Thank you for the report I will check. Just probably the fix for the problem will be released with the new major version of the game (6.0), which means around one month, a bit long :/ Unless you prefer some more rough ride, then the new development version with the fix should be ready in next Sunday (in around 7 days)
About undead and low food: it could happen because there is a small chance that you will have in starting crew someone from a different faction. But for sanity, I'll check it too :)