diff --git a/examples/coroutine_state.cpp b/examples/coroutine_state.cpp
index 2f0770c8..f99b5da4 100644
--- a/examples/coroutine_state.cpp
+++ b/examples/coroutine_state.cpp
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@
 #include <iostream>
 
 int main(int, char*[]) {
+	std::cout << "=== coroutine state transfer example ===" << std::endl;
 
 	sol::state lua;
 	lua.open_libraries();
@@ -42,5 +43,7 @@ int main(int, char*[]) {
 	int i = lua["i"];
 	assert(i == 1);
 
+	std::cout << std::endl;
+
 	return 0;
 }
diff --git a/examples/dynamic_object.cpp b/examples/dynamic_object.cpp
index 8af23da3..36dc4989 100644
--- a/examples/dynamic_object.cpp
+++ b/examples/dynamic_object.cpp
@@ -77,7 +77,7 @@ assert(value == 15)
 	auto script_result = lua.safe_script("local value = d1:run(5)", sol::script_pass_on_error);
 	assert(!script_result.valid());
 	sol::error err = script_result;
-	std::cout << "received error: " << err.what() << std::endl;
+	std::cout << "received expected error: " << err.what() << std::endl;
 	std::cout << std::endl;
 
 	return 0;
diff --git a/single/sol/sol.hpp b/single/sol/sol.hpp
index 54d80b10..38d56622 100644
--- a/single/sol/sol.hpp
+++ b/single/sol/sol.hpp
@@ -20,8 +20,8 @@
 // CONNECTION WITH THE SOFTWARE OR THE USE OR OTHER DEALINGS IN THE SOFTWARE.
 
 // This file was generated with a script.
-// Generated 2017-09-11 20:10:45.557320 UTC
-// This header was generated with sol v2.18.2 (revision 85c81f6)
+// Generated 2017-09-11 20:41:41.805495 UTC
+// This header was generated with sol v2.18.2 (revision 074b9ae)
 // https://github.com/ThePhD/sol2
 
 #ifndef SOL_SINGLE_INCLUDE_HPP
@@ -5570,6 +5570,10 @@ namespace sol {
 		}
 
 		int push(lua_State* Ls) const noexcept {
+			if (lua_state() == nullptr) {
+				lua_pushnil(Ls);
+				return 1;
+			}
 			lua_pushvalue(lua_state(), index);
 			if (Ls != lua_state()) {
 				lua_xmove(lua_state(), Ls, 1);
@@ -5831,6 +5835,10 @@ namespace sol {
 		}
 
 		int push(lua_State* Ls) const noexcept {
+			if (lua_state() == nullptr) {
+				lua_pushnil(Ls);
+				return 1;
+			}
 			lua_rawgeti(lua_state(), LUA_REGISTRYINDEX, ref);
 			if (Ls != lua_state()) {
 				lua_xmove(lua_state(), Ls, 1);
diff --git a/sol/reference.hpp b/sol/reference.hpp
index 5d170624..37b410ae 100644
--- a/sol/reference.hpp
+++ b/sol/reference.hpp
@@ -225,6 +225,10 @@ namespace sol {
 		}
 
 		int push(lua_State* Ls) const noexcept {
+			if (lua_state() == nullptr) {
+				lua_pushnil(Ls);
+				return 1;
+			}
 			lua_rawgeti(lua_state(), LUA_REGISTRYINDEX, ref);
 			if (Ls != lua_state()) {
 				lua_xmove(lua_state(), Ls, 1);
diff --git a/sol/stack_reference.hpp b/sol/stack_reference.hpp
index 57720651..bf03797e 100644
--- a/sol/stack_reference.hpp
+++ b/sol/stack_reference.hpp
@@ -67,6 +67,10 @@ namespace sol {
 		}
 
 		int push(lua_State* Ls) const noexcept {
+			if (lua_state() == nullptr) {
+				lua_pushnil(Ls);
+				return 1;
+			}
 			lua_pushvalue(lua_state(), index);
 			if (Ls != lua_state()) {
 				lua_xmove(lua_state(), Ls, 1);