diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index e0838cbe744aff05171c77648702bf586e1998cf..074bcf75dbbcc52990cd3c1794cf3e7212377ca1 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -4,3 +4,4 @@
 *.asv
 *.f
 *.json
+*.fig
diff --git a/functions/utilities/exportStandardizedFigure/mainExportStandardizedFigure.m b/functions/utilities/exportStandardizedFigure/mainExportStandardizedFigure.m
index 9e89274f1faae3c3d264272897fae54effde383b..2645b1000abf4755022038c7422ed36fd432df89 100644
--- a/functions/utilities/exportStandardizedFigure/mainExportStandardizedFigure.m
+++ b/functions/utilities/exportStandardizedFigure/mainExportStandardizedFigure.m
@@ -140,6 +140,7 @@ figSelectionDropDown = uidropdown(fig, ...
 
 % Automatically update preview if only one figure exists
 if isscalar(figHandles)
+    saveTemporaryFigure();
     updateDropdown();
     updatePreview();
 end
@@ -318,7 +319,7 @@ allDefaultButton = uibutton(fig, 'Text', 'Reset All', ...
         figNames = getFigureNames(figHandles);
 
         figSelectionDropDown.Items = figNames;
-
+        saveTemporaryFigure();
         % Automatically update preview if only one valid figure exists
         if isscalar(figHandles)
             updatePreview();
@@ -553,6 +554,43 @@ allDefaultButton = uibutton(fig, 'Text', 'Reset All', ...
         % checkboxes = findall(flagsPanel.Children, 'Type', 'uicheckbox');
         % set(checkboxes, 'Enable', 'off');
     end
+
+    function saveTemporaryFigure()
+        % Force to save fig
+        exportPDFBox.Value = false;
+        exportFIGBox.Value= true;
+
+        % retrieve local path to save temp fig in temp folder
+        tempPath = [pwd '\temp'];
+        if ~isfolder(tempPath)
+            error('Not such a directory');
+        end
+
+        % Get values from the GUI components
+        exportPDF = false;
+        addMarkers = false;
+        exportFIG = true;
+        changeColors = false;
+        percTextwidth = percTextField.Value;
+        overwriteFigure = true;
+
+        % Call the exportStandardizedFigure function
+        % selectedIdx = figSelectionDropDown.Value;
+        % figToExp = figHandles(strcmp(figSelectionDropDown.Items, selectedIdx));
+        % name = getFigureNames(figToExp);
+
+        figToExp = findFigures(fig);
+        names = getFigureNames(figToExp);
+
+        for i=1:length(names)
+            filename = [tempPath '\' char(names(i))];
+            savefig(figToExp(i), filename)
+        end
+        disp('Temporary .fig available in temp folder');
+
+        % checkboxes = findall(flagsPanel.Children, 'Type', 'uicheckbox');
+        % set(checkboxes, 'Enable', 'off');
+    end
 end
 
 function figHandles = findFigures(fig)