diff --git a/ChangeLog.txt b/ChangeLog.txt
index 6524d10..a8845b1 100644
--- a/ChangeLog.txt
+++ b/ChangeLog.txt
@@ -1,3 +1,16 @@
+ParseCSV 1.3.1
+-----------------------------------
+Date: to be released
+
+Bugfix:
+- `parseFile()` will now set `$csv->data`.
+  Until now, the parsed data was only returned.
+  This adds consistency with `$csv->parse()`
+  for the following operations on the object.
+
+-----------------------------------
+
+
 ParseCSV 1.3.0
 -----------------------------------
 Date: 14-Apr-2021
diff --git a/src/Csv.php b/src/Csv.php
index b423b23..d42dcf9 100644
--- a/src/Csv.php
+++ b/src/Csv.php
@@ -621,7 +621,10 @@ class Csv {
             return false;
         }
 
-        return !empty($this->file_data) ? $this->_parse_string() : false;
+        if (empty($this->file_data)) {
+            return false;
+        }
+        return $this->data = $this->_parse_string();
     }
 
     /**
diff --git a/tests/methods/ParseTest.php b/tests/methods/ParseTest.php
index 7687b1a..b3dd239 100644
--- a/tests/methods/ParseTest.php
+++ b/tests/methods/ParseTest.php
@@ -331,4 +331,10 @@ class ParseTest extends TestCase {
         self::assertFalse($this->csv->parseFile(''));
         self::assertFalse($this->csv->parseFile(null));
     }
+
+    public function testParseFile() {
+        $data = $this->csv->parseFile(__DIR__ . '/fixtures/auto-double-enclosure.csv');
+        self::assertCount(2, $data);
+        self::assertEquals($data, $this->csv->data);
+    }
 }