diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 87d9df13..fd2d2717 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
     "name": "@helios-lang/compiler",
-    "version": "0.17.0-88",
+    "version": "0.17.0-89",
     "description": "Helios is a Domain Specific Language that compiles to Plutus-Core (i.e. Cardano on-chain validator scripts). Helios is a non-Haskell alternative to Plutus. With this library you can compile Helios scripts and build Cardano transactions, all you need to build 100% client-side dApps for Cardano.",
     "main": "src/index.js",
     "types": "types/index.d.ts",
diff --git a/src/codegen/Definitions.js b/src/codegen/Definitions.js
index de10daf1..959fa168 100644
--- a/src/codegen/Definitions.js
+++ b/src/codegen/Definitions.js
@@ -98,7 +98,8 @@ export function genExtraDefs(options) {
         )
 
         const ownHash = options.hashDependencies[options.name]
-        if (ownHash) {
+        if (ownHash && ownHash.length > 1) {
+            // make sure ownHash isn't a dummy value
             // this is a special situation in which we know the ownHash because it is derived from another compilation, but we still want to call these functions because they might fail
             ir = $`(_ignored) -> {
                 #${ownHash.startsWith("#") ? ownHash.slice(1) : ownHash}
diff --git a/src/program/version.js b/src/program/version.js
index 9965c090..03dea07d 100644
--- a/src/program/version.js
+++ b/src/program/version.js
@@ -1 +1 @@
-export const VERSION = "0.17.0-88"
+export const VERSION = "0.17.0-89"