diff --git a/apps/openmw/mwgui/bookpage.cpp b/apps/openmw/mwgui/bookpage.cpp
index b728b748f..fe1e6aa0c 100644
--- a/apps/openmw/mwgui/bookpage.cpp
+++ b/apps/openmw/mwgui/bookpage.cpp
@@ -1222,6 +1222,11 @@ public:
 
     void _updateView ()
     {
+        _checkMargin();
+
+        if (mNode != NULL)
+            for (ActiveTextFormats::iterator i = mActiveTextFormats.begin (); i != mActiveTextFormats.end (); ++i)
+                mNode->outOfDate (i->second->mRenderItem);
     }
 
     void _correctView()