diff --git a/source/js/modaal.js b/source/js/modaal.js
index 6d4f337..9a7e20c 100644
--- a/source/js/modaal.js
+++ b/source/js/modaal.js
@@ -84,7 +84,7 @@
 ( function( $ ) {
 
 	var modaal_loading_spinner = '<div class="modaal-loading-spinner"><div><div></div></div><div><div></div></div><div><div></div></div><div><div></div></div><div><div></div></div><div><div></div></div><div><div></div></div><div><div></div></div></div>'
-	
+
 	var Modaal = {
 		init : function(options, elem) {
 			var self = this;
@@ -111,7 +111,7 @@
 			};
 
 			self.lastFocus = null;
-			
+
 			// if is_locked
 			if ( self.options.is_locked || self.options.type == 'confirm' || self.options.hide_close ) {
 				self.scope.close_btn = '';
@@ -398,7 +398,7 @@
 
 			// close off modaal-inner-wrapper
 			build_markup +=	'</div>';
-			
+
 			// If type is image AND outer_controls is true: add gallery next and previous controls.
 			if (self.options.type == 'image' && self.options.outer_controls === true) {
 				build_markup += self.scope.prev_btn + self.scope.next_btn;
@@ -460,10 +460,10 @@
 					dataType: "jsonp",
 					cache: false,
 					success: function (data) {
-						
+
 						// Create temp dom element from which we'll clone into the modaal instance. This is required to bypass the unusual small thumb issue instagram oembed was serving up
 						self.dom.append('<div id="temp-ig" style="width:0;height:0;overflow:hidden;">' + data.html + '</div>');
-						
+
 						// Check if it has loaded once before.
 						// This is to stop the Embeds.process from throwing and error the first time it's being loaded.
 						// private_options are individual to a modaal_scope so will not work across multiple scopes when checking if true, only that one item.
@@ -483,7 +483,7 @@
 								$('#temp-ig').remove();
 							}, 1000);
 						}
-						
+
 					},
 					error: function() {
 						content = error_msg;
@@ -576,7 +576,7 @@
 
 			var modaal_image_markup = '';
 			var gallery_total;
-			
+
 			// If has group attribute
 			if ( self.$elem.is('[data-group]') || self.$elem.is('[rel]') ) {
 
@@ -1074,6 +1074,14 @@
 							break;
 					}
 				}
+				else
+				{
+				  if( options.start_open === true)
+				  {
+					existing_modaal.init(options, this);
+					$.data(this, "modaal", existing_modaal);
+				  }
+				}
 			} else {
 				// Not a string, so let's setup the modal ready to use
 				var modaal = Object.create(Modaal);
@@ -1354,7 +1362,7 @@
 					var findElement = [].some.call(mutation.addedNodes, function(el) {
 						var elm = $(el);
 						if ( elm.is('a') || elm.is('button') ) {
-							
+
 							if ( elm.hasClass('modaal') ) {
 								// is inline Modaal, initialise options
 								modaal_inline_options(elm);