diff --git a/zeppelin-interpreter/src/main/java/org/apache/zeppelin/interpreter/remote/RemoteInterpreter.java b/zeppelin-interpreter/src/main/java/org/apache/zeppelin/interpreter/remote/RemoteInterpreter.java
index 22818fce872..cd77dc42cf0 100644
--- a/zeppelin-interpreter/src/main/java/org/apache/zeppelin/interpreter/remote/RemoteInterpreter.java
+++ b/zeppelin-interpreter/src/main/java/org/apache/zeppelin/interpreter/remote/RemoteInterpreter.java
@@ -57,7 +57,6 @@ public class RemoteInterpreter extends Interpreter {
   static Map<String, RemoteInterpreterProcess> interpreterGroupReference
     = new HashMap<String, RemoteInterpreterProcess>();
 
-  private InterpreterContextRunnerPool interpreterContextRunnerPool;
   private int connectTimeout;
 
   public RemoteInterpreter(Properties property,
@@ -72,7 +71,6 @@ public RemoteInterpreter(Properties property,
     this.interpreterRunner = interpreterRunner;
     this.interpreterPath = interpreterPath;
     env = new HashMap<String, String>();
-    interpreterContextRunnerPool = new InterpreterContextRunnerPool();
     this.connectTimeout = connectTimeout;
   }
 
@@ -195,6 +193,9 @@ public InterpreterResult interpret(String st, InterpreterContext context) {
       throw new InterpreterException(e1);
     }
 
+    InterpreterContextRunnerPool interpreterContextRunnerPool = interpreterProcess
+        .getInterpreterContextRunnerPool();
+
     List<InterpreterContextRunner> runners = context.getRunners();
     if (runners != null && runners.size() != 0) {
       // assume all runners in this InterpreterContext have the same note id
@@ -338,7 +339,7 @@ public void setInterpreterGroup(InterpreterGroup interpreterGroup) {
           || (!intpProcess.isRunning() && intpProcess.getPort() == -1)) {
         interpreterGroupReference.put(getInterpreterGroupKey(interpreterGroup),
             new RemoteInterpreterProcess(interpreterRunner,
-                interpreterPath, env, interpreterContextRunnerPool, connectTimeout));
+                interpreterPath, env, connectTimeout));
 
         logger.info("setInterpreterGroup = "
             + getInterpreterGroupKey(interpreterGroup) + " class=" + className
diff --git a/zeppelin-interpreter/src/main/java/org/apache/zeppelin/interpreter/remote/RemoteInterpreterProcess.java b/zeppelin-interpreter/src/main/java/org/apache/zeppelin/interpreter/remote/RemoteInterpreterProcess.java
index 5dd2a653982..f917eb950f9 100644
--- a/zeppelin-interpreter/src/main/java/org/apache/zeppelin/interpreter/remote/RemoteInterpreterProcess.java
+++ b/zeppelin-interpreter/src/main/java/org/apache/zeppelin/interpreter/remote/RemoteInterpreterProcess.java
@@ -55,21 +55,19 @@ public class RemoteInterpreterProcess implements ExecuteResultHandler {
   public RemoteInterpreterProcess(String intpRunner,
       String intpDir,
       Map<String, String> env,
-      InterpreterContextRunnerPool interpreterContextRunnerPool, int connectTimeout) {
-    this(intpRunner, intpDir, env, interpreterContextRunnerPool, 
-        new RemoteInterpreterEventPoller(), connectTimeout);
+      int connectTimeout) {
+    this(intpRunner, intpDir, env, new RemoteInterpreterEventPoller(), connectTimeout);
   }
 
   RemoteInterpreterProcess(String intpRunner,
       String intpDir,
       Map<String, String> env,
-      InterpreterContextRunnerPool interpreterContextRunnerPool,
       RemoteInterpreterEventPoller remoteInterpreterEventPoller,
       int connectTimeout) {
     this.interpreterRunner = intpRunner;
     this.interpreterDir = intpDir;
     this.env = env;
-    this.interpreterContextRunnerPool = interpreterContextRunnerPool;
+    this.interpreterContextRunnerPool = new InterpreterContextRunnerPool();
     referenceCount = new AtomicInteger(0);
     this.remoteInterpreterEventPoller = remoteInterpreterEventPoller;
     this.connectTimeout = connectTimeout;
diff --git a/zeppelin-interpreter/src/test/java/org/apache/zeppelin/interpreter/remote/RemoteInterpreterProcessTest.java b/zeppelin-interpreter/src/test/java/org/apache/zeppelin/interpreter/remote/RemoteInterpreterProcessTest.java
index 004327292c5..ea5397ed6d9 100644
--- a/zeppelin-interpreter/src/test/java/org/apache/zeppelin/interpreter/remote/RemoteInterpreterProcessTest.java
+++ b/zeppelin-interpreter/src/test/java/org/apache/zeppelin/interpreter/remote/RemoteInterpreterProcessTest.java
@@ -32,8 +32,9 @@ public class RemoteInterpreterProcessTest {
   @Test
   public void testStartStop() {
     InterpreterGroup intpGroup = new InterpreterGroup();
-    RemoteInterpreterProcess rip = new RemoteInterpreterProcess("../bin/interpreter.sh", "nonexists", new HashMap<String, String>(),
-        new InterpreterContextRunnerPool(), 10 * 1000);
+    RemoteInterpreterProcess rip = new RemoteInterpreterProcess(
+        "../bin/interpreter.sh", "nonexists", new HashMap<String, String>(),
+        10 * 1000);
     assertFalse(rip.isRunning());
     assertEquals(0, rip.referenceCount());
     assertEquals(1, rip.reference(intpGroup));
@@ -48,8 +49,9 @@ public void testStartStop() {
   @Test
   public void testClientFactory() throws Exception {
     InterpreterGroup intpGroup = new InterpreterGroup();
-    RemoteInterpreterProcess rip = new RemoteInterpreterProcess("../bin/interpreter.sh", "nonexists", new HashMap<String, String>(),
-        new InterpreterContextRunnerPool(), mock(RemoteInterpreterEventPoller.class), 10 * 1000);
+    RemoteInterpreterProcess rip = new RemoteInterpreterProcess(
+        "../bin/interpreter.sh", "nonexists", new HashMap<String, String>(),
+        mock(RemoteInterpreterEventPoller.class), 10 * 1000);
     rip.reference(intpGroup);
     assertEquals(0, rip.getNumActiveClient());
     assertEquals(0, rip.getNumIdleClient());
diff --git a/zeppelin-server/src/test/java/org/apache/zeppelin/rest/ZeppelinSparkClusterTest.java b/zeppelin-server/src/test/java/org/apache/zeppelin/rest/ZeppelinSparkClusterTest.java
index 02b7e47dfa3..758a1e4b813 100644
--- a/zeppelin-server/src/test/java/org/apache/zeppelin/rest/ZeppelinSparkClusterTest.java
+++ b/zeppelin-server/src/test/java/org/apache/zeppelin/rest/ZeppelinSparkClusterTest.java
@@ -89,6 +89,27 @@ public void pySparkTest() throws IOException {
     ZeppelinServer.notebook.removeNote(note.id());
   }
 
+  @Test
+  public void zRunTest() throws IOException {
+    // create new note
+    Note note = ZeppelinServer.notebook.createNote();
+    Paragraph p0 = note.addParagraph();
+    p0.setText("z.run(1)");
+    Paragraph p1 = note.addParagraph();
+    p1.setText("val a=10");
+    Paragraph p2 = note.addParagraph();
+    p2.setText("print(a)");
+
+    note.run(p0.getId());
+    waitForFinish(p0);
+
+    note.run(p2.getId());
+    waitForFinish(p2);
+    assertEquals("10", p2.getResult().message());
+
+    ZeppelinServer.notebook.removeNote(note.id());
+  }
+
   /**
    * Get spark version number as a numerical value.
    * eg. 1.1.x => 11, 1.2.x => 12, 1.3.x => 13 ...