diff --git a/packages/org.gamecult.eve.unity-scene/Runtime/CultMesh/EveUnityCultMeshLiveProviderTransport.cs b/packages/org.gamecult.eve.unity-scene/Runtime/CultMesh/EveUnityCultMeshLiveProviderTransport.cs
index 422db24..f594c29 100644
--- a/packages/org.gamecult.eve.unity-scene/Runtime/CultMesh/EveUnityCultMeshLiveProviderTransport.cs
+++ b/packages/org.gamecult.eve.unity-scene/Runtime/CultMesh/EveUnityCultMeshLiveProviderTransport.cs
@@ -875,7 +875,8 @@ namespace GameCult.Eve.UnityScene
                             _runtimeId,
                             entityBodyId))
                     .GetAwaiter().GetResult();
-                QueueBodyPublication(_entityBody.Current);
+                if (_entityBody.HasValue)
+                    QueueBodyPublication(_entityBody.Current);
                 _entityBody.Changed += QueueBodyPublication;
                 _entityBody.Removed += () => _liveDocuments.Enqueue(new InvalidOperationException(
                     $"The provider withdrew required entity body '{entityBodyId}'."));
diff --git a/packages/org.gamecult.eve.unity-scene/package.json b/packages/org.gamecult.eve.unity-scene/package.json
index e788885..7e34cc3 100644
--- a/packages/org.gamecult.eve.unity-scene/package.json
+++ b/packages/org.gamecult.eve.unity-scene/package.json
@@ -1,11 +1,11 @@
 {
     "name": "org.gamecult.eve.unity-scene",
     "displayName": "Eve Unity Scene Lowering",
-    "version": "0.3.86",
+    "version": "0.3.87",
     "unity": "6000.0",
     "description": "Provider-agnostic Unity scene shell for gamecult.eve.surface.v1 interactive world surfaces.",
     "dependencies": {
-        "org.gamecult.cultlib": "1.0.28",
+        "org.gamecult.cultlib": "1.0.29",
         "org.gamecult.eve.plugin-fields": "0.2.3",
         "org.gamecult.eve.surface": "0.2.4",
         "com.unity.mathematics": "1.3.2",