diff --git a/.matplotlibrc b/.matplotlibrc
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..3628ab7c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.matplotlibrc
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+backend: agg
+figure.dpi: 100
+font.family: DejaVu Sans
+savefig.dpi: 100
diff --git a/examples/1-basic/matplotlibrc b/examples/1-basic/matplotlibrc
new file mode 120000
index 00000000..0f9ea77e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/examples/1-basic/matplotlibrc
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+../../.matplotlibrc
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/examples/2-advanced/matplotlibrc b/examples/2-advanced/matplotlibrc
new file mode 120000
index 00000000..0f9ea77e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/examples/2-advanced/matplotlibrc
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+../../.matplotlibrc
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/noxfile.py b/noxfile.py
index 4c070657..6a45d5c7 100644
--- a/noxfile.py
+++ b/noxfile.py
@@ -72,6 +72,7 @@ def examples(session: nox.Session) -> None:
         session.run(
             "jupyter",
             "execute",
+            "--inplace",
             *Path().glob("examples/**/*.ipynb"),
             *session.posargs,
         )