WebSecurity.InitializeDatabaseConnection method can be called only once

After setting up SimpleMembership, I noticed this error every time I landed on an account page in my project.  The fix for this is:

1.  Create an _AppStart.cshtml in the root of your project and put this code:

@{
   if (!WebSecurity.Initialized) {

        WebSecurity.InitializeDatabaseConnection("DefaultConnection", "UserProfile", "UserId", "UserName", true);

    }

}


2.  Open the file InitializeSimpleMembershipAttribute.cs under the Filters folder and comment out this line:

//WebSecurity.InitializeDatabaseConnection("DefaultConnection", "UserProfile", "UserId", "UserName", autoCreateTables: true);

Hope that helps!