diff --git a/modules/globebrowsing/tile/temporaltileprovider.cpp b/modules/globebrowsing/tile/temporaltileprovider.cpp
index 0cb19c2f6e..d6fc22a713 100644
--- a/modules/globebrowsing/tile/temporaltileprovider.cpp
+++ b/modules/globebrowsing/tile/temporaltileprovider.cpp
@@ -64,6 +64,7 @@ namespace openspace {
         // read file
         std::string xml( (std::istreambuf_iterator<char>(in)), (std::istreambuf_iterator<char>()));
         _gdalXmlTemplate = consumeTemporalMetaData(xml);
+        _defaultTile = getTileProvider()->getDefaultTile();
     }
 
     std::string TemporalTileProvider::consumeTemporalMetaData(const std::string& xml) {
@@ -124,8 +125,7 @@ namespace openspace {
     }
 
     Tile TemporalTileProvider::getDefaultTile() {
-        ensureUpdated();
-        return _currentTileProvider->getDefaultTile();
+        return _defaultTile;
     }
 
 
diff --git a/modules/globebrowsing/tile/temporaltileprovider.h b/modules/globebrowsing/tile/temporaltileprovider.h
index 956afe860e..c526c9e37b 100644
--- a/modules/globebrowsing/tile/temporaltileprovider.h
+++ b/modules/globebrowsing/tile/temporaltileprovider.h
@@ -161,6 +161,8 @@ namespace openspace {
         std::unordered_map<TimeKey, std::shared_ptr<TileProvider> > _tileProviderMap;
         TileProviderInitData _tileProviderInitData;
 
+        Tile _defaultTile;
+
         std::shared_ptr<TileProvider> _currentTileProvider;
 
         TimeFormat * _timeFormat;
diff --git a/modules/globebrowsing/tile/tileprovider.cpp b/modules/globebrowsing/tile/tileprovider.cpp
index 1ee95a1fea..e1381d5424 100644
--- a/modules/globebrowsing/tile/tileprovider.cpp
+++ b/modules/globebrowsing/tile/tileprovider.cpp
@@ -104,7 +104,7 @@ namespace openspace {
         , _framesUntilRequestFlush(framesUntilFlushRequestQueue)
         , _framesSinceLastRequestFlush(0)
     {
-        _defaultTile = createTile(_asyncTextureDataProvider->getTextureDataProvider()->defaultTileData());
+        
     }
 
 
@@ -146,6 +146,9 @@ namespace openspace {
     }
 
     Tile CachingTileProvider::getDefaultTile() {
+        if (_defaultTile.texture == nullptr) {
+            _defaultTile = createTile(_asyncTextureDataProvider->getTextureDataProvider()->defaultTileData());
+        }
         return _defaultTile;
     }