diff --git a/src/main.rs b/src/main.rs
index 185e32c763..c7f5f33874 100644
--- a/src/main.rs
+++ b/src/main.rs
@@ -1,32 +1,27 @@
 mod command;
 mod config_files;
 mod logger;
+mod run;
 mod signals;
 mod terminal;
 mod test_bins;
 #[cfg(test)]
 mod tests;
 
-#[cfg(feature = "plugin")]
-use crate::config_files::NUSHELL_FOLDER;
 use crate::{
     command::parse_commandline_args,
-    config_files::{set_config_path, setup_config},
+    config_files::set_config_path,
     logger::{configure, logger},
     terminal::acquire_terminal,
 };
 use command::gather_commandline_args;
 use log::Level;
 use miette::Result;
-#[cfg(feature = "plugin")]
-use nu_cli::read_plugin_file;
-use nu_cli::{
-    evaluate_commands, evaluate_file, evaluate_repl, gather_parent_env_vars, get_init_cwd,
-    report_error_new,
-};
+use nu_cli::{gather_parent_env_vars, get_init_cwd, report_error_new};
 use nu_command::create_default_context;
 use nu_protocol::{util::BufferedReader, PipelineData, RawStream};
 use nu_utils::utils::perf;
+use run::{run_commands, run_file, run_repl};
 use signals::{ctrlc_protection, sigquit_protection};
 use std::{
     io::BufReader,
@@ -69,7 +64,11 @@ fn main() -> Result<()> {
         .unwrap_or_else(|_| std::process::exit(1));
 
     let use_color = engine_state.get_config().use_ansi_coloring;
-    if let Some(level) = parsed_nu_cli_args.log_level.map(|level| level.item) {
+    if let Some(level) = parsed_nu_cli_args
+        .log_level
+        .as_ref()
+        .map(|level| level.item.clone())
+    {
         let level = if Level::from_str(&level).is_ok() {
             level
         } else {
@@ -80,7 +79,8 @@ fn main() -> Result<()> {
         };
         let target = parsed_nu_cli_args
             .log_target
-            .map(|target| target.item)
+            .as_ref()
+            .map(|target| target.item.clone())
             .unwrap_or_else(|| "stderr".to_string());
 
         logger(|builder| configure(&level, &target, builder))?;
@@ -136,7 +136,7 @@ fn main() -> Result<()> {
     );
 
     start_time = std::time::Instant::now();
-    if let Some(t) = parsed_nu_cli_args.threads {
+    if let Some(t) = parsed_nu_cli_args.threads.clone() {
         // 0 means to let rayon decide how many threads to use
         let threads = t.as_i64().unwrap_or(0);
         rayon::ThreadPoolBuilder::new()
@@ -224,222 +224,24 @@ fn main() -> Result<()> {
         use_color,
     );
 
-    let mut stack = nu_protocol::engine::Stack::new();
-
-    if let Some(commands) = &parsed_nu_cli_args.commands {
-        start_time = std::time::Instant::now();
-        #[cfg(feature = "plugin")]
-        read_plugin_file(
+    if let Some(commands) = parsed_nu_cli_args.commands.clone() {
+        run_commands(
             &mut engine_state,
-            &mut stack,
-            parsed_nu_cli_args.plugin_file,
-            NUSHELL_FOLDER,
-        );
-        perf(
-            "read plugins",
-            start_time,
-            file!(),
-            line!(),
-            column!(),
+            parsed_nu_cli_args,
             use_color,
-        );
-
-        start_time = std::time::Instant::now();
-        // only want to load config and env if relative argument is provided.
-        if parsed_nu_cli_args.env_file.is_some() {
-            config_files::read_config_file(
-                &mut engine_state,
-                &mut stack,
-                parsed_nu_cli_args.env_file,
-                true,
-            );
-        } else {
-            config_files::read_default_env_file(&mut engine_state, &mut stack)
-        }
-        perf(
-            "read env.nu",
-            start_time,
-            file!(),
-            line!(),
-            column!(),
-            use_color,
-        );
-
-        start_time = std::time::Instant::now();
-        if parsed_nu_cli_args.config_file.is_some() {
-            config_files::read_config_file(
-                &mut engine_state,
-                &mut stack,
-                parsed_nu_cli_args.config_file,
-                false,
-            );
-        }
-        perf(
-            "read config.nu",
-            start_time,
-            file!(),
-            line!(),
-            column!(),
-            use_color,
-        );
-
-        start_time = std::time::Instant::now();
-        let ret_val = evaluate_commands(
-            commands,
-            &mut engine_state,
-            &mut stack,
+            &commands,
             input,
-            parsed_nu_cli_args.table_mode,
-        );
-        perf(
-            "evaluate_commands",
-            start_time,
-            file!(),
-            line!(),
-            column!(),
-            use_color,
-        );
-
-        match ret_val {
-            Ok(Some(exit_code)) => std::process::exit(exit_code as i32),
-            Ok(None) => Ok(()),
-            Err(e) => Err(e),
-        }
+        )
     } else if !script_name.is_empty() && parsed_nu_cli_args.interactive_shell.is_none() {
-        start_time = std::time::Instant::now();
-
-        #[cfg(feature = "plugin")]
-        read_plugin_file(
+        run_file(
             &mut engine_state,
-            &mut stack,
-            parsed_nu_cli_args.plugin_file,
-            NUSHELL_FOLDER,
-        );
-        perf(
-            "read plugins",
-            start_time,
-            file!(),
-            line!(),
-            column!(),
+            parsed_nu_cli_args,
             use_color,
-        );
-
-        start_time = std::time::Instant::now();
-        // only want to load config and env if relative argument is provided.
-        if parsed_nu_cli_args.env_file.is_some() {
-            config_files::read_config_file(
-                &mut engine_state,
-                &mut stack,
-                parsed_nu_cli_args.env_file,
-                true,
-            );
-        } else {
-            config_files::read_default_env_file(&mut engine_state, &mut stack)
-        }
-        perf(
-            "read env.nu",
-            start_time,
-            file!(),
-            line!(),
-            column!(),
-            use_color,
-        );
-
-        start_time = std::time::Instant::now();
-        if parsed_nu_cli_args.config_file.is_some() {
-            config_files::read_config_file(
-                &mut engine_state,
-                &mut stack,
-                parsed_nu_cli_args.config_file,
-                false,
-            );
-        }
-        perf(
-            "read config.nu",
-            start_time,
-            file!(),
-            line!(),
-            column!(),
-            use_color,
-        );
-
-        start_time = std::time::Instant::now();
-        let ret_val = evaluate_file(
             script_name,
-            &args_to_script,
-            &mut engine_state,
-            &mut stack,
+            args_to_script,
             input,
-        );
-        perf(
-            "evaluate_file",
-            start_time,
-            file!(),
-            line!(),
-            column!(),
-            use_color,
-        );
-
-        start_time = std::time::Instant::now();
-        let last_exit_code = stack.get_env_var(&engine_state, "LAST_EXIT_CODE");
-        if let Some(last_exit_code) = last_exit_code {
-            let value = last_exit_code.as_integer();
-            if let Ok(value) = value {
-                if value != 0 {
-                    std::process::exit(value as i32);
-                }
-            }
-        }
-        perf(
-            "get exit code",
-            start_time,
-            file!(),
-            line!(),
-            column!(),
-            use_color,
-        );
-
-        ret_val
+        )
     } else {
-        start_time = std::time::Instant::now();
-
-        setup_config(
-            &mut engine_state,
-            &mut stack,
-            #[cfg(feature = "plugin")]
-            parsed_nu_cli_args.plugin_file,
-            parsed_nu_cli_args.config_file,
-            parsed_nu_cli_args.env_file,
-            parsed_nu_cli_args.login_shell.is_some(),
-        );
-        // Reload use_color from config in case it's different from the default value
-        let use_color = engine_state.get_config().use_ansi_coloring;
-        perf(
-            "setup_config",
-            start_time,
-            file!(),
-            line!(),
-            column!(),
-            use_color,
-        );
-
-        start_time = std::time::Instant::now();
-        let ret_val = evaluate_repl(
-            &mut engine_state,
-            &mut stack,
-            config_files::NUSHELL_FOLDER,
-            parsed_nu_cli_args.execute,
-            entire_start_time,
-        );
-        perf(
-            "evaluate_repl",
-            start_time,
-            file!(),
-            line!(),
-            column!(),
-            use_color,
-        );
-
-        ret_val
+        run_repl(engine_state, parsed_nu_cli_args, entire_start_time)
     }
 }
diff --git a/src/run.rs b/src/run.rs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..55c2ea9db2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/run.rs
@@ -0,0 +1,242 @@
+#[cfg(feature = "plugin")]
+use crate::config_files::NUSHELL_FOLDER;
+use crate::{
+    command,
+    config_files::{self, setup_config},
+};
+#[cfg(feature = "plugin")]
+use nu_cli::read_plugin_file;
+use nu_cli::{evaluate_commands, evaluate_file, evaluate_repl};
+use nu_protocol::PipelineData;
+use nu_utils::utils::perf;
+
+pub(crate) fn run_commands(
+    engine_state: &mut nu_protocol::engine::EngineState,
+    parsed_nu_cli_args: command::NushellCliArgs,
+    use_color: bool,
+    commands: &nu_protocol::Spanned<String>,
+    input: PipelineData,
+) -> Result<(), miette::ErrReport> {
+    let mut stack = nu_protocol::engine::Stack::new();
+    let start_time = std::time::Instant::now();
+    #[cfg(feature = "plugin")]
+    read_plugin_file(
+        engine_state,
+        &mut stack,
+        parsed_nu_cli_args.plugin_file,
+        NUSHELL_FOLDER,
+    );
+    perf(
+        "read plugins",
+        start_time,
+        file!(),
+        line!(),
+        column!(),
+        use_color,
+    );
+
+    let start_time = std::time::Instant::now();
+    // only want to load config and env if relative argument is provided.
+    if parsed_nu_cli_args.env_file.is_some() {
+        config_files::read_config_file(engine_state, &mut stack, parsed_nu_cli_args.env_file, true);
+    } else {
+        config_files::read_default_env_file(engine_state, &mut stack)
+    }
+    perf(
+        "read env.nu",
+        start_time,
+        file!(),
+        line!(),
+        column!(),
+        use_color,
+    );
+
+    let start_time = std::time::Instant::now();
+    if parsed_nu_cli_args.config_file.is_some() {
+        config_files::read_config_file(
+            engine_state,
+            &mut stack,
+            parsed_nu_cli_args.config_file,
+            false,
+        );
+    }
+    perf(
+        "read config.nu",
+        start_time,
+        file!(),
+        line!(),
+        column!(),
+        use_color,
+    );
+
+    let start_time = std::time::Instant::now();
+    let ret_val = evaluate_commands(
+        commands,
+        engine_state,
+        &mut stack,
+        input,
+        parsed_nu_cli_args.table_mode,
+    );
+    perf(
+        "evaluate_commands",
+        start_time,
+        file!(),
+        line!(),
+        column!(),
+        use_color,
+    );
+
+    match ret_val {
+        Ok(Some(exit_code)) => std::process::exit(exit_code as i32),
+        Ok(None) => Ok(()),
+        Err(e) => Err(e),
+    }
+}
+
+pub(crate) fn run_file(
+    engine_state: &mut nu_protocol::engine::EngineState,
+    parsed_nu_cli_args: command::NushellCliArgs,
+    use_color: bool,
+    script_name: String,
+    args_to_script: Vec<String>,
+    input: PipelineData,
+) -> Result<(), miette::ErrReport> {
+    let mut stack = nu_protocol::engine::Stack::new();
+    let start_time = std::time::Instant::now();
+
+    #[cfg(feature = "plugin")]
+    read_plugin_file(
+        engine_state,
+        &mut stack,
+        parsed_nu_cli_args.plugin_file,
+        NUSHELL_FOLDER,
+    );
+    perf(
+        "read plugins",
+        start_time,
+        file!(),
+        line!(),
+        column!(),
+        use_color,
+    );
+
+    let start_time = std::time::Instant::now();
+    // only want to load config and env if relative argument is provided.
+    if parsed_nu_cli_args.env_file.is_some() {
+        config_files::read_config_file(engine_state, &mut stack, parsed_nu_cli_args.env_file, true);
+    } else {
+        config_files::read_default_env_file(engine_state, &mut stack)
+    }
+    perf(
+        "read env.nu",
+        start_time,
+        file!(),
+        line!(),
+        column!(),
+        use_color,
+    );
+
+    let start_time = std::time::Instant::now();
+    if parsed_nu_cli_args.config_file.is_some() {
+        config_files::read_config_file(
+            engine_state,
+            &mut stack,
+            parsed_nu_cli_args.config_file,
+            false,
+        );
+    }
+    perf(
+        "read config.nu",
+        start_time,
+        file!(),
+        line!(),
+        column!(),
+        use_color,
+    );
+
+    let start_time = std::time::Instant::now();
+    let ret_val = evaluate_file(
+        script_name,
+        &args_to_script,
+        engine_state,
+        &mut stack,
+        input,
+    );
+    perf(
+        "evaluate_file",
+        start_time,
+        file!(),
+        line!(),
+        column!(),
+        use_color,
+    );
+
+    let start_time = std::time::Instant::now();
+    let last_exit_code = stack.get_env_var(&*engine_state, "LAST_EXIT_CODE");
+    if let Some(last_exit_code) = last_exit_code {
+        let value = last_exit_code.as_integer();
+        if let Ok(value) = value {
+            if value != 0 {
+                std::process::exit(value as i32);
+            }
+        }
+    }
+    perf(
+        "get exit code",
+        start_time,
+        file!(),
+        line!(),
+        column!(),
+        use_color,
+    );
+
+    ret_val
+}
+
+pub(crate) fn run_repl(
+    mut engine_state: nu_protocol::engine::EngineState,
+    parsed_nu_cli_args: command::NushellCliArgs,
+    entire_start_time: std::time::Instant,
+) -> Result<(), miette::ErrReport> {
+    let mut stack = nu_protocol::engine::Stack::new();
+    let start_time = std::time::Instant::now();
+
+    setup_config(
+        &mut engine_state,
+        &mut stack,
+        #[cfg(feature = "plugin")]
+        parsed_nu_cli_args.plugin_file,
+        parsed_nu_cli_args.config_file,
+        parsed_nu_cli_args.env_file,
+        parsed_nu_cli_args.login_shell.is_some(),
+    );
+    // Reload use_color from config in case it's different from the default value
+    let use_color = engine_state.get_config().use_ansi_coloring;
+    perf(
+        "setup_config",
+        start_time,
+        file!(),
+        line!(),
+        column!(),
+        use_color,
+    );
+
+    let start_time = std::time::Instant::now();
+    let ret_val = evaluate_repl(
+        &mut engine_state,
+        &mut stack,
+        config_files::NUSHELL_FOLDER,
+        parsed_nu_cli_args.execute,
+        entire_start_time,
+    );
+    perf(
+        "evaluate_repl",
+        start_time,
+        file!(),
+        line!(),
+        column!(),
+        use_color,
+    );
+
+    ret_val
+}