diff --git a/pymule/__init__.py b/pymule/__init__.py
index add927917fefdb576c6c1a599622192b0f9ff77b..a518f210332bfe3dea9c68a7bf05955c3063cce5 100644
--- a/pymule/__init__.py
+++ b/pymule/__init__.py
@@ -1,3 +1,9 @@
+try:
+    ip = get_ipython()
+    ip.magic("pylab")
+except NameError:
+    pass
+
 import numpy as np
 import matplotlib.pyplot as plt