Give the singleton module interface a way to keep the old behavior of auto-loading and -saving data as needed.

1 files changed, 1 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/coverage/__init__.py b/coverage/__init__.py
index c787b34..bce4040 100644
--- a/coverage/__init__.py
+++ b/coverage/__init__.py
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@ def _singleton_method(name):
         """Singleton wrapper around a coverage method."""
         global _the_coverage
         if not _the_coverage:
-            _the_coverage = coverage()
+            _the_coverage = coverage(auto_data=True)
         return getattr(_the_coverage, name)(*args, **kwargs)
     return wrapper