diff --git a/pdl-live-react/src-tauri/Cargo.toml b/pdl-live-react/src-tauri/Cargo.toml
index c477183ea..eec0bcde5 100644
--- a/pdl-live-react/src-tauri/Cargo.toml
+++ b/pdl-live-react/src-tauri/Cargo.toml
@@ -14,6 +14,9 @@ edition = "2024"
 name = "tauri_app_lib"
 crate-type = ["staticlib", "cdylib", "rlib"]
 
+[features]
+interpreter = ["dep:rustpython-vm", "dep:rustpython-stdlib", "dep:rustpython-pylib"]
+
 [build-dependencies]
 tauri-build = { version = "2", features = [] }
 
@@ -37,13 +40,13 @@ serde_norway = "0.9.42"
 minijinja = { version = "2.9.0", features = ["custom_syntax"] }
 ollama-rs = { version = "0.3.1", features = ["stream"] }
 owo-colors = "4.2.0"
-rustpython-vm = { git="https://github.com/RustPython/RustPython.git", features= ["importlib", "threading", "encodings"] } # "0.4.0"
+rustpython-vm = { git="https://github.com/RustPython/RustPython.git", features= ["importlib", "threading", "encodings"], optional = true } # "0.4.0"
 async-recursion = "1.1.1"
 tokio-stream = "0.1.17"
 tokio = { version = "1.44.1", features = ["io-std"] }
 indexmap = { version = "2.9.0", features = ["serde"] }
-rustpython-stdlib = { git="https://github.com/RustPython/RustPython.git", features = ["ssl-vendor"] } # 0.4.0
-rustpython-pylib = { git="https://github.com/RustPython/RustPython.git", features = ["freeze-stdlib"] } # 0.4.0
+rustpython-stdlib = { git="https://github.com/RustPython/RustPython.git", features = ["ssl-vendor"], optional = true } # 0.4.0
+rustpython-pylib = { git="https://github.com/RustPython/RustPython.git", features = ["freeze-stdlib"], optional = true } # 0.4.0
 schemars = "0.8.22"
 fs4 = "0.13.1"
 derive_builder = "0.20.2"
diff --git a/pdl-live-react/src-tauri/src/cli.rs b/pdl-live-react/src-tauri/src/cli.rs
index a85a6b6fd..9aba03a0e 100644
--- a/pdl-live-react/src-tauri/src/cli.rs
+++ b/pdl-live-react/src-tauri/src/cli.rs
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@ use urlencoding::encode;
 
 use crate::compile;
 use crate::gui::new_window;
+#[cfg(feature = "interpreter")]
 use crate::pdl::interpreter::{RunOptions, load_scope, run_file_sync};
 
 #[cfg(desktop)]
@@ -49,6 +50,7 @@ pub fn setup(app: &mut tauri::App) -> Result<bool, Box<dyn ::std::error::Error>>
                 _ => Err(Box::from("Unsupported compile command")),
             }
         }
+        #[cfg(feature = "interpreter")]
         "run" => run_file_sync(
             subcommand_args
                 .get("source")
diff --git a/pdl-live-react/src-tauri/src/commands/mod.rs b/pdl-live-react/src-tauri/src/commands/mod.rs
index 5c98f7441..f78e96cdd 100644
--- a/pdl-live-react/src-tauri/src/commands/mod.rs
+++ b/pdl-live-react/src-tauri/src/commands/mod.rs
@@ -1,3 +1,5 @@
+#[cfg(feature = "interpreter")]
 pub mod interpreter;
+
 pub mod read_trace;
 pub mod replay_prep;
diff --git a/pdl-live-react/src-tauri/src/lib.rs b/pdl-live-react/src-tauri/src/lib.rs
index 86b0b444c..1589720de 100644
--- a/pdl-live-react/src-tauri/src/lib.rs
+++ b/pdl-live-react/src-tauri/src/lib.rs
@@ -33,6 +33,7 @@ pub fn run() {
         .invoke_handler(tauri::generate_handler![
             commands::read_trace::read_trace,
             commands::replay_prep::replay_prep,
+            #[cfg(feature = "interpreter")]
             commands::interpreter::run_pdl_program,
         ])
         .run(tauri::generate_context!())
diff --git a/pdl-live-react/src-tauri/src/pdl/mod.rs b/pdl-live-react/src-tauri/src/pdl/mod.rs
index 179cb9e10..b8580f387 100644
--- a/pdl-live-react/src-tauri/src/pdl/mod.rs
+++ b/pdl-live-react/src-tauri/src/pdl/mod.rs
@@ -1,6 +1,8 @@
 pub mod ast;
 pub mod extract;
+#[cfg(feature = "interpreter")]
 pub mod interpreter;
+#[cfg(feature = "interpreter")]
 mod interpreter_tests;
 pub mod pip;
 pub mod pull;