diff --git a/core/modules/widgets/text.js b/core/modules/widgets/text.js
index 591c0db43..4da2119ac 100755
--- a/core/modules/widgets/text.js
+++ b/core/modules/widgets/text.js
@@ -47,7 +47,13 @@ TextNodeWidget.prototype.execute = function() {
 Selectively refreshes the widget if needed. Returns true if the widget or any of its children needed re-rendering
 */
 TextNodeWidget.prototype.refresh = function(changedTiddlers) {
-	return false;
+	var changedAttributes = this.computeAttributes();
+	if(changedAttributes.text) {
+		this.refreshSelf();
+		return true;
+	} else {
+		return false;	
+	}
 };
 
 exports.text = TextNodeWidget;