diff --git a/src/renderer/lighting.zig b/src/renderer/lighting.zig
index 9f9b03f2..4213678c 100644
--- a/src/renderer/lighting.zig
+++ b/src/renderer/lighting.zig
@@ -343,11 +343,7 @@ pub const ChannelChunk = struct {
 	pub fn propagateUniformSun(self: *ChannelChunk, lightRefreshList: *main.List(chunk.ChunkPosition)) void {
 		std.debug.assert(self.isSun);
 		self.mutex.lock();
-		if(self.data.palette().len != 1) {
-			self.data.deferredDeinit();
-			self.data.init();
-		}
-		self.data.palette()[0].store(.fromArray(.{255, 255, 255}), .unordered);
+		self.data.fillUniform(.fromArray(.{255, 255, 255}));
 		self.mutex.unlock();
 		const val = 255 -| 8*|@as(u8, @intCast(self.ch.pos.voxelSize));
 		var lightQueue = main.utils.CircularBufferQueue(Entry).init(main.stackAllocator, 1 << 12);
diff --git a/src/utils.zig b/src/utils.zig
index 9aa5b5cc..1fc23fe4 100644
--- a/src/utils.zig
+++ b/src/utils.zig
@@ -1167,6 +1167,19 @@ pub fn PaletteCompressedRegion(T: type, size: comptime_int) type { // MARK: Pale
 			return impl.palette[0..impl.paletteLength];
 		}
 
+		pub fn fillUniform(self: *Self, value: T) void {
+			const impl = self.impl.raw;
+			if(impl.paletteLength == 1) {
+				impl.palette[0].store(value, .unordered);
+				return;
+			}
+			var newSelf: Self = undefined;
+			newSelf.init();
+			newSelf.impl.raw.palette[0] = .init(value);
+			newSelf.impl.raw = self.impl.swap(newSelf.impl.raw, .release);
+			newSelf.deferredDeinit();
+		}
+
 		fn getOrInsertPaletteIndex(noalias self: *Self, val: T) u32 {
 			var impl = self.impl.raw;
 			std.debug.assert(impl.paletteLength <= impl.palette.len);