diff --git a/Toolset/palettes/message box/behaviors/revmessageboxsinglelinemessagebehavior.livecodescript b/Toolset/palettes/message box/behaviors/revmessageboxsinglelinemessagebehavior.livecodescript
index f613da4ce6..c326cfb5d3 100644
--- a/Toolset/palettes/message box/behaviors/revmessageboxsinglelinemessagebehavior.livecodescript	
+++ b/Toolset/palettes/message box/behaviors/revmessageboxsinglelinemessagebehavior.livecodescript	
@@ -105,13 +105,16 @@ command revDisplayAutoComplete pString
       put empty into field "auto complete"
    end if
    cancel sColorizeAutocompleteMsg
-   get the long id of field "auto complete"
-   send "revSEColorizeField it" to stack "revSEUtilities" in 100 milliseconds
+   send "__ColorizeAutocomplete" to me in 100 milliseconds
    put the result into sColorizeAutocompleteMsg
-   set the textColor of char 1 to -1 of field "auto complete" to "gray70"
    unlock screen
 end revDisplayAutoComplete
 
+on __ColorizeAutocomplete
+   dispatch "revSEColorizeField" to stack "revSEUtilities" with the long id of field "auto complete"
+   set the textColor of char 1 to -1 of field "auto complete" to "gray70"
+end __ColorizeAutocomplete
+
 command revNextLine
    lock messages
    if field "auto complete" is empty then