diff --git a/scripts/dom_activity.py b/scripts/dom_activity.py
index 975d2ed2ca2d16bf4e2f2f48630a2351ca0dcaba..1ebbd6a4b2f134ca43a947f56d1471486c16b15a 100755
--- a/scripts/dom_activity.py
+++ b/scripts/dom_activity.py
@@ -26,6 +26,9 @@ from io import BytesIO
 import os
 import time
 
+import matplotlib
+matplotlib.use("Agg")
+
 import km3pipe as kp
 import km3pipe.style
 from km3modules.plot import plot_dom_parameters
diff --git a/scripts/dom_rates.py b/scripts/dom_rates.py
index ff3d0f7a014f10f8ee4f37224aa461dad68f32e0..2c74468213bca821befcd5a5f6063472f86c6b1a 100755
--- a/scripts/dom_rates.py
+++ b/scripts/dom_rates.py
@@ -24,6 +24,8 @@ from io import BytesIO
 import os
 
 import numpy as np
+import matplotlib
+matplotlib.use("Agg")
 
 import km3pipe as kp
 import km3pipe.style
diff --git a/scripts/trigger_rates.py b/scripts/trigger_rates.py
index 477a8a68bda2d75d493295dc51aee38e29aa9116..fc4c0928606116fc7b25d671e9cc6fbe2c156d4e 100644
--- a/scripts/trigger_rates.py
+++ b/scripts/trigger_rates.py
@@ -28,6 +28,8 @@ import shutil
 import time
 import threading
 
+import matplotlib
+matplotlib.use("Agg")
 import matplotlib.pyplot as plt
 import matplotlib.dates as md