diff --git a/sphaira/include/utils/devoptab.hpp b/sphaira/include/utils/devoptab.hpp
index 752e65c..480ecd3 100644
--- a/sphaira/include/utils/devoptab.hpp
+++ b/sphaira/include/utils/devoptab.hpp
@@ -32,4 +32,8 @@ Result GetNetworkDevices(location::StdioEntries& out);
 void UmountAllNeworkDevices();
 void UmountNeworkDevice(const fs::FsPath& mount);
 
+// manually set the array so that we can avoid nullptr access.
+// SEE: https://github.com/devkitPro/newlib/issues/35
+void FixDkpBug();
+
 } // namespace sphaira::devoptab
diff --git a/sphaira/source/app.cpp b/sphaira/source/app.cpp
index 45f6f11..2b028ef 100644
--- a/sphaira/source/app.cpp
+++ b/sphaira/source/app.cpp
@@ -1567,6 +1567,8 @@ App::App(const char* argv0) {
             }
         }
 
+        devoptab::FixDkpBug();
+
 #ifdef ENABLE_LIBHAZE
         if (App::GetMtpEnable()) {
             SCOPED_TIMESTAMP("mtp init");
diff --git a/sphaira/source/utils/devoptab_common.cpp b/sphaira/source/utils/devoptab_common.cpp
index 919af73..e894902 100644
--- a/sphaira/source/utils/devoptab_common.cpp
+++ b/sphaira/source/utils/devoptab_common.cpp
@@ -11,6 +11,11 @@
 #include <minIni.h>
 #include <curl/curl.h>
 
+// see FixDkpBug();
+extern "C" {
+    extern const devoptab_t dotab_stdnull;
+}
+
 namespace sphaira::devoptab::common {
 namespace {
 
@@ -1544,4 +1549,15 @@ void UmountNeworkDevice(const fs::FsPath& mount) {
     }
 }
 
+void FixDkpBug() {
+    const int max = 35;
+
+    for (int i = 0; i < max; i++) {
+        if (!devoptab_list[i]) {
+            devoptab_list[i] = &dotab_stdnull;
+            log_write("[DEVOPTAB] Fixing DKP bug at index: %d\n", i);
+        }
+    }
+}
+
 } // sphaira::devoptab