                 @_cursors?.set(x,'none')
             @_throttled_set_cursor_locs = underscore.throttle(set_cursor_locs, 2000)
 
-        if @_client.is_project()
-            @init_project_autosave()
-
     # Used for internal debug logging
     dbg: (f) ->
         return @_client.dbg("SyncString.#{f}:")

        if not LOCAL_HUB_AUTOSAVE_S or not @_client.is_project() or @_project_autosave?
            return
        f = () =>
            if @has_unsaved_changes()
                @_save_to_disk()
        @_project_autosave = setInterval(f, LOCAL_HUB_AUTOSAVE_S*1000)


            if err
                console.warn("error creating SyncDoc: '#{err}'")
                @emit('error', err)
            else
                if @_client.is_project()
                    # CRITICAL: do not start autosaving this until syncstring is initialized!
                    @init_project_autosave()

        if opts.file_use_interval and @_client.is_user()
            is_chat = misc.filename_extension(@_path) == 'sage-chat'
