diff --git a/src/bindings/squirrelfunctions.rs b/src/bindings/squirrelfunctions.rs
index 5b22c42..31f8847 100644
--- a/src/bindings/squirrelfunctions.rs
+++ b/src/bindings/squirrelfunctions.rs
@@ -61,7 +61,7 @@ offset_functions! {
         sq_defconst = sq_defconstType where offset(0x12120);
 
         sq_compilebuffer = sq_compilebufferType where offset(0x3110);
-        sq_pushroottable = sq_pushroottableType where offset(0x5840);
+        sq_pushroottable = sq_pushroottableType where offset(0x5860);
         sq_call = sq_callType where offset(0x8650);
         sq_compilefile = sq_compilefileType where offset(0xF950);
 
diff --git a/src/high/northstar.rs b/src/high/northstar.rs
index efbf834..02b44c4 100644
--- a/src/high/northstar.rs
+++ b/src/high/northstar.rs
@@ -17,7 +17,25 @@ impl PluginInfo {
         dependency_name: &'static str,
         context: PluginContext,
     ) -> Self {
-        assert!(log_name.len() == 9, "log name is used for logging and ideally should be 9 chars long and all upercase to look like every other log str");
+        assert!(
+            name.as_bytes()[name.len().saturating_sub(1)] == 0,
+            "name has to end with a null char to be a null terminated string"
+        );
+        assert!(
+            log_name.as_bytes()[log_name.len().saturating_sub(1)] == 0,
+            "log_name has to end with a null char to be a null terminated string"
+        );
+        assert!(
+            dependency_name.as_bytes()[dependency_name.len().saturating_sub(1)] == 0,
+            "dependency_name has to end with a null char to be a null terminated string"
+        );
+        assert!(name.len() > 1, "consider actually having a name");
+        assert!(log_name.len() > 1, "consider actually having a log_name");
+        assert!(
+            dependency_name.len() > 1,
+            "consider actually having a dependency_name"
+        );
+        assert!(log_name.len().saturating_sub(1) == 9, "log name is used for logging and ideally should be 9 chars long and all upercase to look like every other log str");
         Self {
             name,
             log_name,
diff --git a/src/interfaces/external.rs b/src/interfaces/external.rs
index 61c5cac..df0b252 100644
--- a/src/interfaces/external.rs
+++ b/src/interfaces/external.rs
@@ -26,6 +26,7 @@ macro_rules! create_external_interface {
             }
 
             impl $crate::interfaces::external::SourceInterface for $interface_name {
+                #[inline]
                 fn get_vtable(&self) -> core::ptr::NonNull<fn()> {
                     self.vtable
                 }
@@ -44,7 +45,10 @@ macro_rules! create_external_interface {
             $(
                 $func_vis unsafe fn $name( &self, $($arg_name: $arg,)* ) -> $output {
                     use $crate::interfaces::external::SourceInterface;
-                    unsafe { (std::mem::transmute::<_,unsafe extern "C" fn($($arg),*) -> $output>(self.get_func($mod_name::Counter::$name as usize)))( $($arg_name),* ) }
+                    use std::ffi::c_void;
+                    unsafe { (std::mem::transmute::<_,unsafe extern "C" fn(*const c_void, $($arg),*) -> $output>(self.get_func($mod_name::Counter::$name as usize)))(
+                        self as *const Self as *const c_void, $($arg_name),*
+                    ) }
                 }
             )*
         }
@@ -54,6 +58,7 @@ macro_rules! create_external_interface {
 pub trait SourceInterface<Rtrn = Self> {
     fn get_vtable(&self) -> NonNull<fn()>;
 
+    #[inline]
     fn get_func(&self, index: usize) -> fn() {
         unsafe { *self.get_vtable().as_ptr().add(index) }
     }
diff --git a/src/macros/entry.rs b/src/macros/entry.rs
index dde33b2..86dcc6c 100644
--- a/src/macros/entry.rs
+++ b/src/macros/entry.rs
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@
 ///
 /// impl Plugin for BasicPlugin {
 /// const PLUGIN_INFO: PluginInfo =
-///         PluginInfo::new("test", "Testttttt", "test", PluginContext::all());
+///         PluginInfo::new("test\0", "Testttttt\0", "test\0", PluginContext::all());
 ///
 ///     fn new(reloaded: bool) -> Self {
 ///         Self {}
@@ -300,7 +300,7 @@ mod test_entry {
 
     impl Plugin for Test {
         const PLUGIN_INFO: PluginInfo =
-            PluginInfo::new("test", "Testttttt", "test", PluginContext::all());
+            PluginInfo::new("test\0", "Testttttt\0", "test\0", PluginContext::all());
 
         fn new(_reloaded: bool) -> Self {
             Self {}