diff --git a/DRAMSys/traceAnalyzer/businessObjects/pythoncaller.cpp b/DRAMSys/traceAnalyzer/businessObjects/pythoncaller.cpp
index f6490107..9184a889 100644
--- a/DRAMSys/traceAnalyzer/businessObjects/pythoncaller.cpp
+++ b/DRAMSys/traceAnalyzer/businessObjects/pythoncaller.cpp
@@ -47,6 +47,12 @@
 
 using namespace std;
 
+PythonCaller &PythonCaller::instance()
+{
+    static PythonCaller instance;
+    return instance;
+}
+
 PythonCaller::PythonCaller() :
     testModuleName("tests"),
     testFunctionName("runTests"),
diff --git a/DRAMSys/traceAnalyzer/businessObjects/pythoncaller.h b/DRAMSys/traceAnalyzer/businessObjects/pythoncaller.h
index 9adab575..0f843189 100644
--- a/DRAMSys/traceAnalyzer/businessObjects/pythoncaller.h
+++ b/DRAMSys/traceAnalyzer/businessObjects/pythoncaller.h
@@ -55,8 +55,9 @@
 class PythonCaller
 {
 public:
-    PythonCaller();
-    ~PythonCaller();
+    static PythonCaller &instance();
+    PythonCaller(const PythonCaller &other) = delete;
+
     TraceTestResults runTestsOnTrace(QString pathToTrace);
     TraceCalculatedMetrics calculateMetricsOnTrace(QString pathToTrace,
                                                    std::vector<long> list);
@@ -67,6 +68,9 @@ public:
     QString exportAsVcd(QString pathToTrace);
 
 private:
+    PythonCaller();
+    ~PythonCaller();
+
     PyObject *pRunTestsFunction, *pCalculateMetricsFunction, *pGetMetricsFunction;
     PyObject *pGenPlotsFunction;
     PyObject *pVcdExportFunction = nullptr;
diff --git a/DRAMSys/traceAnalyzer/evaluationtool.cpp b/DRAMSys/traceAnalyzer/evaluationtool.cpp
index 83223bdd..8820eb1f 100644
--- a/DRAMSys/traceAnalyzer/evaluationtool.cpp
+++ b/DRAMSys/traceAnalyzer/evaluationtool.cpp
@@ -35,6 +35,7 @@
  *    Matthias Jung
  *    Éder F. Zulian
  *    Felipe S. Prado
+ *    Derek Christ
  */
 
 #include <QFileInfo>
@@ -105,7 +106,7 @@ vector<string> EvaluationTool::getMetrics()
     vector<string> metrics;
     for (int row = 0; row < traceFilesModel->rowCount(); ++row) {
         TraceFileItem *item = static_cast<TraceFileItem *>(traceFilesModel->item(row));
-        vector<string> result = pythonCaller.getMetrics(item->getPath());
+        vector<string> result = PythonCaller::instance().getMetrics(item->getPath());
         if (result.size() > metrics.size())
             metrics = result;
     }
@@ -152,7 +153,7 @@ void EvaluationTool::runTests()
         if (item->checkState() == Qt::Checked)
         {
             boxesChecked = true;
-            TraceTestResults traceTestResult = pythonCaller.runTestsOnTrace(item->getPath());
+            TraceTestResults traceTestResult = PythonCaller::instance().runTestsOnTrace(item->getPath());
             if (!traceTestResult.hasPassedAllTests())
                 allTestsPassed = false;
             ui->traceTestTreeWidget->addTraceTestResult(traceTestResult);
@@ -193,7 +194,7 @@ void EvaluationTool::calculateMetrics(vector<long> selectedMetrics)
         TraceFileItem *item = static_cast<TraceFileItem *>(traceFilesModel->item(row));
         if (item->checkState() == Qt::Checked)
         {
-            TraceCalculatedMetrics result = pythonCaller.calculateMetricsOnTrace(
+            TraceCalculatedMetrics result = PythonCaller::instance().calculateMetricsOnTrace(
                                                 item->getPath(), selectedMetrics);
             calculatedMetrics.push_back(result);
             ui->traceMetricTreeWidget->addTraceMetricResults(result);
@@ -253,7 +254,7 @@ void EvaluationTool::genPlots()
         {
             ui->traceMetricTreeWidget->addTracePlotResults(QFileInfo(
                                                            item->getPath()).baseName(),
-                                                       pythonCaller.generatePlotsOnTrace(item->getPath()));
+                                                       PythonCaller::instance().generatePlotsOnTrace(item->getPath()));
         }
     }
     ui->traceMetricTreeWidget->expandAll();
diff --git a/DRAMSys/traceAnalyzer/evaluationtool.h b/DRAMSys/traceAnalyzer/evaluationtool.h
index 509cfc3c..95a232fa 100644
--- a/DRAMSys/traceAnalyzer/evaluationtool.h
+++ b/DRAMSys/traceAnalyzer/evaluationtool.h
@@ -35,6 +35,7 @@
  *    Matthias Jung
  *    Éder F. Zulian
  *    Felipe S. Prado
+ *    Derek Christ
  */
 
 #ifndef EVALUATIONTOOL_H
@@ -42,12 +43,6 @@
 
 #include "selectmetrics.h"
 
-// Workaround for CMAKE and Python
-#ifdef slots
-#undef slots
-#endif
-#include <Python.h>
-
 #include <QWidget>
 #include <QStandardItem>
 #include <QStandardItemModel>
@@ -96,7 +91,6 @@ private:
     std::vector<TraceCalculatedMetrics> calculatedMetrics;
     QString resourcesRelPath;
     SelectMetrics *selectMetrics;
-    PythonCaller pythonCaller;
 
     class TraceFileItem : public QStandardItem
     {
diff --git a/DRAMSys/traceAnalyzer/traceanalyzer.cpp b/DRAMSys/traceAnalyzer/traceanalyzer.cpp
index 6e599219..02103ce7 100644
--- a/DRAMSys/traceAnalyzer/traceanalyzer.cpp
+++ b/DRAMSys/traceAnalyzer/traceanalyzer.cpp
@@ -33,6 +33,7 @@
  *    Janik Schlemminger
  *    Robert Gernhardt
  *    Matthias Jung
+ *    Derek Christ
  */
 
 #include "traceanalyzer.h"
@@ -122,8 +123,7 @@ void TraceAnalyzer::openTracefile(const QString &path)
     ui->actionReload_all->setEnabled(true);
     ui->actionSaveChangesToDB->setEnabled(true);
 
-    PythonCaller pythonCaller;
-    if (pythonCaller.vcdExportDependenciesAvailable())
+    if (PythonCaller::instance().vcdExportDependenciesAvailable())
         ui->actionExportAsVCD->setEnabled(true);
 
     ui->actionClose_all->setEnabled(true);
diff --git a/DRAMSys/traceAnalyzer/tracefiletab.cpp b/DRAMSys/traceAnalyzer/tracefiletab.cpp
index b42c743c..d8b7f457 100644
--- a/DRAMSys/traceAnalyzer/tracefiletab.cpp
+++ b/DRAMSys/traceAnalyzer/tracefiletab.cpp
@@ -93,8 +93,7 @@ void TraceFileTab::exportAsVCD()
     QString filename = QFileDialog::getSaveFileName(this, "Export to VCD", "",
                                                     "VCD files (*.vcd)");
 
-    PythonCaller pythonCaller;
-    QString dump = pythonCaller.exportAsVcd(path);
+    QString dump = PythonCaller::instance().exportAsVcd(path);
 
     if (filename != "") {
         QFile file(filename);