diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 0facd2b..651f70e 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -3,3 +3,4 @@ __pycache__/
 out/
 *.png
 .sw[opqr]
+*.tar.gz
diff --git a/check.py b/check.py
index 1fb976d..7f13648 100644
--- a/check.py
+++ b/check.py
@@ -8,8 +8,10 @@ from model import ColorTransformerModel
 
 import numpy as np
 import matplotlib.pyplot as plt
+
 # import matplotlib.colors as mcolors
 
+
 def make_image(ckpt: str, fname: str, color=True):
     M = ColorTransformerModel.load_from_checkpoint(ckpt)
 
@@ -41,6 +43,7 @@ def make_image(ckpt: str, fname: str, color=True):
 
 def create_circle(ckpt: str, fname: str):
     M = ColorTransformerModel.load_from_checkpoint(ckpt)
+    M.eval()
     rgb_tensor, names = extract_colors()
     rgb_values = rgb_tensor.detach().numpy()
     rgb_tensor = preprocess_data(rgb_tensor)
@@ -58,7 +61,7 @@ def create_circle(ckpt: str, fname: str):
     fig, ax = plt.subplots(figsize=(6, 6), subplot_kw=dict(polar=True))
 
     # Each wedge in the circle
-    theta = np.linspace(0, 2 * np.pi, N+1) + np.pi / 2
+    theta = np.linspace(0, 2 * np.pi, N + 1) + np.pi / 2
     width = 2 * np.pi / (N)  # equal size for each wedge
 
     for i in range(N):
@@ -69,6 +72,7 @@ def create_circle(ckpt: str, fname: str):
     ax.axis("off")
     fig.tight_layout()
     plt.savefig(f"{fname}.png", dpi=300)
+    plt.close()
 
 
 if __name__ == "__main__":