diff --git a/pdf2htmlEX/build.gradle.kts b/pdf2htmlEX/build.gradle.kts
index aac8b87..13d8e21 100644
--- a/pdf2htmlEX/build.gradle.kts
+++ b/pdf2htmlEX/build.gradle.kts
@@ -37,6 +37,10 @@ dependencies {
             implementation("com.viliussutkus89.ndk.thirdparty:fontforge${ndkVersionSuffix}-static:20200314-beta-9")
             implementation("com.viliussutkus89.ndk.thirdparty:poppler${ndkVersionSuffix}-static:0.89.0-beta-3")
         }
+//        "0.18.8.rc2" -> {
+//            implementation("com.viliussutkus89.ndk.thirdparty:fontforge${ndkVersionSuffix}-static:20230101-beta-8")
+//            implementation("com.viliussutkus89.ndk.thirdparty:poppler${ndkVersionSuffix}-static:21.02.0-beta-3")
+//        }
     }
 }
 
@@ -95,6 +99,9 @@ tasks.extractSrc {
                     .patch("cflags.patch")
                     .patch("missing-tests.patch")
                 srcDir.patch("make-a-library.patch")
+
+                srcDir.resolve("pdf2htmlEX/src/util/ffw.c")
+                    .patch("fontforge-share.patch")
             }
         }
     }
@@ -114,7 +121,6 @@ tasks.register<CMakePortTask>("buildPort") {
     cmake { }
 
     doLast {
-        // @TODO: verify other ABIs have matching assets
         val dst = layout.buildDirectory.asFile.get().resolve("assets/pdf2htmlEX/share/pdf2htmlEX").apply { mkdirs() }
         installDirectoryFor(com.android.ndkports.Abi.Arm).resolve("share/pdf2htmlEX").copyRecursively(dst) { file, exception ->
             if (exception !is FileAlreadyExistsException) {
diff --git a/pdf2htmlEX/patches/0.18.8.rc1/fontforge-share.patch b/pdf2htmlEX/patches/0.18.8.rc1/fontforge-share.patch
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..34e1c50
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pdf2htmlEX/patches/0.18.8.rc1/fontforge-share.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,13 @@
+--- pdf2htmlEX/src/util/ffw.c  2023-12-14 07:45:44.994000000 +0200
++++ pdf2htmlEX/src/util/ffw.c  2023-12-14 07:46:21.870000000 +0200
+@@ -70,7 +70,9 @@
+ void ffw_init(const char* progPath, int debug)
+ {
+     ffwSetAction("initialize");
+-    char *localProgPath = strdup(progPath);
++    char *localProgPath = NULL;
++    if (progPath != NULL)
++        localProgPath = strdup(progPath);
+     FindProgDir(localProgPath);
+     InitSimpleStuff();
+     if ( default_encoding==NULL )