diff --git a/collects/scriblib/figure.tex b/collects/scriblib/figure.tex
index 429e996d3d..04e90facd9 100644
--- a/collects/scriblib/figure.tex
+++ b/collects/scriblib/figure.tex
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@
 \newlength{\FigOrigskip}
 \FigOrigskip=\parskip
 
-\newenvironment{CenterfigureMulti}{\begin{figure*}\centering}{\end{figure*}}
+\newenvironment{CenterfigureMulti}{\begin{figure*}[htp]\centering}{\end{figure*}}
 \newenvironment{CenterfigureMultiWide}{\begin{CenterfigureMulti}}{\end{CenterfigureMulti}}
-\newenvironment{Centerfigure}{\begin{figure}\centering}{\end{figure}}
+\newenvironment{Centerfigure}{\begin{figure}[htp]\centering}{\end{figure}}
 \newenvironment{FigureInside}{\begin{list}{}{\leftmargin=0pt\topsep=0pt\parsep=\FigOrigskip\partopsep=0pt}\item}{\end{list}}