diff --git a/QSB/PoolSync/CustomNomaiRemoteCamera.cs b/QSB/PoolSync/CustomNomaiRemoteCamera.cs
index e867dfa3..9364fcdf 100644
--- a/QSB/PoolSync/CustomNomaiRemoteCamera.cs
+++ b/QSB/PoolSync/CustomNomaiRemoteCamera.cs
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ namespace QSB.PoolSync;
 
 internal class CustomNomaiRemoteCamera : MonoBehaviour
 {
-	private OWCamera _camera;
+	public OWCamera _camera;
 	private AudioListener _audioListener;
 	private NomaiViewerImageEffect _viewerImageEffect;
 	private CustomNomaiRemoteCameraPlatform _owningPlatform;
diff --git a/QSB/PoolSync/CustomNomaiRemoteCameraPlatform.cs b/QSB/PoolSync/CustomNomaiRemoteCameraPlatform.cs
index 0ad8f976..358b53c5 100644
--- a/QSB/PoolSync/CustomNomaiRemoteCameraPlatform.cs
+++ b/QSB/PoolSync/CustomNomaiRemoteCameraPlatform.cs
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ using QSB.Player.Messages;
 using QSB.Utility;
 using System.Collections.Generic;
 using System.Linq;
+using System.Reflection;
 using UnityEngine;
 
 namespace QSB.PoolSync;
@@ -516,8 +517,16 @@ internal class CustomNomaiRemoteCameraPlatform : NomaiShared
 
 	private void SwitchToPlayerCamera()
 	{
-		// does nothing except run CCU's prefix
-		_oldPlatform.SwitchToPlayerCamera();
+		if (QSBCore.Helper.Interaction.ModExists("xen.CommonCameraUtility"))
+		{
+			// this is a really fucking dumb fix, but i cannot be
+			// bothered to rewrite this class to make this work better
+			var ccuAssembly = QSBCore.Helper.Interaction.TryGetMod("xen.CommonCameraUtility").GetType().Assembly;
+			var utilClass = ccuAssembly.GetType("CommonCameraUtil.CommonCameraUtil");
+			var instance = utilClass.GetField("Instance", BindingFlags.Public | BindingFlags.Static).GetValue(null);
+			var removeCameraMethod = utilClass.GetMethod("RemoveCamera", BindingFlags.Public | BindingFlags.Instance);
+			removeCameraMethod.Invoke(instance, new object[] { _slavePlatform._ownedCamera._camera });
+		}
 
 		if (_slavePlatform._visualSector != null)
 		{
diff --git a/QSB/manifest.json b/QSB/manifest.json
index 20357d06..55aa0efd 100644
--- a/QSB/manifest.json
+++ b/QSB/manifest.json
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@
 		"body": "- Disable *all* other mods. (Can heavily affect performance)\n- Make sure you are not running any other network-intensive applications."
 	},
 	"uniqueName": "Raicuparta.QuantumSpaceBuddies",
-	"version": "0.28.2",
+	"version": "0.28.3",
 	"owmlVersion": "2.9.0",
 	"dependencies": [ "_nebula.MenuFramework", "JohnCorby.VanillaFix" ],
 	"pathsToPreserve": [ "debugsettings.json" ],