diff --git a/DESCRIPTION b/DESCRIPTION
index a1f612a..38b7f65 100644
--- a/DESCRIPTION
+++ b/DESCRIPTION
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 Package: autograph
 Title: Automatic Plotting and Theming of Many Graphs
-Version: 1.0.2
-Date: 2026-04-30
+Version: 1.0.3
+Date: 2026-05-01
 Description: Visual exploration and presentation of networks should not be difficult.
    This package includes functions for plotting networks and network-related metrics with sensible and pretty defaults.
    It includes 'ggplot2'-based plot methods for many popular network package classes.
diff --git a/NAMESPACE b/NAMESPACE
index 6feb67e..1115623 100644
--- a/NAMESPACE
+++ b/NAMESPACE
@@ -79,6 +79,7 @@ export(layout_tbl_graph_valence)
 export(layout_tetrad)
 export(layout_triad)
 export(layout_valence)
+export(load_ergm_res)
 export(match_color)
 export(scale_colour_hue)
 export(scale_size)
diff --git a/NEWS.md b/NEWS.md
index 6019909..934fbab 100644
--- a/NEWS.md
+++ b/NEWS.md
@@ -1,3 +1,9 @@
+# autograph 1.0.3
+
+## Plotting
+
+- Fixed the error produced by a namespace reference in a call in `ergm_res` by serializing it, moving to extdata, and loading it via `load_ergm_res()`
+
 # autograph 1.0.2
 
 ## Plotting
diff --git a/R/data_precooked.R b/R/data_precooked.R
index 4f279e7..6890c2f 100644
--- a/R/data_precooked.R
+++ b/R/data_precooked.R
@@ -62,12 +62,6 @@
 
 # ERGM objects ####
 
-#' @docType data
-#' @keywords datasets
-#' @rdname made_earlier
-#' @usage data(ergm_res)
-"ergm_res"
-
 #' @docType data
 #' @keywords datasets
 #' @rdname made_earlier
diff --git a/R/plot_convergence.R b/R/plot_convergence.R
index 71d5709..bcb52c8 100644
--- a/R/plot_convergence.R
+++ b/R/plot_convergence.R
@@ -64,6 +64,7 @@ plot.traces.monan <- function(x, ...) {
 #' @rdname plot_convergence
 #' @family ergm
 #' @examples
+#' ergm_res <- load_ergm_res()
 #' plot(ergm_res)
 #' @export
 plot.ergm <- function(x, ...) {
@@ -81,3 +82,9 @@ plot.ergm <- function(x, ...) {
   plot.ag_conv(dat)
 }
 
+#' @rdname plot_convergence
+#' @export
+load_ergm_res <- function() {
+  readRDS(file = system.file("extdata", "ergm_res.rds", package = "autograph"))
+}
+
diff --git a/cran-comments.md b/cran-comments.md
index 35c6582..2cb9494 100644
--- a/cran-comments.md
+++ b/cran-comments.md
@@ -9,4 +9,4 @@
 
 0 errors | 0 warnings | 0 notes
 
-- Fixed the error in some flavours by removing environment references in included objects
+- Fixed the error in some flavours by moving offending data to inst/extdata
diff --git a/data/ergm_res.rda b/data/ergm_res.rda
deleted file mode 100644
index 3989efe..0000000
Binary files a/data/ergm_res.rda and /dev/null differ
diff --git a/inst/extdata/ergm_res.rds b/inst/extdata/ergm_res.rds
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..ae21268
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diff --git a/man/made_earlier.Rd b/man/made_earlier.Rd
index 709e577..890446c 100644
--- a/man/made_earlier.Rd
+++ b/man/made_earlier.Rd
@@ -12,7 +12,6 @@
 \alias{siena_selection}
 \alias{monan_conv}
 \alias{monan_gof}
-\alias{ergm_res}
 \alias{ergm_gof}
 \alias{goldfish_outliers}
 \alias{goldfish_changepoints}
@@ -36,8 +35,6 @@ An object of class \code{traces.monan} of length 3.
 
 An object of class \code{gof.stats.monan} of length 2.
 
-An object of class \code{ergm} of length 35.
-
 An object of class \code{gof.ergm} (inherits from \code{gof}) of length 30.
 
 An object of class \code{outliers.goldfish} (inherits from \code{dependent.goldfish}, \code{data.frame}) with 12 rows and 7 columns.
@@ -63,8 +60,6 @@ data(monan_conv)
 
 data(monan_gof)
 
-data(ergm_res)
-
 data(ergm_gof)
 
 data(goldfish_outliers)
diff --git a/man/plot_convergence.Rd b/man/plot_convergence.Rd
index 39e47e8..895e9fb 100644
--- a/man/plot_convergence.Rd
+++ b/man/plot_convergence.Rd
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@
 \alias{plot.ag_conv}
 \alias{plot.traces.monan}
 \alias{plot.ergm}
+\alias{load_ergm_res}
 \title{Plotting convergence diagnostics}
 \usage{
 \method{plot}{ag_conv}(x, ...)
@@ -12,6 +13,8 @@
 \method{plot}{traces.monan}(x, ...)
 
 \method{plot}{ergm}(x, ...)
+
+load_ergm_res()
 }
 \arguments{
 \item{x}{An object of class "traces.monan".}
@@ -33,6 +36,7 @@ distribution.
 }
 \examples{
 plot(monan_conv)
+ergm_res <- load_ergm_res()
 plot(ergm_res)
 }
 \seealso{
diff --git a/tests/testthat/test-plot_convergence.R b/tests/testthat/test-plot_convergence.R
index b01d5e2..7276cae 100644
--- a/tests/testthat/test-plot_convergence.R
+++ b/tests/testthat/test-plot_convergence.R
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ test_that("monan diagnostics works", {
 
 test_that("ergm diagnostics works", {
   skip_on_os("linux") # CRAN R CMD check issue
+  ergm_res <- load_ergm_res()
   p <- plot(ergm_res)
   expect_s3_class(p, "ggplot")
 })