diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index 9545f67832..4e1e2ea0b9 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -120,6 +120,20 @@ if (WITH_LCOMPILERS_FAST_ALLOC)
     add_definitions("-DLCOMPILERS_FAST_ALLOC=1")
 endif()
 
+# copy runtime files
+configure_file("${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/src/runtime/lpython/lpython.py" "${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}/src/runtime/lpython/lpython.py")
+configure_file("${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/src/runtime/cmath.py" "${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}/src/runtime/cmath.py")
+configure_file("${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/src/runtime/lpython_builtin.py" "${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}/src/runtime/lpython_builtin.py")
+configure_file("${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/src/runtime/lpython_intrinsic_numpy.py" "${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}/src/runtime/lpython_intrinsic_numpy.py")
+configure_file("${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/src/runtime/lpython_parser.py" "${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}/src/runtime/lpython_parser.py")
+configure_file("${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/src/runtime/math.py" "${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}/src/runtime/math.py")
+configure_file("${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/src/runtime/os.py" "${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}/src/runtime/os.py")
+configure_file("${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/src/runtime/platform.py" "${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}/src/runtime/platform.py")
+configure_file("${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/src/runtime/random.py" "${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}/src/runtime/random.py")
+configure_file("${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/src/runtime/statistics.py" "${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}/src/runtime/statistics.py")
+configure_file("${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/src/runtime/sys.py" "${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}/src/runtime/sys.py")
+configure_file("${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/src/runtime/time.py" "${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}/src/runtime/time.py")
+
 # LLVM
 set(WITH_LLVM no CACHE BOOL "Build with LLVM support")
 set(WITH_TARGET_AARCH64 no CACHE BOOL "Enable target AARCH64")
diff --git a/src/libasr/asr_scopes.cpp b/src/libasr/asr_scopes.cpp
index 4fae6739e8..c999eaec69 100644
--- a/src/libasr/asr_scopes.cpp
+++ b/src/libasr/asr_scopes.cpp
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@
 
 #include <libasr/asr_scopes.h>
 #include <libasr/asr_utils.h>
+#include <libasr/pass/pass_utils.h>
 
 std::string lcompilers_unique_ID;
 
@@ -39,9 +40,13 @@ void SymbolTable::mark_all_variables_external(Allocator &al) {
             case (ASR::symbolType::Function) : {
                 ASR::Function_t *v = ASR::down_cast<ASR::Function_t>(a.second);
                 ASR::FunctionType_t* v_func_type = ASR::down_cast<ASR::FunctionType_t>(v->m_function_signature);
-                v_func_type->m_abi = ASR::abiType::Interactive;
-                v->m_body = nullptr;
-                v->n_body = 0;
+                if (v_func_type->m_abi != ASR::abiType::Interactive) {
+                    v_func_type->m_abi = ASR::abiType::Interactive;
+                    v->m_body = nullptr;
+                    v->n_body = 0;
+                    PassUtils::UpdateDependenciesVisitor ud(al);
+                    ud.visit_Function(*v);
+                }
                 break;
             }
             case (ASR::symbolType::Module) : {
diff --git a/src/libasr/asr_verify.cpp b/src/libasr/asr_verify.cpp
index 16b255f8cc..19adc83ae8 100644
--- a/src/libasr/asr_verify.cpp
+++ b/src/libasr/asr_verify.cpp
@@ -420,6 +420,11 @@ class VerifyVisitor : public BaseWalkVisitor<VerifyVisitor>
     }
 
     void visit_Function(const Function_t &x) {
+        ASR::FunctionType_t* x_func_type = ASR::down_cast<ASR::FunctionType_t>(x.m_function_signature);
+        if (x_func_type->m_abi == abiType::Interactive) {
+            require(x.n_body == 0,
+            "The Function::n_body should be 0 if abi set to Interactive");
+        }
         std::vector<std::string> function_dependencies_copy = function_dependencies;
         function_dependencies.clear();
         function_dependencies.reserve(x.n_dependencies);
diff --git a/src/libasr/codegen/KaleidoscopeJIT.h b/src/libasr/codegen/KaleidoscopeJIT.h
index 28829bcad6..df83c850d2 100644
--- a/src/libasr/codegen/KaleidoscopeJIT.h
+++ b/src/libasr/codegen/KaleidoscopeJIT.h
@@ -26,6 +26,10 @@
 #include "llvm/IR/LLVMContext.h"
 #include <memory>
 
+#if LLVM_VERSION_MAJOR >= 13
+#include "llvm/ExecutionEngine/Orc/ExecutorProcessControl.h"
+#endif
+
 #if LLVM_VERSION_MAJOR >= 16
 #    define RM_OPTIONAL_TYPE std::optional
 #else
@@ -37,77 +41,76 @@ namespace orc {
 
 class KaleidoscopeJIT {
 private:
-  ExecutionSession ES;
+  std::unique_ptr<ExecutionSession> ES;
   RTDyldObjectLinkingLayer ObjectLayer;
   IRCompileLayer CompileLayer;
 
   DataLayout DL;
   MangleAndInterner Mangle;
-  ThreadSafeContext Ctx;
   JITDylib &JITDL;
 
-  TargetMachine *TM;
-
 public:
-  KaleidoscopeJIT(JITTargetMachineBuilder JTMB, DataLayout DL)
+  KaleidoscopeJIT(std::unique_ptr<ExecutionSession> ES, JITTargetMachineBuilder JTMB, DataLayout DL)
       :
-#if LLVM_VERSION_MAJOR >= 13
-        ES(cantFail(SelfExecutorProcessControl::Create())),
-#endif
-        ObjectLayer(ES,
+        ES(std::move(ES)),
+        ObjectLayer(*this->ES,
                     []() { return std::make_unique<SectionMemoryManager>(); }),
-        CompileLayer(ES, ObjectLayer, std::make_unique<ConcurrentIRCompiler>(ConcurrentIRCompiler(std::move(JTMB)))),
-        DL(std::move(DL)), Mangle(ES, this->DL),
-        Ctx(std::make_unique<LLVMContext>()),
+        CompileLayer(*this->ES, ObjectLayer, std::make_unique<ConcurrentIRCompiler>(std::move(JTMB))),
+        DL(std::move(DL)), Mangle(*this->ES, this->DL),
         JITDL(
 #if LLVM_VERSION_MAJOR >= 11
             cantFail
 #endif
-          (ES.createJITDylib("Main"))) {
+          (this->ES->createJITDylib("Main"))) {
     JITDL.addGenerator(
         cantFail(DynamicLibrarySearchGenerator::GetForCurrentProcess(
             DL.getGlobalPrefix())));
-
-    std::string Error;
-    auto TargetTriple = sys::getDefaultTargetTriple();
-    auto Target = TargetRegistry::lookupTarget(TargetTriple, Error);
-    if (!Target) {
-      throw std::runtime_error("Failed to lookup the target");
+    if (JTMB.getTargetTriple().isOSBinFormatCOFF()) {
+      ObjectLayer.setOverrideObjectFlagsWithResponsibilityFlags(true);
+      ObjectLayer.setAutoClaimResponsibilityForObjectSymbols(true);
     }
-    auto CPU = "generic";
-    auto Features = "";
-    TargetOptions opt;
-    auto RM = RM_OPTIONAL_TYPE<Reloc::Model>();
-    TM = Target->createTargetMachine(TargetTriple, CPU, Features, opt, RM);
   }
 
   static Expected<std::unique_ptr<KaleidoscopeJIT>> Create() {
-    auto JTMB = JITTargetMachineBuilder::detectHost();
+#if LLVM_VERSION_MAJOR >= 13
+    auto EPC = SelfExecutorProcessControl::Create();
+    if (!EPC)
+      return EPC.takeError();
 
-    if (!JTMB)
-      return JTMB.takeError();
+    auto ES = std::make_unique<ExecutionSession>(std::move(*EPC));
 
-    auto DL = JTMB->getDefaultDataLayoutForTarget();
+    JITTargetMachineBuilder JTMB(
+        ES->getExecutorProcessControl().getTargetTriple());
+#else
+    auto ES = std::make_unique<ExecutionSession>();
+
+    auto JTMB_P = JITTargetMachineBuilder::detectHost();
+    if (!JTMB_P)
+      return JTMB_P.takeError();
+
+    auto JTMB = *JTMB_P;
+#endif
+
+    auto DL = JTMB.getDefaultDataLayoutForTarget();
     if (!DL)
       return DL.takeError();
 
-    return std::make_unique<KaleidoscopeJIT>(std::move(*JTMB), std::move(*DL));
+    return std::make_unique<KaleidoscopeJIT>(std::move(ES), std::move(JTMB),
+                                             std::move(*DL));
   }
 
   const DataLayout &getDataLayout() const { return DL; }
 
-  LLVMContext &getContext() { return *Ctx.getContext(); }
-
-  Error addModule(std::unique_ptr<Module> M) {
-    return CompileLayer.add(JITDL,
-                            ThreadSafeModule(std::move(M), Ctx));
+  Error addModule(std::unique_ptr<Module> M, std::unique_ptr<LLVMContext> &Ctx) {
+    auto res =  CompileLayer.add(JITDL,
+                            ThreadSafeModule(std::move(M), std::move(Ctx)));
+    Ctx = std::make_unique<LLVMContext>();
+    return res;
   }
 
   Expected<JITEvaluatedSymbol> lookup(StringRef Name) {
-    return ES.lookup({&JITDL}, Mangle(Name.str()));
+    return ES->lookup({&JITDL}, Mangle(Name.str()));
   }
-
-  TargetMachine &getTargetMachine() { return *TM; }
 };
 
 } // end namespace orc
diff --git a/src/libasr/codegen/evaluator.cpp b/src/libasr/codegen/evaluator.cpp
index d96e729da7..dadf4fb50d 100644
--- a/src/libasr/codegen/evaluator.cpp
+++ b/src/libasr/codegen/evaluator.cpp
@@ -212,7 +212,7 @@ std::unique_ptr<llvm::Module> LLVMEvaluator::parse_module(const std::string &sou
         throw LCompilersException("parse_module(): module failed verification.");
     };
     module->setTargetTriple(target_triple);
-    module->setDataLayout(jit->getTargetMachine().createDataLayout());
+    module->setDataLayout(jit->getDataLayout());
     return module;
 }
 
@@ -234,7 +234,7 @@ void LLVMEvaluator::add_module(std::unique_ptr<llvm::Module> mod) {
     // cases when the Module was constructed directly, not via parse_module().
     mod->setTargetTriple(target_triple);
     mod->setDataLayout(jit->getDataLayout());
-    llvm::Error err = jit->addModule(std::move(mod));
+    llvm::Error err = jit->addModule(std::move(mod), context);
     if (err) {
         llvm::SmallVector<char, 128> buf;
         llvm::raw_svector_ostream dest(buf);
@@ -288,7 +288,7 @@ std::string LLVMEvaluator::get_asm(llvm::Module &m)
     llvm::CodeGenFileType ft = llvm::CGFT_AssemblyFile;
     llvm::SmallVector<char, 128> buf;
     llvm::raw_svector_ostream dest(buf);
-    if (jit->getTargetMachine().addPassesToEmitFile(pass, dest, nullptr, ft)) {
+    if (TM->addPassesToEmitFile(pass, dest, nullptr, ft)) {
         throw std::runtime_error("TargetMachine can't emit a file of this type");
     }
     pass.run(m);
diff --git a/src/libasr/string_utils.cpp b/src/libasr/string_utils.cpp
index bd496d0899..04d68033a8 100644
--- a/src/libasr/string_utils.cpp
+++ b/src/libasr/string_utils.cpp
@@ -116,7 +116,7 @@ std::string read_file(const std::string &filename)
     std::vector<char> bytes(filesize);
     ifs.read(&bytes[0], filesize);
 
-    return std::string(&bytes[0], filesize);
+    return replace(std::string(&bytes[0], filesize), "\r\n", "\n");
 }
 
 std::string parent_path(const std::string &path) {
diff --git a/src/lpython/tests/test_llvm.cpp b/src/lpython/tests/test_llvm.cpp
index 8891a9a8ce..8d2b91f919 100644
--- a/src/lpython/tests/test_llvm.cpp
+++ b/src/lpython/tests/test_llvm.cpp
@@ -624,6 +624,25 @@ TEST_CASE("PythonCompiler 1") {
     CHECK(r.result.i32 == 1);
 }
 
+TEST_CASE("PythonCompiler 2") {
+    CompilerOptions cu;
+    cu.po.disable_main = true;
+    cu.emit_debug_line_column = false;
+    cu.generate_object_code = false;
+    cu.interactive = true;
+    cu.po.runtime_library_dir = LCompilers::LPython::get_runtime_library_dir();
+    PythonCompiler e(cu);
+    LCompilers::Result<PythonCompiler::EvalResult>
+
+    r = e.evaluate2("i: i32 = 3 % 2");
+    CHECK(r.ok);
+    CHECK(r.result.type == PythonCompiler::EvalResult::none);
+    r = e.evaluate2("i");
+    CHECK(r.ok);
+    CHECK(r.result.type == PythonCompiler::EvalResult::integer4);
+    CHECK(r.result.i32 == 1);
+}
+
 TEST_CASE("PythonCompiler i32 expressions") {
     CompilerOptions cu;
     cu.po.disable_main = true;
@@ -845,6 +864,7 @@ TEST_CASE("PythonCompiler u32 declaration") {
     r = e.evaluate2("i: u32");
     CHECK(r.ok);
     CHECK(r.result.type == PythonCompiler::EvalResult::none);
+
     r = e.evaluate2("i = u32(5)");
     CHECK(r.ok);
     CHECK(r.result.type == PythonCompiler::EvalResult::statement);
@@ -1358,3 +1378,113 @@ def my_concat(x: str, y: str) -> str:
     CHECK(r.result.type == PythonCompiler::EvalResult::string);
     CHECK(std::strcmp(r.result.str, "Python REPL") == 0);
 }
+
+TEST_CASE("PythonCompiler asr verify 1") {
+    CompilerOptions cu;
+    cu.po.disable_main = true;
+    cu.emit_debug_line_column = false;
+    cu.generate_object_code = false;
+    cu.interactive = true;
+    cu.po.runtime_library_dir = LCompilers::LPython::get_runtime_library_dir();
+    PythonCompiler e(cu);
+    LCompilers::Result<PythonCompiler::EvalResult>
+
+    r = e.evaluate2("i: i32 = 3 % 2");
+    CHECK(r.ok);
+    CHECK(r.result.type == PythonCompiler::EvalResult::none);
+    r = e.evaluate2("i");
+    CHECK(r.ok);
+    CHECK(r.result.type == PythonCompiler::EvalResult::integer4);
+    CHECK(r.result.i32 == 1);
+}
+
+TEST_CASE("PythonCompiler asr verify 2") {
+    CompilerOptions cu;
+    cu.po.disable_main = true;
+    cu.emit_debug_line_column = false;
+    cu.generate_object_code = false;
+    cu.interactive = true;
+    cu.po.runtime_library_dir = LCompilers::LPython::get_runtime_library_dir();
+    PythonCompiler e(cu);
+    LCompilers::Result<PythonCompiler::EvalResult>
+    r = e.evaluate2(R"(
+def is_even(x: i32) -> i32:
+    if x % 2 == 0:
+        return 1
+    return 0
+)");
+    CHECK(r.ok);
+    CHECK(r.result.type == PythonCompiler::EvalResult::none);
+    r = e.evaluate2("is_even(4)");
+    CHECK(r.ok);
+    CHECK(r.result.type == PythonCompiler::EvalResult::integer4);
+    CHECK(r.result.i32 == 1);
+    r = e.evaluate2("is_even(3)");
+    CHECK(r.ok);
+    CHECK(r.result.type == PythonCompiler::EvalResult::integer4);
+    CHECK(r.result.i32 == 0);
+}
+
+TEST_CASE("PythonCompiler asr verify 3") {
+    CompilerOptions cu;
+    cu.po.disable_main = true;
+    cu.emit_debug_line_column = false;
+    cu.generate_object_code = false;
+    cu.interactive = true;
+    cu.po.runtime_library_dir = LCompilers::LPython::get_runtime_library_dir();
+    PythonCompiler e(cu);
+    LCompilers::Result<PythonCompiler::EvalResult>
+
+    r = e.evaluate2(R"(
+def addi(x: i32, y: i32) -> i32:
+    return x + y
+)");
+    CHECK(r.ok);
+    CHECK(r.result.type == PythonCompiler::EvalResult::none);
+    r = e.evaluate2(R"(
+def subi(x: i32, y: i32) -> i32:
+    return addi(x, -y)
+)");
+    CHECK(r.ok);
+    CHECK(r.result.type == PythonCompiler::EvalResult::none);
+    r = e.evaluate2("addi(2, 3)");
+    CHECK(r.ok);
+    CHECK(r.result.type == PythonCompiler::EvalResult::integer4);
+    CHECK(r.result.i32 == 5);
+    r = e.evaluate2("subi(2, 3)");
+    CHECK(r.ok);
+    CHECK(r.result.type == PythonCompiler::EvalResult::integer4);
+    CHECK(r.result.i32 == -1);
+}
+
+TEST_CASE("PythonCompiler asr verify 4") {
+    CompilerOptions cu;
+    cu.po.disable_main = true;
+    cu.emit_debug_line_column = false;
+    cu.generate_object_code = false;
+    cu.interactive = true;
+    cu.po.runtime_library_dir = LCompilers::LPython::get_runtime_library_dir();
+    PythonCompiler e(cu);
+    LCompilers::Result<PythonCompiler::EvalResult>
+
+    r = e.evaluate2(R"(
+def addr(x: f64, y: f64) -> f64:
+    return x + y
+)");
+    CHECK(r.ok);
+    CHECK(r.result.type == PythonCompiler::EvalResult::none);
+    r = e.evaluate2(R"(
+def subr(x: f64, y: f64) -> f64:
+    return addr(x, -y)
+)");
+    CHECK(r.ok);
+    CHECK(r.result.type == PythonCompiler::EvalResult::none);
+    r = e.evaluate2("addr(2.5, 3.5)");
+    CHECK(r.ok);
+    CHECK(r.result.type == PythonCompiler::EvalResult::real8);
+    CHECK(r.result.f64 == 6);
+    r = e.evaluate2("subr(2.5, 3.5)");
+    CHECK(r.ok);
+    CHECK(r.result.type == PythonCompiler::EvalResult::real8);
+    CHECK(r.result.f64 == -1);
+}
diff --git a/src/runtime/lpython_builtin.py b/src/runtime/lpython_builtin.py
index 7678cb0de2..6bb7920d5f 100644
--- a/src/runtime/lpython_builtin.py
+++ b/src/runtime/lpython_builtin.py
@@ -1143,4 +1143,3 @@ def list(s: str) -> list[str]:
     for i in range(len(s)):
         l.append(s[i])
     return l
-  
diff --git a/src/runtime/platform.py b/src/runtime/platform.py
index 4c11b4977a..f408c53219 100644
--- a/src/runtime/platform.py
+++ b/src/runtime/platform.py
@@ -2,4 +2,4 @@ def python_implementation() -> str:
     return "LPython"
 
 def python_version() -> str:
-     return __LPYTHON_VERSION__
\ No newline at end of file
+     return __LPYTHON_VERSION__