diff --git a/egui_demo_app/Cargo.toml b/egui_demo_app/Cargo.toml
index 1a752eb7..7a640d22 100644
--- a/egui_demo_app/Cargo.toml
+++ b/egui_demo_app/Cargo.toml
@@ -13,6 +13,6 @@ eframe = { version = "0.7.0", path = "../eframe", features = ["time"] }
 egui_demo_lib = { version = "0.7.0", path = "../egui_demo_lib" }
 
 [features]
-default = []
+default = ["persistence"]
 http = ["eframe/http", "egui_demo_lib/http"]
 persistence = ["eframe/persistence", "egui_demo_lib/persistence"]