diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index 0e286a6..78d2e24 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ build-backend = "setuptools.build_meta"
 
 [project]
 name = "maxplotlibx"
-version = "0.1.5"
+version = "0.1.6"
 description = "A reproducible plotting module with various backends and export options."
 readme = "README.md"
 requires-python = ">=3.8"
diff --git a/pytest.ini b/pytest.ini
index e407553..b4fff9a 100644
--- a/pytest.ini
+++ b/pytest.ini
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
 # pytest.ini
 [pytest]
-addopts = -ra -q
\ No newline at end of file
+addopts = -ra -q
+pythonpath = src
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/src/maxplotlib/canvas/canvas.py b/src/maxplotlib/canvas/canvas.py
index e224614..cc7918c 100644
--- a/src/maxplotlib/canvas/canvas.py
+++ b/src/maxplotlib/canvas/canvas.py
@@ -946,7 +946,24 @@ def show(
         layers: list | None = None,
         usetex: bool | None = None,
         verbose: bool = False,
+        block: bool = True,
     ):
+        """
+        Render and display the canvas.
+
+        Parameters
+        ----------
+        block : bool, optional
+            matplotlib backend only (default: True). Whether to block until
+            the figure window is closed before returning. Passed straight to
+            ``plt.show(block=...)`` rather than left at its default, because
+            that default follows ``matplotlib.is_interactive()`` -- which
+            other imported code (IPython, a prior interactive session) can
+            flip to True behind this call's back, silently turning off
+            blocking. Forcing it explicitly is what makes repeated
+            ``canvas.show()`` calls in a loop display one figure at a time
+            instead of every window appearing together.
+        """
         if verbose:
             print(f"Showing canvas using backend: {backend}")
 
@@ -962,7 +979,7 @@ def show(
             )
             if verbose:
                 print("Displaying Matplotlib figure...")
-            plt.show()
+            plt.show(block=block)
             return fig, axes
         elif backend == "plotly":
             resolved_usetex = self._usetex if usetex is None else usetex
diff --git a/src/maxplotlib/tests/test_canvas.py b/src/maxplotlib/tests/test_canvas.py
index b72dbb7..7bd8f9a 100644
--- a/src/maxplotlib/tests/test_canvas.py
+++ b/src/maxplotlib/tests/test_canvas.py
@@ -347,11 +347,34 @@ def test_canvas_show_uses_matplotlib_show(monkeypatch):
 
     fig, axes = canvas.show()
 
-    assert calls == [((), {})]
+    # block=True is passed explicitly (not left at plt.show()'s own default)
+    # so a caller looping over several canvases shows them one at a time
+    # regardless of matplotlib's interactive-mode state.
+    assert calls == [((), {"block": True})]
     assert fig is not None
     assert axes is not None
 
 
+def test_canvas_show_block_false_is_forwarded(monkeypatch):
+    import matplotlib.pyplot as plt
+
+    from maxplotlib import Canvas
+
+    calls = []
+
+    monkeypatch.setattr(
+        plt, "show", lambda *args, **kwargs: calls.append((args, kwargs))
+    )
+
+    canvas = Canvas()
+    subplot = canvas.add_subplot()
+    subplot.plot([0, 1], [0, 1])
+
+    canvas.show(block=False)
+
+    assert calls == [((), {"block": False})]
+
+
 def test_show_canvas_script_invokes_canvas_show(monkeypatch):
     import maxplotlib