diff --git a/map2map/utils/figures.py b/map2map/utils/figures.py
index 7e98d18..1ee6d49 100644
--- a/map2map/utils/figures.py
+++ b/map2map/utils/figures.py
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ matplotlib.use('Agg')
 import matplotlib.pyplot as plt
 from matplotlib.colors import Normalize, LogNorm, SymLogNorm
 from matplotlib.cm import ScalarMappable
+plt.rc('text', usetex=False)
 
 from ..models import lag2eul, power