat(IStatsProvider statsProvider, Stat<Identifier> stat)
 	{
-		super(statsProvider, Registries.CUSTOM_STAT.get(stat.getValue()), getGeneralStatText(stat));
+		super(statsProvider, id(stat), getGeneralStatText(stat));
 		this.stat = Objects.requireNonNull(stat);
 		this.value = statsProvider.getStatValue(stat);
 		this.valueText = fLiteral(stat.format(this.value));
 		this.isEmpty = this.value == 0;
 	}
+	// --------------------------------------------------
+	private static final @Internal Identifier id(Stat<Identifier> stat)
+	{
+		//not the intended way of dealing with this, but has to be done to deal with incompatibilities,
+		//and by incompatibilities i mean mod devs. not registering their stats because... idk either
+		return Optional.ofNullable(Registries.CUSTOM_STAT.get(stat.getValue())).orElse(ID_NULL);
+	}
 	// ==================================================
 	/**
 	 * Returns the "general" {@link Stat} that corresponds with this {@link SUGeneralStat}.
@@ -88,7 +97,8 @@ public static String getGeneralStatTranslationKey(Stat<Identifier> stat)
 		statsList.sort(Comparator.comparing(stat -> translatable(getGeneralStatTranslationKey(stat)).getString()));
 		
 		for(final var stat : statsList) result.add(new SUGeneralStat(statsProvider, stat));
-		if(filter != null) result.removeIf(filter.negate());
+		//filter out stats with NULL IDs and stats the filter filters out
+		result.removeIf(stat -> Objects.equals(ID_NULL, stat.getStatID()) || (filter != null && !filter.test(stat)));
 		
 		//return the result list
 		return result;
diff --git a/betterstats-3-fabric-1.20.1/src/main/java/io/github/thecsdev/betterstats/api/util/stats/SUStat.java b/betterstats-3-fabric-1.20.1/src/main/java/io/github/thecsdev/betterstats/api/util/stats/SUStat.java
index 3b73e417..8f385a92 100644
--- a/betterstats-3-fabric-1.20.1/src/main/java/io/github/thecsdev/betterstats/api/util/stats/SUStat.java
+++ b/betterstats-3-fabric-1.20.1/src/main/java/io/github/thecsdev/betterstats/api/util/stats/SUStat.java
@@ -24,6 +24,8 @@
 public abstract @Internal class SUStat<T> extends Object
 {
 	// ==================================================
+	public static final Identifier ID_NULL = new Identifier("null");
+	// --------------------------------------------------
 	protected final IStatsProvider statsProvider;
 	protected final Identifier statId;
 	protected final Text statLabel;
diff --git a/betterstats-3-fabric-1.20.1/src/main/resources/META-INF/jarjar/tcdcommons-3.0.0+fabric-1.20.1.jar b/betterstats-3-fabric-1.20.1/src/main/resources/META-INF/jarjar/tcdcommons-3.1+fabric-1.20.1.jar
similarity index 72%
rename from betterstats-3-fabric-1.20.1/src/main/resources/META-INF/jarjar/tcdcommons-3.0.0+fabric-1.20.1.jar
rename to betterstats-3-fabric-1.20.1/src/main/resources/META-INF/jarjar/tcdcommons-3.1+fabric-1.20.1.jar
index 02224d55..5d54f9db 100644
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