diff --git a/utils/plots.py b/utils/plots.py
index 9095d02f6..3808ec19d 100644
--- a/utils/plots.py
+++ b/utils/plots.py
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ from utils.metrics import fitness
 
 # Settings
 matplotlib.rc('font', **{'size': 11})
-matplotlib.use('Agg')  # for writing to files only
+matplotlib.use('svg')  # for writing to files only
 
 
 def color_list():