From a34114c4ee4187988b1c9a45418de5dd531ed94d Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Philipp Rudiger <prudiger@anaconda.com>
Date: Tue, 1 Oct 2019 22:43:25 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] Do not switch backend when loading backend via renderer

---
 holoviews/util/__init__.py | 4 ++++
 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+)

diff --git a/holoviews/util/__init__.py b/holoviews/util/__init__.py
index 80893754ea..fc544dee34 100644
--- a/holoviews/util/__init__.py
+++ b/holoviews/util/__init__.py
@@ -628,7 +628,11 @@ def renderer(name):
     """
     try:
         if name not in Store.renderers:
+            if Store.current_backend:
+                prev_backend = Store.current_backend
             extension(name)
+            if prev_backend:
+                Store.set_current_backend(prev_backend)
         return Store.renderers[name]
     except ImportError:
         msg = ('Could not find a {name!r} renderer, available renderers are: {available}.')