diff --git a/tardis/tests/integration_tests/test_integration.py b/tardis/tests/integration_tests/test_integration.py
index 5ce24dcf6a9..5208bb83414 100644
--- a/tardis/tests/integration_tests/test_integration.py
+++ b/tardis/tests/integration_tests/test_integration.py
@@ -2,6 +2,8 @@
 
 import yaml
 import pytest
+import matplotlib
+matplotlib.use("Agg")
 import matplotlib.pyplot as plt
 from numpy.testing import assert_allclose
 from astropy.tests.helper import assert_quantity_allclose