diff --git a/Libs/LibOpenRaid/LibOpenRaid.lua b/Libs/LibOpenRaid/LibOpenRaid.lua
index 102beed5c..525d22902 100644
--- a/Libs/LibOpenRaid/LibOpenRaid.lua
+++ b/Libs/LibOpenRaid/LibOpenRaid.lua
@@ -47,7 +47,7 @@ if (WOW_PROJECT_ID ~= WOW_PROJECT_MAINLINE) then
 end
 
 local major = "LibOpenRaid-1.0"
-local CONST_LIB_VERSION = 41
+local CONST_LIB_VERSION = 43
 LIB_OPEN_RAID_CAN_LOAD = false
 
 --declae the library within the LibStub
@@ -104,6 +104,10 @@ LIB_OPEN_RAID_CAN_LOAD = false
     local CONST_COOLDOWN_INDEX_DURATION = 4
     local CONST_COOLDOWN_INDEX_UPDATETIME = 5
 
+    function openRaidLib.ShowDiagnosticErrors(value)
+        CONST_DIAGNOSTIC_ERRORS = value
+    end
+
     --make the 'pri-nt' word be only used once, this makes easier to find lost debug pri-nts in the code
     local sendChatMessage = function(...)
         print(...)
@@ -169,17 +173,29 @@ LIB_OPEN_RAID_CAN_LOAD = false
             local dataCompressed = LibDeflate:DecodeForWoWAddonChannel(data)
             data = LibDeflate:DecompressDeflate(dataCompressed)
 
+            --some users are reporting errors where 'data is nil'. Making some sanitization
+            if (not data) then
+                openRaidLib.DiagnosticError("Invalid data from player:", sender, "data:", text)
+                return
+            elseif (type(data) ~= "string") then
+                openRaidLib.DiagnosticError("Invalid data from player:", sender, "data:", text, "data type is:", type(data))
+                return
+            end
+
             --get the first byte of the data, it indicates what type of data was transmited
             local dataTypePrefix = data:match("^.")
             if (not dataTypePrefix) then
+                openRaidLib.DiagnosticError("Invalid dataTypePrefix from player:", sender, "data:", data, "dataTypePrefix:", dataTypePrefix)
                 return
             elseif (openRaidLib.commPrefixDeprecated[dataTypePrefix]) then
+                openRaidLib.DiagnosticError("Invalid dataTypePrefix from player:", sender, "data:", data, "dataTypePrefix:", dataTypePrefix)
                 return
             end
 
             --if this is isn't a keystone data comm, check if the lib can receive comms
             if (dataTypePrefix ~= CONST_COMM_KEYSTONE_DATA_PREFIX and dataTypePrefix ~= CONST_COMM_KEYSTONE_DATAREQUEST_PREFIX) then
                 if (not openRaidLib.IsCommAllowed()) then
+                    openRaidLib.DiagnosticError("comm not allowed.")
                     return
                 end
             end
@@ -187,6 +203,7 @@ LIB_OPEN_RAID_CAN_LOAD = false
             --get the table with functions regitered for this type of data
             local callbackTable = openRaidLib.commHandler.commCallback[dataTypePrefix]
             if (not callbackTable) then
+                openRaidLib.DiagnosticError("Not callbackTable for dataTypePrefix:", dataTypePrefix, "from player:", sender, "data:", data)
                 return
             end
 
diff --git a/boot.lua b/boot.lua
index 29769422f..1195d10bf 100644
--- a/boot.lua
+++ b/boot.lua
@@ -6,8 +6,8 @@
 
 		local version, build, date, tocversion = GetBuildInfo()
 
-		_detalhes.build_counter = 9822
-		_detalhes.alpha_build_counter = 9822 --if this is higher than the regular counter, use it instead
+		_detalhes.build_counter = 9823
+		_detalhes.alpha_build_counter = 9823 --if this is higher than the regular counter, use it instead
 		_detalhes.bcc_counter = 39
 		_detalhes.dont_open_news = true
 		_detalhes.game_version = version