diff --git a/clay.h b/clay.h
index 65d2854..73aa22a 100644
--- a/clay.h
+++ b/clay.h
@@ -360,6 +360,8 @@ typedef struct {
     // CLAY_TEXT_ALIGN_CENTER - Horizontally aligns wrapped lines of text to the center of their bounding box.
     // CLAY_TEXT_ALIGN_RIGHT - Horizontally aligns wrapped lines of text to the right hand side of their bounding box.
     Clay_TextAlignment textAlignment;
+    // A pointer that will be transparently passed through to the resulting render command.
+    void *userData;
     // When set to true, clay will hash the entire text contents of this string as an identifier for its internal
     // text measurement cache, rather than just the pointer and length. This will incur significant performance cost for
     // long bodies of text.
@@ -2660,7 +2662,7 @@ void Clay__CalculateFinalLayout(void) {
                                         .letterSpacing = textElementConfig->letterSpacing,
                                         .lineHeight = textElementConfig->lineHeight,
                                     }},
-                                    .userData = sharedConfig->userData,
+                                    .userData = textElementConfig->userData,
                                     .id = Clay__HashNumber(lineIndex, currentElement->id).id,
                                     .zIndex = root->zIndex,
                                     .commandType = CLAY_RENDER_COMMAND_TYPE_TEXT,