From 838c642310dc4fba3d598bd3df806f612a7c68de Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: James Nightingale <james.w.nightingale@durham.ac.uk>
Date: Sun, 10 Nov 2024 18:51:45 +0000
Subject: [PATCH] add gc

---
 autoarray/plot/wrap/base/figure.py | 5 +++--
 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/autoarray/plot/wrap/base/figure.py b/autoarray/plot/wrap/base/figure.py
index fb25da2e4..51fe28a13 100644
--- a/autoarray/plot/wrap/base/figure.py
+++ b/autoarray/plot/wrap/base/figure.py
@@ -92,5 +92,6 @@ def close(self):
         """
         Wraps the Matplotlib method 'plt.close' for closing a figure.
         """
-        if plt.fignum_exists(num=1):
-            plt.close()
+        plt.close()
+        import gc
+        gc.collect()