diff --git a/core/monad.py b/core/monad.py
index f7c7194ae30e16ae393d0cc3482bf3439368d952..30c353b9bd65c6fa07bf15b44e19d17f51e5cfd3 100644
--- a/core/monad.py
+++ b/core/monad.py
@@ -571,6 +571,8 @@ class SvGroupNodeExp:
         monad = self.monad
         in_node = monad.input_node
         out_node = monad.output_node
+        monad['current_index'] = 0
+        monad['current_total'] = 0
 
         for index, socket in enumerate(self.inputs):
             data = socket.sv_get(deepcopy=False)
diff --git a/core/update_system.py b/core/update_system.py
index afe0735aeda65c233acdeece7a7d1a61e38088b6..da47145c2a7d5042c76a5a09da98a04d0e4dfb2f 100644
--- a/core/update_system.py
+++ b/core/update_system.py
@@ -364,9 +364,11 @@ def do_update_general(node_list, nodes, procesed_nodes=set()):
             #traceback.print_tb(err.__traceback__)
             exception("Node %s had exception: %s", node_name, err)
             
-            if ng.sv_show_error_in_tree:
-                error_text = traceback.format_exc()
-                start_exception_drawing_with_bgl(ng, node_name, error_text, err)
+            if hasattr(ng, "sv_show_error_in_tree"):
+                # not yet supported in monad trees..
+                if ng.sv_show_error_in_tree:
+                    error_text = traceback.format_exc()
+                    start_exception_drawing_with_bgl(ng, node_name, error_text, err)
             
             return None
 
diff --git a/nodes/scene/monad.py b/nodes/scene/monad.py
index dfcd0c2abc988ad65474428dac2e694cc6b84619..d25a5dd629f0c7981f0ba1a44ef880401fdd84f6 100644
--- a/nodes/scene/monad.py
+++ b/nodes/scene/monad.py
@@ -232,14 +232,18 @@ class SvMonadInfoNode(bpy.types.Node, SverchCustomTreeNode):
     def process(self):
         # outputs
         monad = self.id_data
+        display_message = False
         try:
             idx = monad["current_index"]
             total = monad["current_total"]
         except Exception as err:
-            print(repr(err))
+            print("This error is being displayed by Monad Info: ", repr(err))
+            print("could not find monad[\"current_index\"] nor monad [\"current_total\"], setting to 0, 0 instead")
             idx, total = 0 , 0
-            print("couldn't find monad info")
+            display_message = True
 
+        if display_message:
+            print('recovering from error, processing anyway')
         for socket, data in zip(self.outputs, [idx, total]):
             if socket.is_linked:
                 socket.sv_set([[data]])
diff --git a/utils/sv_IO_panel_tools.py b/utils/sv_IO_panel_tools.py
index 8669e39954a5f50a52abed788b1546eb8d42ac81..95607040a26ca3a3e3a23a311735e224511c05fa 100644
--- a/utils/sv_IO_panel_tools.py
+++ b/utils/sv_IO_panel_tools.py
@@ -402,19 +402,21 @@ def perform_scripted_node_inject(node, node_ref):
         script_name = params.get('script_name')
         script_content = params.get('script_str')
 
-        if script_name and not (script_name in texts):
-            new_text = texts.new(script_name)
-            new_text.from_string(script_content)
-        elif script_name and (script_name in texts):
-            # This was added to fix existing texts with the same name but no / different content.
-            if texts[script_name].as_string() == script_content:
-                debug("SN skipping text named `%s' - their content are the same", script_name)
-            else:
-                info("SN text named `%s' already found in current, but content differs", script_name)
+        with node.sv_throttle_tree_update():
+        
+            if script_name and not (script_name in texts):
                 new_text = texts.new(script_name)
                 new_text.from_string(script_content)
-                script_name = new_text.name
-                info('SN text named replaced with %s', script_name)
+            elif script_name and (script_name in texts):
+                # This was added to fix existing texts with the same name but no / different content.
+                if texts[script_name].as_string() == script_content:
+                    debug("SN skipping text named `%s' - their content are the same", script_name)
+                else:
+                    info("SN text named `%s' already found in current, but content differs", script_name)
+                    new_text = texts.new(script_name)
+                    new_text.from_string(script_content)
+                    script_name = new_text.name
+                    info('SN text named replaced with %s', script_name)
 
         node.script_name = script_name
         node.script_str = script_content