diff --git a/R/style_bootstrap.R b/R/style_bootstrap.R
index 46ff034a..2c14408b 100644
--- a/R/style_bootstrap.R
+++ b/R/style_bootstrap.R
@@ -99,7 +99,7 @@ style_bootstrap <- function(x,
     css_start <- sprintf(".table td.%s, th.%s { ", settings$id[row], settings$id[row])
     css_complete <- paste(c(css_start, paste0(settings$bootstrap[row], collapse="; "), "}"), collapse = " ")
     # hack: avoid css duplication
-    if (css_complete %in% css_done) {
+    if (!css_complete %in% css_done) {
       out <- bootstrap_setting(out, css_complete, component = "css")
       css_done <- c(css_done, css_complete)
     }
diff --git a/R/style_tabularray.R b/R/style_tabularray.R
index 2745c31d..a88711d7 100644
--- a/R/style_tabularray.R
+++ b/R/style_tabularray.R
@@ -78,13 +78,17 @@ style_tabularray <- function(x,
 
   # hex must be treated differently in LaTeX
   cols <- c(color, background)
+  cols_done <- NULL
   if (!is.null(cols)) {
     hex <- cols[grepl("^#", cols)]
     for (h in hex) {
       b <- sprintf(
         "\\tinytableDefineColor{%s}{HTML}{%s}",
         sub("^#", "c", h), sub("^#", "", h))
-      out <- tabularray_insert(out, content = b, type = "body")
+      if (!b %in% cols_done) {
+        out <- tabularray_insert(out, content = b, type = "body")
+        cols_done <- c(cols_done, b)
+      }
     }
   }
   if (!is.null(background)) {
diff --git a/R/utils.R b/R/utils.R
index c1ebd0da..b8fc9670 100644
--- a/R/utils.R
+++ b/R/utils.R
@@ -34,11 +34,16 @@ meta <- function(x, get, set) {
 # some rows may be added, which changes how the style is applied
 eval_style <- function(x) {
   out <- x
+  m <- meta(x)
 
-  for (l in meta(x)$lazy_style) {
+  for (l in m$lazy_style) {
     l[["x"]] <- out
     out <- eval(eval(l))
   }
 
+  m <- meta(x)
+  m$lazy_style <- list()
+  attr(out, "tinytable_meta") <- m
+
   return(out)
 }
diff --git a/vignettes/tutorial.qmd b/vignettes/tutorial.qmd
index 07a3ea41..ef288104 100644
--- a/vignettes/tutorial.qmd
+++ b/vignettes/tutorial.qmd
@@ -403,7 +403,7 @@ bg <- hcl.colors(20, "Inferno")
 fg <- ifelse(as.matrix(k) < 17, tail(bg, 1), head(bg, 1))
 fs <- 1:20
 
-tt(k, width = .5, theme = "void") |>
+tt(k, width = .5, theme = "void", align = "ccccc") |>
   style_tt(
     i = 1:4,
     j = 1:5,