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diff --git a/src/jalview/datamodel/features/FeatureAttributes.java b/src/jalview/datamodel/features/FeatureAttributes.java
index 7acebee..81c670b 100644
--- a/src/jalview/datamodel/features/FeatureAttributes.java
+++ b/src/jalview/datamodel/features/FeatureAttributes.java
@@ -1,5 +1,7 @@
 package jalview.datamodel.features;
 
+import jalview.bin.Instance;
+
 import java.util.ArrayList;
 import java.util.Collections;
 import java.util.Comparator;
@@ -19,7 +21,18 @@ public class FeatureAttributes
     Character, Number, Mixed
   }
 
-  private static FeatureAttributes instance = new FeatureAttributes();
+  public static FeatureAttributes getInstance()
+  {
+    Instance i = Instance.getInstance();
+    return (i.featureAttributes == null
+            ? i.featureAttributes = new FeatureAttributes()
+            : i.featureAttributes);
+  }
+
+  private FeatureAttributes()
+  {
+    attributes = new HashMap<>();
+  }
 
   /*
    * map, by feature type, of a map, by attribute name, of
@@ -173,21 +186,6 @@ public class FeatureAttributes
   }
 
   /**
-   * Answers the singleton instance of this class
-   * 
-   * @return
-   */
-  public static FeatureAttributes getInstance()
-  {
-    return instance;
-  }
-
-  private FeatureAttributes()
-  {
-    attributes = new HashMap<>();
-  }
-
-  /**
    * Answers the attribute names known for the given feature type, in
    * alphabetical order (not case sensitive), or an empty set if no attributes
    * are known. An attribute name is typically 'simple' e.g. "AC", but may be