diff --git a/.github/workflows/weekly_stats.yaml b/.github/workflows/weekly_stats.yaml
index a7c08221a..b8e96c5fd 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/weekly_stats.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/weekly_stats.yaml
@@ -112,14 +112,14 @@ jobs:
           echo "$(head -n 2 Stats3)" > Stats3
           sudo apt-get install gnuplot -y
           N=`awk 'NR==1 {print NF}' Stats3`
-          gnuplot
-          plot for [i=2:N] "Stats3" u 1:i
-          set term png
-          set output "stats.png"
-          replot
-          set term x11
+          gnuplot -persist <<-EOFMarker
+            plot for [i=2:N] "Stats3" u 1:i
+            set term png
+            set output "stats.png"
+            replot
+            set term x11
           #https://www.xmodulo.com/draw-stacked-histogram-gnuplot.html
-          exit
+          EOFMarker
           rm Stats3
       - name: Commit if needed
         uses: EndBug/add-and-commit@v9