diff --git a/kivy/c_ext/graphics.pyx b/kivy/c_ext/graphics.pyx
index bf7c7166c..e4adaa5f6 100644
--- a/kivy/c_ext/graphics.pyx
+++ b/kivy/c_ext/graphics.pyx
@@ -212,7 +212,8 @@ cdef class Shader:
  
 def Context_instance():
     global _default_context
-    print 'get', _default_context
+    if _default_context == None:
+        _default_context = GraphicContext()
     return _default_context
 
 cdef class GraphicContext: