diff --git a/appinfo/info.xml b/appinfo/info.xml
index b936471..de5c977 100755
--- a/appinfo/info.xml
+++ b/appinfo/info.xml
@@ -43,6 +43,7 @@ Allows administrators to write small scripts which users can run through the fil
 		<command>OCA\FilesScripts\Command\ListScripts</command>
 		<command>OCA\FilesScripts\Command\ImportScripts</command>
 		<command>OCA\FilesScripts\Command\ExportScripts</command>
+		<command>OCA\FilesScripts\Command\Interactive</command>
 	</commands>
 	<settings>
 		<admin>OCA\FilesScripts\Settings\AdminSettings</admin>
diff --git a/docs/Admin.md b/docs/Admin.md
index 82ebf65..9de42af 100644
--- a/docs/Admin.md
+++ b/docs/Admin.md
@@ -88,3 +88,16 @@ To get the `<userid>` value, you can use the user-list command:
 ```sh
 occ user:list
 ```
+
+## Interactive (REPL) shell
+You can start an interactive shell with the `files_scripts:interactive` command
+```sh
+occ files_scripts:interactive
+```
+
+Multi-line commands can be given by ending the line with a backslash character:
+```
+> print("hello \
+> world")
+```
+You can type the `exit` command to exit the shell.
diff --git a/lib/Command/Interactive.php b/lib/Command/Interactive.php
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..22ba9ee
--- /dev/null
+++ b/lib/Command/Interactive.php
@@ -0,0 +1,90 @@
+<?php
+namespace OCA\FilesScripts\Command;
+
+use OC\Core\Command\Base;
+use OCA\FilesScripts\Db\Script;
+use OCA\FilesScripts\Interpreter\Context;
+use OCA\FilesScripts\Interpreter\Interpreter;
+use OCA\FilesScripts\Interpreter\Lua\LuaProvider;
+use OCP\Files\IRootFolder;
+use Symfony\Component\Console\Input\InputInterface;
+use Symfony\Component\Console\Input\InputOption;
+use Symfony\Component\Console\Output\OutputInterface;
+
+class Interactive extends Base {
+	private LuaProvider $luaProvider;
+	private IRootFolder $rootFolder;
+	private Interpreter $interpreter;
+
+	public function __construct(
+		IRootFolder $rootFolder,
+		LuaProvider $luaProvider,
+		Interpreter $interpreter
+	) {
+		parent::__construct('files_scripts:interactive');
+		$this->rootFolder = $rootFolder;
+		$this->luaProvider = $luaProvider;
+		$this->interpreter = $interpreter;
+	}
+	protected function configure(): void {
+		$this->setDescription('Starts an interactive Lua shell where you can interact with the server using the scripting API')
+			->addOption('user', 'u', InputOption::VALUE_OPTIONAL, 'User as which the action should be run')
+			->addOption('file', 'f', InputOption::VALUE_OPTIONAL | InputOption::VALUE_IS_ARRAY, 'File path or id of a file given to the action as input file');
+
+		parent::configure();
+	}
+
+	protected function execute(InputInterface $input, OutputInterface $output): int {
+		$userId = $input->getOption('user');
+		$rootFolder = $this->rootFolder;
+
+		try {
+			if ($userId) {
+				$rootFolder = $this->rootFolder->getUserFolder($userId);
+			}
+			$files = RunScript::getFilesForCommand($input, $output, $rootFolder);
+		} catch (\Throwable $e) {
+			$output->writeln('<error>' . $e->getMessage() .'</error>');
+			return 1;
+		}
+
+		$output->writeln('<info>Lua files_scripts interpreter started...</info>');
+		$output->writeln('<info>To stop type "exit"</info>');
+
+		$context = new Context($this->luaProvider->createLua(), $rootFolder, [], $files);
+		$f = fopen( 'php://stdin', 'r' );
+		$command = "";
+		while (true) {
+			echo "> ";
+			$line = fgets( $f );
+
+			// Handle exit clause
+			if (trim($line) == "exit") {
+				fclose($f);
+				break;
+			}
+
+			$replacements = 0;
+			$line = preg_replace('/(.*)\\\\(\s*)$/i', '$1 $2', $line, 1, $replacements);
+			$command .= $line;
+
+			// if line does not end with `\` backslash we execute the command
+			if ($replacements == 0) {
+				$this->executeCommand($command, $context, $output);
+				$command = "";
+			}
+		}
+
+		return 0;
+	}
+
+	private function executeCommand(string $command, Context $context, OutputInterface $output): void {
+		$script = new Script();
+		$script->setProgram($command);
+		try {
+			$this->interpreter->execute($script, $context);
+		} catch (\Throwable $e) {
+			$output->writeln('<error>' . $e->getMessage() . '</error>');
+		}
+	}
+}
diff --git a/lib/Command/RunScript.php b/lib/Command/RunScript.php
index 5876833..e639334 100644
--- a/lib/Command/RunScript.php
+++ b/lib/Command/RunScript.php
@@ -1,12 +1,14 @@
 <?php
 namespace OCA\FilesScripts\Command;
 
+use Error;
 use OC\Core\Command\Base;
 use OCA\FilesScripts\Db\ScriptInputMapper;
 use OCA\FilesScripts\Db\ScriptMapper;
 use OCA\FilesScripts\Interpreter\Context;
 use OCA\FilesScripts\Interpreter\Lua\LuaProvider;
 use OCA\FilesScripts\Service\ScriptService;
+use OCP\Files\Folder;
 use OCP\Files\IRootFolder;
 use Symfony\Component\Console\Input\InputArgument;
 use Symfony\Component\Console\Input\InputInterface;
@@ -44,29 +46,8 @@ protected function configure(): void {
 		parent::configure();
 	}
 
-	protected function execute(InputInterface $input, OutputInterface $output)  {
-		$scriptId = $input->getArgument('id');
-		$userId = $input->getOption('user');
-		$scriptInputsJson = $input->getOption('inputs') ?? '{}';
+	public static function getFilesForCommand(InputInterface $input, OutputInterface $output, Folder $rootFolder) {
 		$fileInputs = $input->getOption('file') ?? [];
-		
-		try {
-			$scriptInputsData = json_decode($scriptInputsJson, true, 512, JSON_THROW_ON_ERROR);
-		} catch (\JsonException $err) {
-			$output->writeln('<error>Could not parse the inputs JSON</error>');
-			return 1;
-		}
-
-		$script = $this->scriptMapper->find($scriptId);
-		$output->writeln('<info>Executing file action: ' . $script->getTitle() . '</info>');
-
-		$scriptInputs = $this->scriptInputMapper->findAllByScriptId($scriptId);
-		foreach ($scriptInputs as $scriptInput) {
-			$value = $scriptInputsData[$scriptInput->getName()] ?? null;
-			$scriptInput->setValue($value);
-		}
-
-		$rootFolder = $this->rootFolder->getUserFolder($userId);
 
 		$files = [];
 		$n = 1;
@@ -77,22 +58,56 @@ protected function execute(InputInterface $input, OutputInterface $output)  {
 					if (ctype_digit(strval($fileInput))) {
 						$nodes = $rootFolder->getById(intval($fileInput));
 						if (!isset($nodes[0])) {
-							$output->writeln('<error>Could not find input file ' . $fileInput . ' belonging in root folder ' . $rootFolder->getPath() . ' for file action</error>');			
-							return 1;
+							throw new Error('Could not find input file ' . $fileInput . ' belonging in root folder ' . $rootFolder->getPath() . ' for file action');
 						}
 						$file = $nodes[0];
 						unset($nodes);
 					} else {
 						$file = $rootFolder->get($fileInput);
 					}
-				} catch (\Exception $e) {
-					$output->writeln('<error>Could not find input file ' . $fileInput . ' belonging in root folder ' . $rootFolder->getPath() . ' for file action</error>');
-					return 1;
+				} catch (\Throwable $e) {
+					throw $e;
 				}
 				$files[$n++] = $file;
 			}
 		}
 
+		return $files;
+	}
+
+	protected function execute(InputInterface $input, OutputInterface $output)  {
+		$scriptId = $input->getArgument('id');
+		$userId = $input->getOption('user');
+		$scriptInputsJson = $input->getOption('inputs') ?? '{}';
+
+		try {
+			$scriptInputsData = json_decode($scriptInputsJson, true, 512, JSON_THROW_ON_ERROR);
+		} catch (\JsonException $err) {
+			$output->writeln('<error>Could not parse the inputs JSON</error>');
+			return 1;
+		}
+
+		$script = $this->scriptMapper->find($scriptId);
+		$output->writeln('<info>Executing file action: ' . $script->getTitle() . '</info>');
+
+		$scriptInputs = $this->scriptInputMapper->findAllByScriptId($scriptId) ?? [];
+		foreach ($scriptInputs as $scriptInput) {
+			$value = $scriptInputsData[$scriptInput->getName()] ?? null;
+			$scriptInput->setValue($value);
+		}
+
+		$rootFolder = $this->rootFolder;
+		try {
+			if ($userId) {
+				$rootFolder = $this->rootFolder->getUserFolder($userId);
+			}
+			$files = self::getFilesForCommand($input, $output, $rootFolder);
+		} catch (\Throwable $e) {
+			$output->writeln('<error>' . $e->getMessage() .'</error>');
+			return 1;
+		}
+
+		print(gettype($scriptInputs));
 		$context = new Context(
 			$this->luaProvider->createLua(),
 			$rootFolder,
diff --git a/lib/Interpreter/RegistrableFunction.php b/lib/Interpreter/RegistrableFunction.php
index 5c94fb0..cf060c2 100755
--- a/lib/Interpreter/RegistrableFunction.php
+++ b/lib/Interpreter/RegistrableFunction.php
@@ -52,7 +52,7 @@ final protected function getHomeFolder(): Folder {
 		return $folder;
 	}
 
-	final protected function getPath(array $data): string {
+	final protected function getPath(?array $data): string {
 		return ($data['path'] ?? '<no-path>') . '/' . ($data['name'] ?? '<no-name>');
 	}