diff --git a/sleap/gui/widgets/mpl.py b/sleap/gui/widgets/mpl.py
index a9b7fc838..2c11488dc 100644
--- a/sleap/gui/widgets/mpl.py
+++ b/sleap/gui/widgets/mpl.py
@@ -6,11 +6,11 @@
 
 from qtpy import QtWidgets
 from matplotlib.figure import Figure
-from matplotlib.backends.backend_qt5agg import FigureCanvasQTAgg as Canvas
+from matplotlib.backends.backend_qtagg import FigureCanvasQTAgg as Canvas
 import matplotlib
 
 # Ensure using PyQt5 backend
-matplotlib.use("QT5Agg")
+matplotlib.use("QtAgg")
 
 
 class MplCanvas(Canvas):
@@ -26,3 +26,23 @@ def __init__(self, width=5, height=4, dpi=100):
             self, QtWidgets.QSizePolicy.Expanding, QtWidgets.QSizePolicy.Expanding
         )
         Canvas.updateGeometry(self)
+        self.series = {}
+
+    def add_scatter(self, key, x, y, label, color, size):
+        if key in self.series:
+            self.series[key].remove()
+        scatter = self.axes.scatter(x, y, label=label, color=color, s=size)
+        self.series[key] = scatter
+        self.draw()
+
+    def add_line(self, key, x, y, label, color, width):
+        if key in self.series:
+            self.series[key].remove()
+        (line,) = self.axes.plot(x, y, label=label, color=color, linewidth=width)
+        self.series[key] = line
+        self.draw()
+
+    def clear(self):
+        self.axes.cla()
+        self.series.clear()
+        self.draw()
diff --git a/sleap/gui/widgets/training_monitor.py b/sleap/gui/widgets/training_monitor.py
index 80c231f39..92eb342e8 100644
--- a/sleap/gui/widgets/training_monitor.py
+++ b/sleap/gui/widgets/training_monitor.py
@@ -9,10 +9,7 @@
 from typing import Optional
 from qtpy import QtCore, QtWidgets, QtGui
 import attr
-import matplotlib.pyplot as plt
-
-plt.use("QtAgg")
-from matplotlib.backends.backend_qtagg import FigureCanvasQTAgg as FigureCanvas
+from sleap.gui.widgets.mpl import MplCanvas
 
 logger = logging.getLogger(__name__)
 
@@ -82,16 +79,22 @@ def reset(
             what: String identifier indicating which job type the current run
                 corresponds to.
         """
-        self.fig, self.ax = plt.subplots()
-        self.canvas = FigureCanvas(self.fig)
+        self.canvas = MplCanvas(width=5, height=4, dpi=100)
         self.setCentralWidget(self.canvas)
 
-        self.series = dict()
-
         COLOR_TRAIN = (18, 158, 220)
         COLOR_VAL = (248, 167, 52)
         COLOR_BEST_VAL = (151, 204, 89)
 
+        # Add scatter series for batch training loss
+        self.canvas.add_scatter(
+            key="batch",
+            x=x_batch,
+            y=y_batch,
+            label="Batch Training Loss",
+            color=COLOR_TRAIN + "80",  # Color with alpha
+            size=64,
+        )
         self.series["batch"] = QtCharts.QScatterSeries()
         self.series["batch"].setName("Batch Training Loss")
         self.series["batch"].setColor(QtGui.QColor(*COLOR_TRAIN, 48))
diff --git a/sleap/nn/training.py b/sleap/nn/training.py
index 6a64e43b6..97fe7573c 100644
--- a/sleap/nn/training.py
+++ b/sleap/nn/training.py
@@ -508,7 +508,7 @@ def setup_visualization(
     callbacks = []
 
     try:
-        matplotlib.use("Qt5Agg")
+        matplotlib.use("QtAgg")
     except ImportError:
         print(
             "Unable to use Qt backend for matplotlib. "