diff --git a/XIPivot.Ashita/plugin/AshitaInterface.cpp b/XIPivot.Ashita/plugin/AshitaInterface.cpp
index 516b538..3ddc89f 100644
--- a/XIPivot.Ashita/plugin/AshitaInterface.cpp
+++ b/XIPivot.Ashita/plugin/AshitaInterface.cpp
@@ -658,6 +658,7 @@ namespace XiPivot
 		imgui->LabelText(u8"allocation", "%.2fmb", stats.allocation / 1048576.0f);
 		imgui->LabelText(u8"used size", "%.2fmb", stats.used / 1048576.0f);
 		imgui->LabelText(u8"objects", "%d", stats.activeObjects);
+		imgui->LabelText(u8"ignored", "%d", stats.cacheIgnored);
 		imgui->Separator();
 
 		imgui->LabelText(u8"next purge in", "%ds", m_nextCachePurge - time(nullptr));
diff --git a/XIPivot.Ashita/plugin/AshitaInterface.h b/XIPivot.Ashita/plugin/AshitaInterface.h
index 75d0b96..ae1c4de 100644
--- a/XIPivot.Ashita/plugin/AshitaInterface.h
+++ b/XIPivot.Ashita/plugin/AshitaInterface.h
@@ -68,7 +68,6 @@ namespace XiPivot
 		/* helpers for GUI config */
 		void renderOverlayConfigUI(IGuiManager* imgui);
 		void renderMemCacheConfigUI(IGuiManager* imgui);
-		void renderAboutUI(IGuiManager* imgui);
 		void renderCacheStatsUI(IGuiManager* imgui);
 
 		std::vector<std::string> listAvailableOverlays() const;
diff --git a/XIPivot.Ashita/plugin/plugin.cpp b/XIPivot.Ashita/plugin/plugin.cpp
index 176153d..032675b 100644
--- a/XIPivot.Ashita/plugin/plugin.cpp
+++ b/XIPivot.Ashita/plugin/plugin.cpp
@@ -42,7 +42,7 @@ extern "C" {
 		strcpy_s(info->Name, sizeof(info->Name), "XIPivot");
 
 		info->InterfaceVersion = ASHITA_INTERFACE_VERSION;
-		info->PluginVersion = 0.46f;
+		info->PluginVersion = 0.47f;
 		info->Priority = 0;
 	}
 
diff --git a/XIPivot.Ashita_v4/polplugin/AshitaInterface.h b/XIPivot.Ashita_v4/polplugin/AshitaInterface.h
index 0a18fa1..614864e 100644
--- a/XIPivot.Ashita_v4/polplugin/AshitaInterface.h
+++ b/XIPivot.Ashita_v4/polplugin/AshitaInterface.h
@@ -39,7 +39,7 @@ namespace XiPivot
 	{
 		static constexpr auto PluginName = "pivot";
 		static constexpr auto PluginAuthor = "Heals";
-		static constexpr auto PluginVersion = 4.1002;
+		static constexpr auto PluginVersion = 4.1104;
 		static constexpr auto PluginUrl = "https://github.com/Shirk/XIPivot";
 		static constexpr auto PluginDescr = "Runtime DAT, sfx and bgm replacement manager.";
 		static constexpr auto PluginCommand = "pivot";
diff --git a/XIPivot.Ashita_v4/polplugin/UserInterface.cpp b/XIPivot.Ashita_v4/polplugin/UserInterface.cpp
index 999680a..bdb98cb 100644
--- a/XIPivot.Ashita_v4/polplugin/UserInterface.cpp
+++ b/XIPivot.Ashita_v4/polplugin/UserInterface.cpp
@@ -450,6 +450,7 @@ namespace XiPivot
 			imgui->LabelText("allocation", "%.2fmb", stats.allocation / 1048576.0f);
 			imgui->LabelText("used size", "%.2fmb", stats.used / 1048576.0f);
 			imgui->LabelText("objects", "%d", stats.activeObjects);
+			imgui->LabelText("ignored", "%d", stats.cacheIgnored);
 			imgui->Separator();
 
 			imgui->LabelText("next purge in", "%ds", m_cacheNextPurge - time(nullptr));
diff --git a/XIPivot.Core/src/MemCache.cpp b/XIPivot.Core/src/MemCache.cpp
index e34a2d9..d024bbb 100644
--- a/XIPivot.Core/src/MemCache.cpp
+++ b/XIPivot.Core/src/MemCache.cpp
@@ -38,6 +38,9 @@ namespace XiPivot
 	{
 		/* static member initialisation */
 
+		namespace {
+			static constexpr size_t sMaxCacheObjectSize = 104857599U; // 100MB -1byte
+		}
 		MemCache* MemCache::s_instance = nullptr;
 
 		MemCache::pFnReadFile    MemCache::s_procReadFile = ReadFile;
@@ -79,7 +82,7 @@ namespace XiPivot
 
 		MemCache::MemCache()
 			: m_hooksSet(false),
-			  m_stats({ 0, 0, 0, 0, 0 }),
+			  m_stats({ 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0 }),
 			  m_logDebug(ILogProvider::LogLevel::Discard)
 		{
 			m_logger = DummyLogProvider::instance();
@@ -214,6 +217,9 @@ namespace XiPivot
 					++it;
 				}
 			}
+
+			m_stats.cacheIgnored = 0;
+
 			return objectsPurged;
 		}
 
@@ -270,12 +276,20 @@ namespace XiPivot
 				return nullptr;
 			}
 
+			size_t size = GetFileSize(hRef, nullptr);
+			if (size > sMaxCacheObjectSize)
+			{
+				/* do NOT cache objects above sMaxCacheObjectSize lower the risk of "blackouts"
+				 * caused by XI running out of available memory */
+				m_logger->logMessageF(ILogProvider::LogLevel::Debug, "getCachedObject: object size exceeds limit, no cache object created.");
+				++m_stats.cacheIgnored;
+				return nullptr;
+			}
+
 			/* try and create a new object on the fly and store it */
 			CacheObject* obj = new (std::nothrow) CacheObject;
 			if (obj != nullptr)
 			{
-				size_t size = GetFileSize(hRef, nullptr);
-
 				if (m_stats.used + size <= m_stats.allocation)
 				{
 					memset(obj, 0, sizeof(CacheObject));
diff --git a/XIPivot.Core/src/MemCache.h b/XIPivot.Core/src/MemCache.h
index 737daab..e04b6b3 100644
--- a/XIPivot.Core/src/MemCache.h
+++ b/XIPivot.Core/src/MemCache.h
@@ -92,6 +92,7 @@ namespace XiPivot
 
 				unsigned cacheHits;
 				unsigned cacheMisses;
+				unsigned cacheIgnored;
 
 				unsigned activeObjects;
 			};
diff --git a/XIPivot.Windower/lua/XIPivot.lua b/XIPivot.Windower/lua/XIPivot.lua
index 74026db..295948e 100644
--- a/XIPivot.Windower/lua/XIPivot.lua
+++ b/XIPivot.Windower/lua/XIPivot.lua
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@
 
 _addon.name = 'XIPivot'
 _addon.author = 'Heals'
-_addon.version = '0.4.6'
+_addon.version = '0.4.7'
 _addon.command = 'pivot'
 
 config = require('config')