diff --git a/editions/tw5.com/tiddlers/howtos/Making curved text with SVG.tid b/editions/tw5.com/tiddlers/howtos/Making curved text with SVG.tid
index db74a7852..55684ea58 100644
--- a/editions/tw5.com/tiddlers/howtos/Making curved text with SVG.tid	
+++ b/editions/tw5.com/tiddlers/howtos/Making curved text with SVG.tid	
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ type: text/vnd.tiddlywiki
 
 \define textOnPath(text)
 $$$.svg
-<svg width="100%" height="100%" viewBox="0 0 1000 300" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" xmlns:xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink">
+<svg width="100%" height="100%" viewBox="0 0 1000 300" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" xmlns:xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink" style="background:white;">
 <defs>
 <path id="MyPath" d="M 100 200 C 200 100 300   0 400 100 C 500 200 600 300 700 200 C 800 100 900 100 900 100"/>
 </defs>