diff --git a/src/spikeanalysis/plotbase.py b/src/spikeanalysis/plotbase.py
index 51f0d78..e0cf25f 100644
--- a/src/spikeanalysis/plotbase.py
+++ b/src/spikeanalysis/plotbase.py
@@ -19,6 +19,9 @@
     "fontname": "The font to use",
     "fontstyle": "The style to use for the font",
     "fontsize": "The size of the text",
+    "save": "Whether to save images",
+    "format": "The format to save the image",
+    "extra_title": "Additional info to add to image title"
 }
 
 
@@ -85,6 +88,10 @@ def _convert_plot_kwargs(self, plot_kwargs: dict) -> namedtuple:
         x_axis = plot_kwargs.pop("x_axis", self.x_axis)
         y_axis = plot_kwargs.pop("y_axis", self.y_axis)
 
+        save = plot_kwargs.pop("save", False)
+        format = plot_kwargs.pop("format", "png")
+        extra_title = plot_kwargs.pop("extra_title", '')
+
         PlotKwargs = namedtuple(
             "PlotKwargs",
             [
@@ -99,10 +106,13 @@ def _convert_plot_kwargs(self, plot_kwargs: dict) -> namedtuple:
                 "fontname",
                 "fontstyle",
                 "fontsize",
+                "save",
+                "format",
+                "extra_title"
             ],
         )
 
-        plot_kwargs = PlotKwargs(figsize, dpi, x_lim, y_lim, title, cmap, x_axis, y_axis, fontname, fontstyle, fontsize)
+        plot_kwargs = PlotKwargs(figsize, dpi, x_lim, y_lim, title, cmap, x_axis, y_axis, fontname, fontstyle, fontsize, save, format, extra_title)
 
         return plot_kwargs
 
@@ -116,3 +126,8 @@ def set_plot_kwargs(self, ax: plt.axes, plot_kwargs: namedtuple):
 
         if plot_kwargs.ylim is not None:
             ax.set_ylim(plot_kwargs.ylim)
+
+    def _save_fig(self, cluster_number, extra_title='', format='png'):
+
+        title = f"{cluster_number}_{extra_title}"
+        plt.savefig(title, format=format)
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/src/spikeanalysis/spike_plotter.py b/src/spikeanalysis/spike_plotter.py
index 74ae146..1c1554c 100644
--- a/src/spikeanalysis/spike_plotter.py
+++ b/src/spikeanalysis/spike_plotter.py
@@ -435,6 +435,10 @@ def _plot_scores(
                     fontname=plot_kwargs.fontname,
                 )
             plt.figure(dpi=plot_kwargs.dpi)
+            if plot_kwargs.save and plot_kwargs.title is not None:
+                self._save_fig(plot_kwargs.title, extra_title=plot_kwargs.extra_title, format=plot_kwargs.format)
+            elif plot_kwargs.title is None:
+                print('give title to save heat map')
             plt.show()
 
             if reset_index:
@@ -590,6 +594,8 @@ def plot_raster(
                         fontname=plot_kwargs.fontname,
                     )
                 plt.figure(dpi=plot_kwargs.dpi)
+                if plot_kwargs.save:
+                    self._save_fig(title, extra_title=plot_kwargs.extra_title, format=plot_kwargs.format)
                 plt.show()
 
     def plot_sm_fr(
@@ -770,6 +776,9 @@ def plot_sm_fr(
                         fontname=plot_kwargs.fontname,
                     )
                 plt.figure(dpi=plot_kwargs.dpi)
+
+                if plot_kwargs.save:
+                    self._save_fig(title, extra_title=plot_kwargs.extra_title, format=plot_kwargs.format)
                 plt.show()
 
     def plot_zscores_ind(self, z_bar: Optional[list[int]] = None, show_stim: bool = True):