diff --git a/previewer/__init__.py b/previewer/__init__.py
index 64b5b38..fd8ac84 100644
--- a/previewer/__init__.py
+++ b/previewer/__init__.py
@@ -11,7 +11,6 @@
 import ast
 import sys
 from types import ModuleType
-import traceback
 import IPython
 from prompt_toolkit.styles import Style, merge_styles
 from traitlets.config.loader import Config
@@ -71,15 +70,14 @@ def __init__(self, exec_conn, ctrl_conn, ns_conn, config=Config(), formatter=str
         self.start()
 
     def sandbox_pre(self):
-        for module_name in ['matplotlib', 'tkinter', 'pyperclip']:
+        for module_name in ['tkinter', 'pyperclip', 'PyQt5', 'PyQt6', 'PySide2', 'PySide6', 'GLib', 'Gtk', 'gi']:
             sys.modules[module_name] = None
 
     def previewer_open(self, file, mode='r', buffering=-1, encoding=None, errors=None, newline=None, closefd=True, opener=None):
-        if any(['importlib' in fs.filename for fs in traceback.extract_stack()]) or \
-           file == os.devnull:
+        if mode=='r' or mode=='rb' or file == os.devnull:
             return self._open(file, mode=mode, buffering=buffering, encoding=encoding, errors=errors, newline=newline, closefd=closefd, opener=opener)
         else:
-            raise IOError('open is not allowed in previewer')
+            raise IOError(f'open is not allowed in previewer ({file}, {mode})')
 
     def sandbox_post(self):
         try:
@@ -93,6 +91,11 @@ def sandbox_post(self):
             from numpy.testing._private.utils import _SUPPORTS_SVE
         except (ModuleNotFoundError, ImportError):
             pass
+        try:
+            import matplotlib
+            matplotlib.use('template') # do nothing backend
+        except (ModuleNotFoundError, ImportError):
+            pass
         import subprocess
         subprocess.Popen = None
         import builtins