diff --git a/mapblockrenderer/renderer.go b/mapblockrenderer/renderer.go
index c3c0e13..72b923d 100644
--- a/mapblockrenderer/renderer.go
+++ b/mapblockrenderer/renderer.go
@@ -140,7 +140,7 @@ func (r *MapBlockRenderer) Render(pos1, pos2 *coords.MapBlockCoords) (*image.NRG
 					c := r.colors.GetColor(nodeName)
 					hasfullpalette := nodeName == "unifiedbricks:brickblock"
 
-					if hasfullpalette {
+					if hasfullpalette && r.fullpalette != nil {
 						param2 := mb.GetParam2(x, y, z)
 						c = r.fullpalette.GetColor(param2)
 					}
diff --git a/tilerenderer/renderer_test.go b/tilerenderer/renderer_test.go
index 97f70ff..7d16a22 100644
--- a/tilerenderer/renderer_test.go
+++ b/tilerenderer/renderer_test.go
@@ -2,7 +2,6 @@ package tilerenderer
 
 import (
 	"bytes"
-	"github.com/sirupsen/logrus"
 	"io/ioutil"
 	"mapserver/colormapping"
 	"mapserver/coords"
@@ -15,6 +14,8 @@ import (
 	"os"
 	"testing"
 	"time"
+
+	"github.com/sirupsen/logrus"
 )
 
 func TestTileRender(t *testing.T) {
@@ -45,7 +46,7 @@ func TestTileRender(t *testing.T) {
 		t.Fatal(err)
 	}
 
-	r := mapblockrenderer.NewMapBlockRenderer(cache, c)
+	r := mapblockrenderer.NewMapBlockRenderer(cache, c, nil)
 
 	tiletmpdir, err := ioutil.TempDir("", "TestTileRenderTiles.*.sqlite")
 	defer os.RemoveAll(tiletmpdir)