diff --git a/src/libasr/asr_scopes.cpp b/src/libasr/asr_scopes.cpp
index a50e471c60..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;
 
@@ -39,14 +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);
-                if ((v_func_type->m_abi != ASR::abiType::Intrinsic) &&
-                    (v_func_type->m_abi != ASR::abiType::Interactive)) {
-                    v->m_dependencies = nullptr;
-                    v->n_dependencies = 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);
                 }
-                v_func_type->m_abi = ASR::abiType::Interactive;
                 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/lpython/python_evaluator.cpp b/src/lpython/python_evaluator.cpp
index 67f2b4df69..9db6d0ec7b 100644
--- a/src/lpython/python_evaluator.cpp
+++ b/src/lpython/python_evaluator.cpp
@@ -41,6 +41,22 @@ PythonCompiler::PythonCompiler(CompilerOptions compiler_options)
 
 PythonCompiler::~PythonCompiler() = default;
 
+Result<PythonCompiler::EvalResult> PythonCompiler::evaluate2(const std::string &code) {
+    LocationManager lm;
+    LCompilers::PassManager lpm;
+    lpm.use_default_passes();
+    {
+        LCompilers::LocationManager::FileLocations fl;
+        fl.in_filename = "input";
+        std::ofstream out("input");
+        out << code;
+        lm.files.push_back(fl);
+        lm.init_simple(code);
+        lm.file_ends.push_back(code.size());
+    }
+    diag::Diagnostics diagnostics;
+    return evaluate(code, false, lm, lpm, diagnostics);
+}
 
 Result<PythonCompiler::EvalResult> PythonCompiler::evaluate(
 #ifdef HAVE_LFORTRAN_LLVM
diff --git a/src/lpython/python_evaluator.h b/src/lpython/python_evaluator.h
index 9cba5267ed..fe4ce5b4ac 100644
--- a/src/lpython/python_evaluator.h
+++ b/src/lpython/python_evaluator.h
@@ -56,6 +56,8 @@ class PythonCompiler
             const std::string &code_orig, bool verbose, LocationManager &lm,
             LCompilers::PassManager& pass_manager, diag::Diagnostics &diagnostics);
     
+    Result<PythonCompiler::EvalResult> evaluate2(const std::string &code);
+    
     Result<LCompilers::LPython::AST::ast_t*> get_ast2(
             const std::string &code_orig, diag::Diagnostics &diagnostics);
     
diff --git a/src/lpython/tests/test_llvm.cpp b/src/lpython/tests/test_llvm.cpp
index a660dd7509..5a07bc6ce9 100644
--- a/src/lpython/tests/test_llvm.cpp
+++ b/src/lpython/tests/test_llvm.cpp
@@ -607,3 +607,20 @@ define float @f()
     float r = e.floatfn("f");
     CHECK(std::abs(r - 8) < 1e-6);
 }
+
+TEST_CASE("FortranEvaluator 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 % 1");
+    CHECK(r.ok);
+    CHECK(r.result.type == PythonCompiler::EvalResult::none);
+    r = e.evaluate2("i");
+    CHECK(r.ok);
+    CHECK(r.result.type == PythonCompiler::EvalResult::none); // TODO: change to integer4 and check the value once printing top level expressions is implemented
+}