diff --git a/include/tool-deg.h b/include/tool-deg.h
index a882cdc5..9fcd9842 100644
--- a/include/tool-deg.h
+++ b/include/tool-deg.h
@@ -41,7 +41,7 @@ class Tool_deg : public HumTool {
 				ScaleDegree (void);
 				~ScaleDegree ();
 
-				void            setLinkedKernToken       (hum::HTp token, const std::string& mode, int b40tonic, bool unpitched = false);
+				void            setLinkedKernToken       (hum::HTp token, const std::string& mode, int b40tonic, bool unpitched = false, bool resolveNull = false);
 				hum::HTp        getLinkedKernToken       (void) const;
 				std::string     getDegToken              (void) const;
 
@@ -250,6 +250,7 @@ class Tool_deg : public HumTool {
 		bool m_recipQ          = false;   // used with -r option
 		bool m_kernQ           = false;   // used with --kern option
 		bool m_degTiesQ        = false;   // used with -t option
+		bool m_resolveNullQ    = false;   // used with --resolve-null option
 		bool m_forceKeyQ       = false;   // used with -K option
 
 		std::string m_defaultKey  = "";    // used with --default-key option
diff --git a/min/humlib.cpp b/min/humlib.cpp
index ef2b7cbd..f32b796a 100644
--- a/min/humlib.cpp
+++ b/min/humlib.cpp
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 //
 // Programmer:    Craig Stuart Sapp <craig@ccrma.stanford.edu>
 // Creation Date: Sat Aug  8 12:24:49 PDT 2015
-// Last Modified: Do 21 Nov 2024 21:59:25 CET
+// Last Modified: Do 21 Nov 2024 23:37:38 CET
 // Filename:      min/humlib.cpp
 // URL:           https://github.com/craigsapp/humlib/blob/master/min/humlib.cpp
 // Syntax:        C++11
@@ -74186,6 +74186,7 @@ Tool_deg::Tool_deg(void) {
 	define("t|ties=b",                                   "include scale degrees for tied notes");
 	define("s|spine-tracks|spine|spines|track|tracks=s", "process only the specified spines");
 	define("0|O|z|zero|zeros=b",                         "show rests as scale degree 0");
+	define("resolve-null=b",                             "show scale degrees for tokens without attack");
 }
 
 
@@ -74261,6 +74262,7 @@ void Tool_deg::initialize(void) {
 		m_recipQ = true;
 	}
 	m_degTiesQ = getBoolean("ties");
+	m_resolveNullQ = getBoolean("resolve-null");
 	Tool_deg::ScaleDegree::setShowOctaves(getBoolean("octave"));
 
 	if (getBoolean("spine-tracks")) {
@@ -75619,7 +75621,7 @@ void Tool_deg::prepareDegSpine(vector<vector<ScaleDegree>>& degspine, HTp kernst
 		int line = current->getLineIndex();
 		if (!current->getOwner()->hasSpines()) {
 			degspine.at(line).resize(1);
-			degspine.at(line).back().setLinkedKernToken(current, mode, b40tonic, isUnpitched);
+			degspine.at(line).back().setLinkedKernToken(current, mode, b40tonic, isUnpitched, m_resolveNullQ);
 			current = current->getNextToken();
 			continue;
 		}
@@ -75642,7 +75644,7 @@ void Tool_deg::prepareDegSpine(vector<vector<ScaleDegree>>& degspine, HTp kernst
 				break;
 			}
 			degspine.at(line).resize((int)degspine.at(line).size() + 1);
-			degspine.at(line).back().setLinkedKernToken(curr, mode, b40tonic, isUnpitched);
+			degspine.at(line).back().setLinkedKernToken(curr, mode, b40tonic, isUnpitched, m_resolveNullQ);
 			curr = curr->getNextFieldToken();
 		}
 		current = current->getNextToken();
@@ -75738,8 +75740,8 @@ Tool_deg::ScaleDegree::~ScaleDegree () {
 //    Unpitched scale degrees will be output as null data tokens.
 //
 
-void Tool_deg::ScaleDegree::setLinkedKernToken(HTp token, const string& mode, int b40tonic, bool unpitched) {
-	m_linkedKernToken = token;
+void Tool_deg::ScaleDegree::setLinkedKernToken(HTp token, const string& mode, int b40tonic, bool unpitched, bool resolveNull) {
+	m_linkedKernToken = resolveNull ? token->resolveNull() : token;
 	m_unpitched = unpitched;
 	if (!unpitched) {
 		if (mode == "major") {
diff --git a/min/humlib.h b/min/humlib.h
index 738ca2ad..98f0a71d 100644
--- a/min/humlib.h
+++ b/min/humlib.h
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 //
 // Programmer:    Craig Stuart Sapp <craig@ccrma.stanford.edu>
 // Creation Date: Sat Aug  8 12:24:49 PDT 2015
-// Last Modified: Do 21 Nov 2024 21:59:25 CET
+// Last Modified: Do 21 Nov 2024 23:37:38 CET
 // Filename:      min/humlib.h
 // URL:           https://github.com/craigsapp/humlib/blob/master/min/humlib.h
 // Syntax:        C++11
@@ -6994,7 +6994,7 @@ class Tool_deg : public HumTool {
 				ScaleDegree (void);
 				~ScaleDegree ();
 
-				void            setLinkedKernToken       (hum::HTp token, const std::string& mode, int b40tonic, bool unpitched = false);
+				void            setLinkedKernToken       (hum::HTp token, const std::string& mode, int b40tonic, bool unpitched = false, bool resolveNull = false);
 				hum::HTp        getLinkedKernToken       (void) const;
 				std::string     getDegToken              (void) const;
 
@@ -7203,6 +7203,7 @@ class Tool_deg : public HumTool {
 		bool m_recipQ          = false;   // used with -r option
 		bool m_kernQ           = false;   // used with --kern option
 		bool m_degTiesQ        = false;   // used with -t option
+		bool m_resolveNullQ    = false;   // used with --resolve-null option
 		bool m_forceKeyQ       = false;   // used with -K option
 
 		std::string m_defaultKey  = "";    // used with --default-key option
diff --git a/src/tool-deg.cpp b/src/tool-deg.cpp
index 3319093d..ee7f15c1 100644
--- a/src/tool-deg.cpp
+++ b/src/tool-deg.cpp
@@ -56,6 +56,7 @@ Tool_deg::Tool_deg(void) {
 	define("t|ties=b",                                   "include scale degrees for tied notes");
 	define("s|spine-tracks|spine|spines|track|tracks=s", "process only the specified spines");
 	define("0|O|z|zero|zeros=b",                         "show rests as scale degree 0");
+	define("resolve-null=b",                             "show scale degrees for tokens without attack");
 }
 
 
@@ -131,6 +132,7 @@ void Tool_deg::initialize(void) {
 		m_recipQ = true;
 	}
 	m_degTiesQ = getBoolean("ties");
+	m_resolveNullQ = getBoolean("resolve-null");
 	Tool_deg::ScaleDegree::setShowOctaves(getBoolean("octave"));
 
 	if (getBoolean("spine-tracks")) {
@@ -1489,7 +1491,7 @@ void Tool_deg::prepareDegSpine(vector<vector<ScaleDegree>>& degspine, HTp kernst
 		int line = current->getLineIndex();
 		if (!current->getOwner()->hasSpines()) {
 			degspine.at(line).resize(1);
-			degspine.at(line).back().setLinkedKernToken(current, mode, b40tonic, isUnpitched);
+			degspine.at(line).back().setLinkedKernToken(current, mode, b40tonic, isUnpitched, m_resolveNullQ);
 			current = current->getNextToken();
 			continue;
 		}
@@ -1512,7 +1514,7 @@ void Tool_deg::prepareDegSpine(vector<vector<ScaleDegree>>& degspine, HTp kernst
 				break;
 			}
 			degspine.at(line).resize((int)degspine.at(line).size() + 1);
-			degspine.at(line).back().setLinkedKernToken(curr, mode, b40tonic, isUnpitched);
+			degspine.at(line).back().setLinkedKernToken(curr, mode, b40tonic, isUnpitched, m_resolveNullQ);
 			curr = curr->getNextFieldToken();
 		}
 		current = current->getNextToken();
@@ -1608,8 +1610,8 @@ Tool_deg::ScaleDegree::~ScaleDegree () {
 //    Unpitched scale degrees will be output as null data tokens.
 //
 
-void Tool_deg::ScaleDegree::setLinkedKernToken(HTp token, const string& mode, int b40tonic, bool unpitched) {
-	m_linkedKernToken = token;
+void Tool_deg::ScaleDegree::setLinkedKernToken(HTp token, const string& mode, int b40tonic, bool unpitched, bool resolveNull) {
+	m_linkedKernToken = resolveNull ? token->resolveNull() : token;
 	m_unpitched = unpitched;
 	if (!unpitched) {
 		if (mode == "major") {