diff --git a/Distribution/GameData/ConformalDecals/Plugins/ConformalDecals.dll b/Distribution/GameData/ConformalDecals/Plugins/ConformalDecals.dll
index 7638b81..3546826 100644
--- a/Distribution/GameData/ConformalDecals/Plugins/ConformalDecals.dll
+++ b/Distribution/GameData/ConformalDecals/Plugins/ConformalDecals.dll
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
 version https://git-lfs.github.com/spec/v1
-oid sha256:7b71c371f4db1ec56730e30d79c3dcfaeca02167a15e25d595e066907f4e5a3a
+oid sha256:928c876dbb2ffadb39a567a5d74bef52f3fc466030b75e15ca67bd895ba2684e
 size 29184
diff --git a/Source/ConformalDecals/ModuleConformalDecal.cs b/Source/ConformalDecals/ModuleConformalDecal.cs
index ac0f3bd..8e2217b 100644
--- a/Source/ConformalDecals/ModuleConformalDecal.cs
+++ b/Source/ConformalDecals/ModuleConformalDecal.cs
@@ -427,6 +427,5 @@ namespace ConformalDecals {
                 target.Render(decalMaterial, part.mpb, camera);
             }
         }
-
     }
 }
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/Source/ConformalDecals/ProjectionTarget.cs b/Source/ConformalDecals/ProjectionTarget.cs
index 3cbbe31..ce69143 100644
--- a/Source/ConformalDecals/ProjectionTarget.cs
+++ b/Source/ConformalDecals/ProjectionTarget.cs
@@ -17,6 +17,9 @@ namespace ConformalDecals {
 
         // property block
         private readonly MaterialPropertyBlock _decalMPB;
+        
+        private static readonly int normalID   = Shader.PropertyToID("_BumpMap");
+        private static readonly int normalIDST = Shader.PropertyToID("_BumpMap_ST");
 
         public ProjectionTarget(MeshRenderer targetRenderer, Mesh targetMesh, bool useBaseNormal) {
             target = targetRenderer.transform;
@@ -26,10 +29,7 @@ namespace ConformalDecals {
 
             _decalMPB = new MaterialPropertyBlock();
 
-            if (useBaseNormal) {
-                var normalID = Shader.PropertyToID("_BumpMap");
-                var normalIDST = Shader.PropertyToID("_BumpMap_ST");
-
+            if (useBaseNormal && targetMaterial.HasProperty(normalID)) {
                 var normal = targetMaterial.GetTexture(normalID);
                 if (normal != null) {