diff --git a/core/modules/wiki.js b/core/modules/wiki.js
index 10ec56f21..455c29e09 100755
--- a/core/modules/wiki.js
+++ b/core/modules/wiki.js
@@ -844,6 +844,7 @@ exports.parseTextReference = function(title,field,index,options) {
 		}
 		return this.parseText("text/vnd.tiddlywiki",text.toString(),options);
 	} else if(index) {
+		this.getTiddlerText(title); // Force the tiddler to be lazily loaded
 		text = this.extractTiddlerDataItem(tiddler,index,undefined);
 		if(text === undefined) {
 			return null;