From 80b8693a66dcc99e038a5a2a429f3e5a6e984912 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Martin Diehl <mail@martin-diehl.net>
Date: Sun, 3 Jan 2021 12:10:39 +0100
Subject: [PATCH] avoid adding to existing data, i.e. when reading a file

---
 python/damask/_configmaterial.py | 5 ++---
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)

diff --git a/python/damask/_configmaterial.py b/python/damask/_configmaterial.py
index 83ebdd5a5..6415ee4dc 100644
--- a/python/damask/_configmaterial.py
+++ b/python/damask/_configmaterial.py
@@ -11,11 +11,10 @@ class ConfigMaterial(Config):
                  'homogenization': {},
                  'phase': {}}
 
-    def __init__(self,d={}):
+    def __init__(self,d=_defaults):
         """Initialize object with default dictionary keys."""
         super().__init__(d)
-        for k,v in self._defaults.items():
-            if k not in self: self[k] = v
+
 
     def save(self,fname='material.yaml',**kwargs):
         """