diff --git a/core/wiki/macros/CSS.tid b/core/wiki/macros/CSS.tid
index 37587b9a5..178990328 100644
--- a/core/wiki/macros/CSS.tid
+++ b/core/wiki/macros/CSS.tid
@@ -34,6 +34,7 @@ tags: $:/tags/Macro
 \end actions-compile-palette-wikified
 
 \procedure actions-compile-palette(inputTitle,outputTitle,defaultImport="$:/palettes/Vanilla")
+\procedure tv-action-refresh-policy() always
 <$let
 	tempPalette="$:/temp/palette-source"
 >
@@ -63,6 +64,7 @@ tags: $:/tags/Macro
 \end actions-compile-palette
 
 \procedure actions-recompile-current-palette()
+\procedure tv-action-refresh-policy() always
 <$transclude $variable="actions-compile-palette" inputTitle={{$:/palette}} outputTitle="$:/temp/palette-colours"/>
 \end actions-recompile-current-palette
 
@@ -70,7 +72,7 @@ tags: $:/tags/Macro
 \procedure tv-action-refresh-policy() always
 <$action-deletetiddler $tiddler="$:/temp/palette-colours"/>
 <$action-setfield $tiddler="$:/palette" $field="text" $value=<<paletteTitle>>/>
-<$transclude $variable="actions-compile-palette" inputTitle=<<paletteTitle>> outputTitle="$:/temp/palette-colours"/>
+<<actions-recompile-current-palette>>
 \end actions-switch-colour-palette
 
 \procedure tv-palette-name() $:/temp/palette-colours
diff --git a/editions/test/tiddlers/tests/data/palettes/BasicLookup.tid b/editions/test/tiddlers/tests/data/palettes/BasicLookup.tid
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..2cba05a7e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/editions/test/tiddlers/tests/data/palettes/BasicLookup.tid
@@ -0,0 +1,45 @@
+
+title: Operators/Palettes/BasicLookup
+description: Compute the 
+type: text/vnd.tiddlywiki-multiple
+tags: [[$:/tags/wiki-test-spec]]
+
+title: Output
+
+\import [subfilter{$:/core/config/GlobalImportFilter}]
+<<colour page-background>>
+<<colour background>>
++
+title: Actions
+
+\import [subfilter{$:/core/config/GlobalImportFilter}]
+<<actions-recompile-current-palette>>
++
+title: $:/palette
+
+MyPalette
++
+title: MyPalette
+name: My Palette
+description: My custom palette
+tags: $:/tags/Palette
+type: application/x-tiddler-dictionary
+palette-import: MyOtherPalette
+color-scheme: light
+
+page-background: <<colour custom>>
+custom: #f4e4d4
++
+title: MyOtherPalette
+name: My Other Palette
+description: My other custom palette
+tags: $:/tags/Palette
+type: application/x-tiddler-dictionary
+color-scheme: light
+
+page-background: #d4e4f4
+background: red
++
+title: ExpectedResult
+
+<p>#f4e4d4</p><p>red</p>
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