diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index fd60dba..6a76afd 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 {
   "name": "chartjs-chart-pcp",
   "description": "Chart.js module for charting parallel coordinate plots",
-  "version": "4.2.4",
+  "version": "4.2.5",
   "author": {
     "name": "Samuel Gratzl",
     "email": "sam@sgratzl.com",
diff --git a/src/controllers/ParallelCoordinatesController.ts b/src/controllers/ParallelCoordinatesController.ts
index 492f330..567b928 100644
--- a/src/controllers/ParallelCoordinatesController.ts
+++ b/src/controllers/ParallelCoordinatesController.ts
@@ -170,7 +170,8 @@ export class ParallelCoordinatesController extends DatasetController<
     const meta = this._cachedMeta as unknown as IExtendedChartMeta;
 
     const firstOpts = this.resolveDataElementOptions(start, mode);
-    const sharedOptions = this.getSharedOptions(firstOpts) ?? {};
+    const dummyShared = {};
+    const sharedOptions = this.getSharedOptions(firstOpts) ?? dummyShared;
     const includeOptions = this.includeOptions(mode, sharedOptions);
     const getPoint = (metaIndex: number, index: number, defaultValue: { x: number; y: number }) => {
       const m = meta._metas[metaIndex];
@@ -192,7 +193,8 @@ export class ParallelCoordinatesController extends DatasetController<
     this.updateSharedOptions(sharedOptions, mode, firstOpts);
 
     for (let i = start; i < start + count; i += 1) {
-      const options = this.resolveDataElementOptions(i, mode);
+      const options: typeof firstOpts =
+        sharedOptions === dummyShared ? this.resolveDataElementOptions(i, mode) : sharedOptions;
 
       const xy = getPoint(meta._metaIndex, i, { x: 0, y: 0 });
       const xyPrevious = getPoint(meta._metaIndex - 1, i, xy);
@@ -218,7 +220,7 @@ export class ParallelCoordinatesController extends DatasetController<
       }
 
       if (includeOptions) {
-        properties.options = (sharedOptions || options) as any;
+        properties.options = options as any;
       }
       this.updateElement(rectangles[i], i, properties, mode);
     }