diff --git a/modules/deeplearning/cloud_fraction_fcn.py b/modules/deeplearning/cloud_fraction_fcn.py
index ccb394608cf16d3dad4d23c6101696a90440aba0..3fcd6841f038d72b0efc046273be16795cd0ba16 100644
--- a/modules/deeplearning/cloud_fraction_fcn.py
+++ b/modules/deeplearning/cloud_fraction_fcn.py
@@ -777,6 +777,7 @@ def run_restore_static(directory, ckpt_dir, out_file=None):
 
 
 def run_evaluate_static(in_file, out_file, ckpt_dir):
+    gc.collect()
 
     h5f = h5py.File(in_file, 'r')