diff --git a/src/find_interaction_cluster/community_figures/fig_functions.py b/src/find_interaction_cluster/community_figures/fig_functions.py
index e2a099887bc45cda69b6ee57c36d15a226f02a63..15083450b78daacaa7ee9adc88c4045136617253 100644
--- a/src/find_interaction_cluster/community_figures/fig_functions.py
+++ b/src/find_interaction_cluster/community_figures/fig_functions.py
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ from statsmodels.stats.multitest import multipletests
 import numpy as np
 from ..radomization_test_ppi import get_pvalue
 import seaborn as sns
+import matplotlib.pyplot as plt
 
 
 def get_community_table(communities: List[List[str]],
@@ -358,6 +359,7 @@ def make_barplot(df_bar: pd.DataFrame, outfile: Path,
                       ha='center', va='center', xytext=(0, 10), fontsize=12,
                       textcoords='offset points')
     g.savefig(outfile)
+    plt.close()
 
 
 def make_barplot_perm(df_bar: pd.DataFrame, outfile: Path,
@@ -415,6 +417,7 @@ def make_barplot_perm(df_bar: pd.DataFrame, outfile: Path,
                       ha='center', va='center', xytext=(0, 10), fontsize=12,
                       textcoords='offset points')
     g.savefig(outfile)
+    plt.close()
 
 
 def barplot_creation(df_bar: pd.DataFrame, outfig: Path,