diff --git a/src/common/fonts/singlelumpfont.cpp b/src/common/fonts/singlelumpfont.cpp
index 5ba90b989b..c4711d9022 100644
--- a/src/common/fonts/singlelumpfont.cpp
+++ b/src/common/fonts/singlelumpfont.cpp
@@ -407,6 +407,7 @@ void FSingleLumpFont::LoadBMF(int lump, const uint8_t *data)
 	count = LastChar - FirstChar + 1;
 	Chars.Resize(count);
 	// BMF palettes are only six bits per component. Fix that.
+	Palette[0] = 0;
 	for (i = 0; i < ActiveColors; ++i)
 	{
 		int r = (data[17 + i * 3] << 2) | (data[17 + i * 3] >> 4);