diff --git a/pal_from_spr.p8 b/pal_from_spr.p8
index dc9c7ed..6557ea5 100644
--- a/pal_from_spr.p8
+++ b/pal_from_spr.p8
@@ -170,6 +170,7 @@ function palette.new(x)
  if (not x.cols) x.cols = {}
  if (not x.tr) x.tr = {}
  setmetatable(x, palette_mt)
+ return x
 end
 
 function palette:do_pal(p)