diff --git a/carabiner/mpl/utils.py b/carabiner/mpl/utils.py
index 643d16c..7dc11a6 100644
--- a/carabiner/mpl/utils.py
+++ b/carabiner/mpl/utils.py
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@
 
 from typing import Any, Iterable, Mapping, Tuple, Optional, Union
 from functools import wraps
+import os
 
 try:
     import matplotlib.pyplot as plt
@@ -17,13 +18,15 @@
 from tqdm.auto import tqdm
 
 from ..cast import cast
-from ..utils import colorblind_palette as utils_colorblind_palette
-rcParams['axes.prop_cycle'] = cycler(color=utils_colorblind_palette())
+from ..utils import colorblind_palette as utils_colorblind_palette, print_err
 
 TFigAx = Tuple[figure.Figure, axes.Axes]
 
 colorblind_palette = utils_colorblind_palette
 
+# Set default color cycle on import
+rcParams['axes.prop_cycle'] = cycler(color=colorblind_palette())
+
 def grid(
      nrow: int = 1, 
      ncol: int = 1, 
@@ -207,4 +210,55 @@ def scattergrid(
                )
           if not dummy_group:
                ax.legend(**_legend_opts)
-     return fig, axes
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+     return fig, axes
+
+def figsaver(
+     dir: str = ".",
+     prefix: Optional[str] = None,
+     dpi: int = 300, 
+     format: str = 'png', 
+) -> Callable[[Figure, str, int, str, Optional[DataFrame]], None]:
+
+     """Create a function to save figures in a predefined location.
+
+     Parameters
+     ----------
+     dir : str, optional
+          Directory to save figures. Default: ".".
+     prefix : str, optional
+          Prefix for filenames. Default: no prefix.
+     dpi : int, optional
+          Resolution of saved figures. Default: 300.
+     format : str, optional
+          File format of figures. Default: "png".
+
+     Returns
+     -------
+     Callable
+          A function taking Figure, name, and optionally a Pandas 
+          DataFrame as arguments. Saves as {dir}/{prefix}{name}.{format}.
+          If a DataFrame is provided, it as saved as {dir}/{prefix}{name}.csv.
+
+     """
+
+     def _figsave(
+          fig: Figure, 
+          name: str, 
+          df: Optional[DataFrame] = None
+     ) -> None:
+          """
+
+          """
+          figname = os.path.join(output_dir, f"{prefix}{name}.{format}")
+          print_err(f"Saving plot at {figname}")
+          fig.savefig(
+               figname, 
+               dpi=dpi, 
+               bbox_inches='tight',
+          )
+          if df is not None and isinstance(df, DataFrame):
+               dataname = os.path.join(output_dir, f"{prefix}{name}.csv"
+               print_err(f"Saving data at {dataname}")
+               df.to_csv(dataname, index=False)
+          return None
+     return _figave
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