diff --git a/Colab-TextGen-GPU.ipynb b/Colab-TextGen-GPU.ipynb
index 8e305e1d..ebeafc02 100644
--- a/Colab-TextGen-GPU.ipynb
+++ b/Colab-TextGen-GPU.ipynb
@@ -57,6 +57,7 @@
         "from pathlib import Path\n",
         "\n",
         "os.environ.pop('PYTHONPATH', None)\n",
+        "os.environ.pop('MPLBACKEND', None)\n",
         "\n",
         "if Path.cwd().name != 'text-generation-webui':\n",
         "  print(\"\\033[1;32;1m\\n --> Installing the web UI. This will take a while, but after the initial setup, you can download and test as many models as you like.\\033[0;37;0m\\n\")\n",