diff --git a/image_recognition_face_recognition/scripts/get_face_recognition b/image_recognition_face_recognition/scripts/get_face_recognition
index 360fa8f1..eb459ef6 100755
--- a/image_recognition_face_recognition/scripts/get_face_recognition
+++ b/image_recognition_face_recognition/scripts/get_face_recognition
@@ -50,7 +50,7 @@ if __name__ == "__main__":
 
     # Add arguments
     parser.add_argument("image", type=str, help="Image")
-    parser.add_argument("-d", "--db", type=argparse.FileType("r"), help="Load already trained faces db from file")
+    parser.add_argument("-d", "--db", type=argparse.FileType("rb"), help="Load already trained faces db from file")
     args = parser.parse_args()
 
     sys.exit(main(**vars(args)))
diff --git a/image_recognition_face_recognition/scripts/train_from_images b/image_recognition_face_recognition/scripts/train_from_images
index 94cbd4b1..55144a2b 100755
--- a/image_recognition_face_recognition/scripts/train_from_images
+++ b/image_recognition_face_recognition/scripts/train_from_images
@@ -57,7 +57,7 @@ if __name__ == '__main__':
     parser = ArgumentParser(description='Train openface from a database of images')
 
     parser.add_argument('modeldir', action=ReadableDir, help='Directory with folders for each category')
-    parser.add_argument('outfile', type=FileType('w'), help='Where to output the trained faces database')
+    parser.add_argument('outfile', type=FileType('wb'), help='Where to output the trained faces database')
 
     parser.add_argument('-v', '--verbose', action='store_true')
 
diff --git a/image_recognition_face_recognition/src/image_recognition_face_recognition/face_recognizer.py b/image_recognition_face_recognition/src/image_recognition_face_recognition/face_recognizer.py
index ec9be971..6684b3ff 100644
--- a/image_recognition_face_recognition/src/image_recognition_face_recognition/face_recognizer.py
+++ b/image_recognition_face_recognition/src/image_recognition_face_recognition/face_recognizer.py
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 import torch
 from facenet_pytorch import MTCNN, InceptionResnetV1
 import numpy as np
-
+import pickle
 
 class TrainedFace:
     """
@@ -179,3 +179,9 @@ def train(self, face_representation: np.ndarray, name: str) -> None:
             rospy.loginfo(
                 f"Label: {trained_face.get_label()}, Representations: {len(trained_face.get_representations())}"
             )
+
+    def save_trained_faces(self, file_name):
+        pickle.dump(self._trained_faces, file_name)
+
+    def restore_trained_faces(self, file_name):
+        self._trained_faces = pickle.load(file_name)