diff --git a/contrib/hydratoolz/plugin.cpp b/contrib/hydratoolz/plugin.cpp
index 79bba252..b04e4022 100644
--- a/contrib/hydratoolz/plugin.cpp
+++ b/contrib/hydratoolz/plugin.cpp
@@ -339,11 +339,14 @@ const char *PLUGIN_COMMANDS = "About...;Create/Update WAD keypair";
 const char *PLUGIN_ABOUT = "HydraToolz v1.0 for GTKRadiant\n\n"
 						   "By Hydra!";
 
+void *g_pMainWidget = NULL;
+
 extern "C" void* WINAPI QERPlug_GetFuncTable(){
 	return &g_FuncTable;
 }
 
 const char* QERPlug_Init( void* hApp, void *pWidget ){
+	g_pMainWidget = pWidget;
 	return "HydraToolz for GTKRadiant"; // do we need this ? hmmm
 }
 
@@ -360,7 +363,7 @@ extern "C" void QERPlug_Dispatch( const char* p, vec3_t vMin, vec3_t vMax, bool
 		UpdateWadKeyPair();
 	}
 	else if ( !strcmp( p, "About..." ) ) {
-		g_FuncTable.m_pfnMessageBox( NULL, PLUGIN_ABOUT, "About", MB_OK, NULL );
+		g_FuncTable.m_pfnMessageBox( g_pMainWidget, PLUGIN_ABOUT, "About", MB_OK, NULL );
 	}
 }
 
diff --git a/plugins/model/plugin.cpp b/plugins/model/plugin.cpp
index dd3e305e..47bc4345 100644
--- a/plugins/model/plugin.cpp
+++ b/plugins/model/plugin.cpp
@@ -155,7 +155,10 @@ static const char *PLUGIN_NAME = "Model loading module";
 static const char *PLUGIN_COMMANDS = "About;-;Flush & Reload Models;Flush & Reload Selected";
 static const char *PLUGIN_ABOUT = "Model Module v1.0 for GtkRadiant\nby Arnout van Meer (rr2do2@splashdamage.com)\n\nBased on the MD3Model Module by SPoG\nPicoModel Library Copyright (c) 2002, Randy Reddig & seaw0lf\n\nSupported models:\n";
 
+void *g_pMainWidget = NULL;
+
 extern "C" const char* QERPlug_Init( void *hApp, void* pMainWidget ){
+	g_pMainWidget = pMainWidget;
 	init_filetypes();
 	return (char *) PLUGIN_NAME;
 }
@@ -188,7 +191,7 @@ extern "C" void QERPlug_Dispatch( const char *p, vec3_t vMin, vec3_t vMax, bool
 			strncat( about_buf, module->copyright, sizeof( about_buf ) - 1 );
 			strncat( about_buf, "\n", sizeof( about_buf ) - 1 );
 		}
-		g_FuncTable.m_pfnMessageBox( NULL, about_buf, "About", MB_OK, NULL );
+		g_FuncTable.m_pfnMessageBox( g_pMainWidget, about_buf, "About", MB_OK, NULL );
 	}
 }
 
diff --git a/plugins/spritemodel/plugin.cpp b/plugins/spritemodel/plugin.cpp
index e73fd988..9c06a8ab 100644
--- a/plugins/spritemodel/plugin.cpp
+++ b/plugins/spritemodel/plugin.cpp
@@ -155,6 +155,8 @@ static const char *PLUGIN_ABOUT = "Sprite Model loading module v0.2 for GTKRadia
 
 const char *supportedmodelformats[] = {"spr","bmp","tga","jpg","hlw",NULL}; // NULL is list delimiter
 
+void *g_pMainWidget = NULL;
+
 static void add_model_apis( CSynapseClient& client ){
 	const char **ext;
 	for ( ext = supportedmodelformats; *ext != NULL; ext++ )
@@ -183,6 +185,7 @@ void init_filetypes(){
 }
 
 extern "C" const char* QERPlug_Init( void *hApp, void* pMainWidget ){
+	g_pMainWidget = pMainWidget;
 	init_filetypes(); // see todo list above.
 	return (char *) PLUGIN_NAME;
 }
@@ -198,7 +201,7 @@ extern "C" const char* QERPlug_GetCommandList(){
 extern "C" void QERPlug_Dispatch( const char *p, vec3_t vMin, vec3_t vMax, bool bSingleBrush ){
 	// NOTE: this never happens in a module
 	if ( !strcmp( p, "About..." ) ) {
-		g_FuncTable.m_pfnMessageBox( NULL, PLUGIN_ABOUT, "About", MB_OK, NULL );
+		g_FuncTable.m_pfnMessageBox( g_pMainWidget, PLUGIN_ABOUT, "About", MB_OK, NULL );
 	}
 }