diff --git a/core/templates/static.template.html.tid b/core/templates/static.template.html.tid
index 3dca83011..a6fe978a2 100644
--- a/core/templates/static.template.html.tid
+++ b/core/templates/static.template.html.tid
@@ -14,6 +14,9 @@ type: text/vnd.tiddlywiki-html
 <div id="styleArea">
 {{{ [is[shadow]type[text/css]] ||$:/core/templates/css-tiddler}}}
 </div>
+<style type="text/css">
+{{$:/core/styles/base}}
+</style>
 </head>
 <body>
 {{$:/templates/PageTemplate||$:/core/templates/html-tiddler}}
