diff --git a/HellionChat/Ui/StyleEngine/GlobalStyleScope.cs b/HellionChat/Ui/StyleEngine/GlobalStyleScope.cs
index 8820c59..8e92714 100644
--- a/HellionChat/Ui/StyleEngine/GlobalStyleScope.cs
+++ b/HellionChat/Ui/StyleEngine/GlobalStyleScope.cs
@@ -1,5 +1,4 @@
 using Dalamud.Bindings.ImGui;
-using Dalamud.Interface.Utility.Raii;
 using HellionChat.Themes;
 using HellionChat.Util;
 
@@ -33,60 +32,73 @@ internal static class GlobalStyleScope
         var childBgWithAlpha = ResolveChildBgAlpha(c.ChildBg, windowOpacity);
 
         var stack = new StackHandle();
-        stack.PushStyleVar(ImGuiStyleVar.WindowRounding, l.WindowRounding);
-        stack.PushStyleVar(ImGuiStyleVar.ChildRounding, l.ChildRounding);
-        stack.PushStyleVar(ImGuiStyleVar.PopupRounding, l.PopupRounding);
-        stack.PushStyleVar(ImGuiStyleVar.FrameRounding, l.FrameRounding);
-        stack.PushStyleVar(ImGuiStyleVar.GrabRounding, l.GrabRounding);
-        stack.PushStyleVar(ImGuiStyleVar.TabRounding, l.TabRounding);
-        stack.PushStyleVar(ImGuiStyleVar.ScrollbarRounding, l.ScrollbarRounding);
-        stack.PushStyleVar(ImGuiStyleVar.WindowBorderSize, l.WindowBorderSize);
-        stack.PushStyleVar(ImGuiStyleVar.FrameBorderSize, l.FrameBorderSize);
+        // Hard contract: every push must be balanced by a pop. The pushes below
+        // are pure, practically non-throwing ImGui calls, but if one ever threw
+        // mid-stack we must still pop what we pushed before the exception escapes,
+        // or the global style stack stays corrupt for every other window this
+        // frame. Dispose then rethrow.
+        try
+        {
+            stack.PushStyleVar(ImGuiStyleVar.WindowRounding, l.WindowRounding);
+            stack.PushStyleVar(ImGuiStyleVar.ChildRounding, l.ChildRounding);
+            stack.PushStyleVar(ImGuiStyleVar.PopupRounding, l.PopupRounding);
+            stack.PushStyleVar(ImGuiStyleVar.FrameRounding, l.FrameRounding);
+            stack.PushStyleVar(ImGuiStyleVar.GrabRounding, l.GrabRounding);
+            stack.PushStyleVar(ImGuiStyleVar.TabRounding, l.TabRounding);
+            stack.PushStyleVar(ImGuiStyleVar.ScrollbarRounding, l.ScrollbarRounding);
+            stack.PushStyleVar(ImGuiStyleVar.WindowBorderSize, l.WindowBorderSize);
+            stack.PushStyleVar(ImGuiStyleVar.FrameBorderSize, l.FrameBorderSize);
 
-        stack.PushColor(ImGuiCol.WindowBg, windowBgWithAlpha);
-        stack.PushColor(ImGuiCol.ChildBg, childBgWithAlpha);
-        stack.PushColorAbgr(ImGuiCol.PopupBg, a.ChildBg);
-        stack.PushColorAbgr(ImGuiCol.Border, a.Border);
-        stack.PushColorAbgr(ImGuiCol.BorderShadow, 0u);
+            stack.PushColor(ImGuiCol.WindowBg, windowBgWithAlpha);
+            stack.PushColor(ImGuiCol.ChildBg, childBgWithAlpha);
+            stack.PushColorAbgr(ImGuiCol.PopupBg, a.ChildBg);
+            stack.PushColorAbgr(ImGuiCol.Border, a.Border);
+            stack.PushColorAbgr(ImGuiCol.BorderShadow, 0u);
 
-        stack.PushColorAbgr(ImGuiCol.FrameBg, a.FrameBg);
-        stack.PushColorAbgr(ImGuiCol.FrameBgHovered, a.SurfaceHover);
-        stack.PushColorAbgr(ImGuiCol.FrameBgActive, a.Surface);
+            stack.PushColorAbgr(ImGuiCol.FrameBg, a.FrameBg);
+            stack.PushColorAbgr(ImGuiCol.FrameBgHovered, a.SurfaceHover);
+            stack.PushColorAbgr(ImGuiCol.FrameBgActive, a.Surface);
 
-        stack.PushColorAbgr(ImGuiCol.TitleBg, a.WindowBg);
-        stack.PushColorAbgr(ImGuiCol.TitleBgActive, a.Identity);
-        stack.PushColorAbgr(ImGuiCol.TitleBgCollapsed, a.WindowBg);
+            stack.PushColorAbgr(ImGuiCol.TitleBg, a.WindowBg);
+            stack.PushColorAbgr(ImGuiCol.TitleBgActive, a.Identity);
+            stack.PushColorAbgr(ImGuiCol.TitleBgCollapsed, a.WindowBg);
 
-        stack.PushColorAbgr(ImGuiCol.Button, a.Primary);
-        stack.PushColorAbgr(ImGuiCol.ButtonHovered, a.PrimaryLight);
-        stack.PushColorAbgr(ImGuiCol.ButtonActive, a.PrimaryDark);
+            stack.PushColorAbgr(ImGuiCol.Button, a.Primary);
+            stack.PushColorAbgr(ImGuiCol.ButtonHovered, a.PrimaryLight);
+            stack.PushColorAbgr(ImGuiCol.ButtonActive, a.PrimaryDark);
 
-        stack.PushColorAbgr(ImGuiCol.Header, a.Surface);
-        stack.PushColorAbgr(ImGuiCol.HeaderHovered, a.SurfaceHover);
-        stack.PushColorAbgr(ImGuiCol.HeaderActive, a.Identity);
+            stack.PushColorAbgr(ImGuiCol.Header, a.Surface);
+            stack.PushColorAbgr(ImGuiCol.HeaderHovered, a.SurfaceHover);
+            stack.PushColorAbgr(ImGuiCol.HeaderActive, a.Identity);
 
-        stack.PushColorAbgr(ImGuiCol.Tab, a.FrameBg);
-        stack.PushColorAbgr(ImGuiCol.TabHovered, a.PrimaryLight);
-        stack.PushColorAbgr(ImGuiCol.TabActive, a.Identity);
-        stack.PushColorAbgr(ImGuiCol.TabUnfocused, a.ChildBg);
-        stack.PushColorAbgr(ImGuiCol.TabUnfocusedActive, a.PrimaryDark);
+            stack.PushColorAbgr(ImGuiCol.Tab, a.FrameBg);
+            stack.PushColorAbgr(ImGuiCol.TabHovered, a.PrimaryLight);
+            stack.PushColorAbgr(ImGuiCol.TabActive, a.Identity);
+            stack.PushColorAbgr(ImGuiCol.TabUnfocused, a.ChildBg);
+            stack.PushColorAbgr(ImGuiCol.TabUnfocusedActive, a.PrimaryDark);
 
-        stack.PushColorAbgr(ImGuiCol.ScrollbarBg, a.WindowBg);
-        stack.PushColorAbgr(ImGuiCol.ScrollbarGrab, a.Surface);
-        stack.PushColorAbgr(ImGuiCol.ScrollbarGrabHovered, a.AccentLight);
-        stack.PushColorAbgr(ImGuiCol.ScrollbarGrabActive, a.Accent);
+            stack.PushColorAbgr(ImGuiCol.ScrollbarBg, a.WindowBg);
+            stack.PushColorAbgr(ImGuiCol.ScrollbarGrab, a.Surface);
+            stack.PushColorAbgr(ImGuiCol.ScrollbarGrabHovered, a.AccentLight);
+            stack.PushColorAbgr(ImGuiCol.ScrollbarGrabActive, a.Accent);
 
-        stack.PushColorAbgr(ImGuiCol.ResizeGrip, a.FrameBg);
-        stack.PushColorAbgr(ImGuiCol.ResizeGripHovered, a.AccentLight);
-        stack.PushColorAbgr(ImGuiCol.ResizeGripActive, a.Accent);
+            stack.PushColorAbgr(ImGuiCol.ResizeGrip, a.FrameBg);
+            stack.PushColorAbgr(ImGuiCol.ResizeGripHovered, a.AccentLight);
+            stack.PushColorAbgr(ImGuiCol.ResizeGripActive, a.Accent);
 
-        stack.PushColorAbgr(ImGuiCol.CheckMark, a.Primary);
-        stack.PushColorAbgr(ImGuiCol.SliderGrab, a.Primary);
-        stack.PushColorAbgr(ImGuiCol.SliderGrabActive, a.PrimaryLight);
+            stack.PushColorAbgr(ImGuiCol.CheckMark, a.Primary);
+            stack.PushColorAbgr(ImGuiCol.SliderGrab, a.Primary);
+            stack.PushColorAbgr(ImGuiCol.SliderGrabActive, a.PrimaryLight);
 
-        stack.PushColorAbgr(ImGuiCol.Separator, a.Border);
-        stack.PushColorAbgr(ImGuiCol.SeparatorHovered, a.PrimaryLight);
-        stack.PushColorAbgr(ImGuiCol.SeparatorActive, a.Primary);
+            stack.PushColorAbgr(ImGuiCol.Separator, a.Border);
+            stack.PushColorAbgr(ImGuiCol.SeparatorHovered, a.PrimaryLight);
+            stack.PushColorAbgr(ImGuiCol.SeparatorActive, a.Primary);
+        }
+        catch
+        {
+            stack.Dispose();
+            throw;
+        }
 
         return stack;
     }
@@ -101,24 +113,46 @@ internal static class GlobalStyleScope
         return (themeChildBgRgba & 0xFFFFFF00u) | childBgAlpha;
     }
 
+    // Counter-based scope: pushes go straight onto the global ImGui style
+    // stack and we only remember how many of each kind we pushed. Dispose
+    // pops them in one batched PopStyleColor(count)/PopStyleVar(count) call.
+    // This replaces the old List<IDisposable> + per-push boxed ImRaii structs
+    // (44 allocations/frame) with two ints — zero per-frame GC. Every style
+    // var pushed here is a single-float var, so PopStyleVar(count) is valid;
+    // both colour paths funnel into one PushStyleColor, so one colour counter
+    // covers them. Symmetry is the whole contract: the pop counts must equal
+    // the push counts or the global stack corrupts for every other window.
     private sealed class StackHandle : IDisposable
     {
-        private readonly List<IDisposable> _items = new(64);
+        private int _colorCount;
+        private int _styleVarCount;
 
-        internal void PushColor(ImGuiCol slot, uint rgba) =>
-            _items.Add(ImRaii.PushColor(slot, ColourUtil.RgbaToAbgr(rgba)));
+        internal void PushColor(ImGuiCol slot, uint rgba)
+        {
+            ImGui.PushStyleColor(slot, ColourUtil.RgbaToAbgr(rgba));
+            _colorCount++;
+        }
 
-        internal void PushColorAbgr(ImGuiCol slot, uint abgr) =>
-            _items.Add(ImRaii.PushColor(slot, abgr));
+        internal void PushColorAbgr(ImGuiCol slot, uint abgr)
+        {
+            ImGui.PushStyleColor(slot, abgr);
+            _colorCount++;
+        }
 
-        internal void PushStyleVar(ImGuiStyleVar var, float value) =>
-            _items.Add(ImRaii.PushStyle(var, value));
+        internal void PushStyleVar(ImGuiStyleVar var, float value)
+        {
+            ImGui.PushStyleVar(var, value);
+            _styleVarCount++;
+        }
 
         public void Dispose()
         {
-            for (var i = _items.Count - 1; i >= 0; i--)
-                _items[i].Dispose();
-            _items.Clear();
+            if (_styleVarCount > 0)
+                ImGui.PopStyleVar(_styleVarCount);
+            if (_colorCount > 0)
+                ImGui.PopStyleColor(_colorCount);
+            _styleVarCount = 0;
+            _colorCount = 0;
         }
     }
 }