diff --git a/spark/src/main/java/org/apache/zeppelin/spark/SparkInterpreter.java b/spark/src/main/java/org/apache/zeppelin/spark/SparkInterpreter.java
index 9a54912a35c..78fba4578d3 100644
--- a/spark/src/main/java/org/apache/zeppelin/spark/SparkInterpreter.java
+++ b/spark/src/main/java/org/apache/zeppelin/spark/SparkInterpreter.java
@@ -123,7 +123,7 @@ public class SparkInterpreter extends Interpreter {
 
 
   public SparkInterpreter(Properties property) {
-    super(property);
+   super(property);
     out = new SparkOutputStream(logger);
   }
 
diff --git a/zeppelin-interpreter/src/main/java/org/apache/zeppelin/interpreter/Interpreter.java b/zeppelin-interpreter/src/main/java/org/apache/zeppelin/interpreter/Interpreter.java
index 42caafdfc61..817c42cdf10 100644
--- a/zeppelin-interpreter/src/main/java/org/apache/zeppelin/interpreter/Interpreter.java
+++ b/zeppelin-interpreter/src/main/java/org/apache/zeppelin/interpreter/Interpreter.java
@@ -253,11 +253,6 @@ public static class RegisteredInterpreter {
     private Map<String, InterpreterProperty> properties;
     private String path;
 
-    public RegisteredInterpreter(String name, String group, String className,
-        Map<String, InterpreterProperty> properties) {
-      this(name, group, className, false, properties);
-    }
-
     public RegisteredInterpreter(String name, String group, String className,
         boolean defaultInterpreter, Map<String, InterpreterProperty> properties) {
       super();
diff --git a/zeppelin-web/src/app/interpreter/interpreter-create/interpreter-create.html b/zeppelin-web/src/app/interpreter/interpreter-create/interpreter-create.html
index 1550126b9b7..6e12e486f9c 100644
--- a/zeppelin-web/src/app/interpreter/interpreter-create/interpreter-create.html
+++ b/zeppelin-web/src/app/interpreter/interpreter-create/interpreter-create.html
@@ -70,6 +70,13 @@ <h4>Create new interpreter</h4>
         </div>
         <br />
 
+        <div class="col-md-12" style="padding-left:0px">
+          <div class="checkbox">
+            <span class="input-group" style="line-height:30px;">
+              <label><input type="checkbox" style="width:20px" ng-model="newInterpreterSetting.option.remote"/> Remote Interpreter </label>
+            </span>
+          </div>
+        </div>
         <div class="col-md-12" style="padding-left:0px">
           <div class="checkbox">
             <span class="input-group" style="line-height:30px;">
diff --git a/zeppelin-web/src/app/interpreter/interpreter.controller.js b/zeppelin-web/src/app/interpreter/interpreter.controller.js
index 378dce4b30b..01fed4b31e1 100644
--- a/zeppelin-web/src/app/interpreter/interpreter.controller.js
+++ b/zeppelin-web/src/app/interpreter/interpreter.controller.js
@@ -205,6 +205,9 @@ angular.module('zeppelinWebApp').controller('InterpreterCtrl',
             if (!setting.option) {
               setting.option = {};
             }
+            if (setting.option.remote === undefined) {
+              setting.option.remote = true;
+            }
             if (setting.option.isExistingProcess === undefined) {
               setting.option.isExistingProcess = false;
             }
diff --git a/zeppelin-web/src/app/interpreter/interpreter.html b/zeppelin-web/src/app/interpreter/interpreter.html
index d7f3440c90f..0c8193066b1 100644
--- a/zeppelin-web/src/app/interpreter/interpreter.html
+++ b/zeppelin-web/src/app/interpreter/interpreter.html
@@ -178,10 +178,18 @@ <h5>Option</h5>
       <div class="col-md-12">
         <div class="checkbox remove-margin-top-bottom">
           <span class="input-group" style="line-height:30px;">
-            <label>
-              <input type="checkbox" style="width:20px" id="isExistingProcess" ng-model="setting.option.isExistingProcess" ng-disabled="!valueform.$visible"/>
-              Connect to existing process
-            </label>
+            <label><input type="checkbox" style="width:20px" id="isRemote" ng-model="setting.option.remote" ng-disabled="!valueform.$visible"/>
+              Remote Interpreter </label>
+          </span>
+        </div>
+      </div>
+
+      <br />
+      <div class="col-md-12">
+        <div class="checkbox">
+          <span class="input-group" style="line-height:30px;">
+            <label><input type="checkbox" style="width:20px" id="isExistingProcess" ng-model="setting.option.isExistingProcess" ng-disabled="!valueform.$visible"/>
+              Connect to existing process </label>
           </span>
         </div>
       </div>
diff --git a/zeppelin-zengine/src/main/java/org/apache/zeppelin/conf/ZeppelinConfiguration.java b/zeppelin-zengine/src/main/java/org/apache/zeppelin/conf/ZeppelinConfiguration.java
index 864b149d379..b84d46db5bb 100644
--- a/zeppelin-zengine/src/main/java/org/apache/zeppelin/conf/ZeppelinConfiguration.java
+++ b/zeppelin-zengine/src/main/java/org/apache/zeppelin/conf/ZeppelinConfiguration.java
@@ -394,6 +394,10 @@ public String getShiroPath() {
     return getRelativeDir(String.format("%s/shiro.ini", getConfDir()));
   }
 
+  public boolean getInterpreterRemote() {
+    return getBoolean(ConfVars.ZEPPELIN_INTERPRETER_REMOTE);
+  }
+
   public String getInterpreterRemoteRunnerPath() {
     return getRelativeDir(ConfVars.ZEPPELIN_INTERPRETER_REMOTE_RUNNER);
   }
@@ -548,6 +552,7 @@ public static enum ConfVars {
     ZEPPELIN_NOTEBOOK_AZURE_USER("zeppelin.notebook.azure.user", "user"),
     ZEPPELIN_NOTEBOOK_STORAGE("zeppelin.notebook.storage", VFSNotebookRepo.class.getName()),
     ZEPPELIN_NOTEBOOK_ONE_WAY_SYNC("zeppelin.notebook.one.way.sync", false),
+    ZEPPELIN_INTERPRETER_REMOTE("zeppelin.interpreter.remote", true),
     ZEPPELIN_INTERPRETER_REMOTE_RUNNER("zeppelin.interpreter.remoterunner",
         System.getProperty("os.name")
                 .startsWith("Windows") ? "bin/interpreter.cmd" : "bin/interpreter.sh"),
diff --git a/zeppelin-zengine/src/main/java/org/apache/zeppelin/interpreter/InterpreterFactory.java b/zeppelin-zengine/src/main/java/org/apache/zeppelin/interpreter/InterpreterFactory.java
index 30b015368d3..b0a2491605a 100644
--- a/zeppelin-zengine/src/main/java/org/apache/zeppelin/interpreter/InterpreterFactory.java
+++ b/zeppelin-zengine/src/main/java/org/apache/zeppelin/interpreter/InterpreterFactory.java
@@ -49,6 +49,7 @@
 import java.util.Set;
 
 import com.google.common.base.Preconditions;
+import com.google.common.collect.Lists;
 import com.google.gson.Gson;
 import com.google.gson.GsonBuilder;
 import com.google.gson.reflect.TypeToken;
@@ -157,10 +158,12 @@ public InterpreterFactory(ZeppelinConfiguration conf, InterpreterOption defaultO
   }
 
   private void init() throws InterpreterException, IOException, RepositoryException {
+
     String interpreterJson = conf.getInterpreterJson();
     ClassLoader cl = Thread.currentThread().getContextClassLoader();
 
     Path interpretersDir = Paths.get(conf.getInterpreterDir());
+
     if (Files.exists(interpretersDir)) {
       for (Path interpreterDir : Files
           .newDirectoryStream(interpretersDir, new DirectoryStream.Filter<Path>() {
@@ -169,18 +172,22 @@ public boolean accept(Path entry) throws IOException {
               return Files.exists(entry) && Files.isDirectory(entry);
             }
           })) {
+
         String interpreterDirString = interpreterDir.toString();
 
-        registerInterpreterFromPath(interpreterDirString, interpreterJson);
+        URL[] urls = recursiveBuildLibList(new File(interpreterDirString));
+        URLClassLoader urlClassLoader = new URLClassLoader(urls, cl);
 
-        registerInterpreterFromResource(cl, interpreterDirString, interpreterJson);
+        registerInterpreterFromPath(urlClassLoader, interpreterDir, interpreterJson);
+
+        registerInterpreterFromResource(urlClassLoader, interpreterDir, interpreterJson);
 
         /*
          * TODO(jongyoul)
          * - Remove these codes below because of legacy code
          * - Support ThreadInterpreter
-         */
-        URLClassLoader ccl = new URLClassLoader(recursiveBuildLibList(interpreterDir.toFile()), cl);
+        URL[] urls = recursiveBuildLibList(interpreterDir.toFile());
+        URLClassLoader ccl = new URLClassLoader(urls, cl);
         for (String className : interpreterClassList) {
           try {
             // Load classes
@@ -192,13 +199,14 @@ public boolean accept(Path entry) throws IOException {
                 Interpreter.registeredInterpreters.get(interpreterKey)
                     .setPath(interpreterDirString);
                 logger.info("Interpreter " + interpreterKey + " found. class=" + className);
-                cleanCl.put(interpreterDirString, ccl);
               }
             }
+          cleanCl.put(interpreterDirString, ccl);
           } catch (Throwable t) {
             // nothing to do
           }
         }
+         */
       }
     }
 
@@ -277,31 +285,33 @@ private Properties convertInterpreterProperties(Map<String, InterpreterProperty>
     return properties;
   }
 
-  private void registerInterpreterFromResource(ClassLoader cl, String interpreterDir,
+  private void registerInterpreterFromResource(URLClassLoader cl, Path interpreterDir,
       String interpreterJson) throws IOException, RepositoryException {
-    URL[] urls = recursiveBuildLibList(new File(interpreterDir));
-    ClassLoader tempClassLoader = new URLClassLoader(urls, cl);
 
-    InputStream inputStream = tempClassLoader.getResourceAsStream(interpreterJson);
+    InputStream inputStream = cl.getResourceAsStream(interpreterJson);
 
     if (null != inputStream) {
       logger.debug("Reading {} from resources in {}", interpreterJson, interpreterDir);
       List<RegisteredInterpreter> registeredInterpreterList =
           getInterpreterListFromJson(inputStream);
-      registerInterpreters(registeredInterpreterList, interpreterDir);
+      registerInterpreters(cl, registeredInterpreterList, interpreterDir);
     }
+
   }
 
-  private void registerInterpreterFromPath(String interpreterDir, String interpreterJson)
+  private void registerInterpreterFromPath(URLClassLoader cl,
+      Path interpreterDir, String interpreterJson)
       throws IOException, RepositoryException {
 
-    Path interpreterJsonPath = Paths.get(interpreterDir, interpreterJson);
+    Path interpreterJsonPath = Paths.get(interpreterDir.toString(), interpreterJson);
+
     if (Files.exists(interpreterJsonPath)) {
       logger.debug("Reading {}", interpreterJsonPath);
       List<RegisteredInterpreter> registeredInterpreterList =
           getInterpreterListFromJson(interpreterJsonPath);
-      registerInterpreters(registeredInterpreterList, interpreterDir);
+      registerInterpreters(cl, registeredInterpreterList, interpreterDir);
     }
+
   }
 
   private List<RegisteredInterpreter> getInterpreterListFromJson(Path filename)
@@ -315,8 +325,11 @@ private List<RegisteredInterpreter> getInterpreterListFromJson(InputStream strea
     return gson.fromJson(new InputStreamReader(stream), registeredInterpreterListType);
   }
 
-  private void registerInterpreters(List<RegisteredInterpreter> registeredInterpreters,
-      String absolutePath) throws IOException, RepositoryException {
+  private void registerInterpreters(URLClassLoader cl,
+      List<RegisteredInterpreter> registeredInterpreters,
+      Path interpreterDir) throws IOException, RepositoryException {
+
+    cleanCl.put(interpreterDir.toFile().getAbsolutePath(), cl);
 
     for (RegisteredInterpreter registeredInterpreter : registeredInterpreters) {
       InterpreterInfo interpreterInfo =
@@ -331,7 +344,8 @@ private void registerInterpreters(List<RegisteredInterpreter> registeredInterpre
         }
       }
 
-      add(registeredInterpreter.getGroup(), interpreterInfo, properties, absolutePath);
+      add(registeredInterpreter.getGroup(),
+          interpreterInfo, properties, interpreterDir.toFile().getAbsolutePath());
     }
 
   }
@@ -361,12 +375,6 @@ private void loadFromFile() throws IOException {
     for (String k : info.interpreterSettings.keySet()) {
       InterpreterSetting setting = info.interpreterSettings.get(k);
 
-      // Always use separate interpreter process
-      // While we decided to turn this feature on always (without providing
-      // enable/disable option on GUI).
-      // previously created setting should turn this feature on here.
-      setting.getOption().setRemote(true);
-
       // Update transient information from InterpreterSettingRef
       interpreterSettingObject = interpreterSettingsRef.get(setting.getGroup());
       if (interpreterSettingObject == null) {
@@ -918,9 +926,11 @@ public void run() {
 
   private Interpreter createRepl(String dirName, String className, Properties property)
       throws InterpreterException {
+
     logger.info("Create repl {} from {}", className, dirName);
 
     ClassLoader oldcl = Thread.currentThread().getContextClassLoader();
+
     try {
 
       URLClassLoader ccl = cleanCl.get(dirName);
@@ -929,32 +939,17 @@ private Interpreter createRepl(String dirName, String className, Properties prop
         ccl = URLClassLoader.newInstance(new URL[] {}, oldcl);
       }
 
-      boolean separateCL = true;
-      try { // check if server's classloader has driver already.
-        Class cls = this.getClass().forName(className);
-        if (cls != null) {
-          separateCL = false;
-        }
-      } catch (Exception e) {
-        logger.error("exception checking server classloader driver", e);
-      }
-
-      URLClassLoader cl;
+      Thread.currentThread().setContextClassLoader(ccl);
 
-      if (separateCL == true) {
-        cl = URLClassLoader.newInstance(new URL[] {}, ccl);
-      } else {
-        cl = ccl;
-      }
-      Thread.currentThread().setContextClassLoader(cl);
-
-      Class<Interpreter> replClass = (Class<Interpreter>) cl.loadClass(className);
+      Class<Interpreter> replClass = (Class<Interpreter>) ccl.loadClass(className);
       Constructor<Interpreter> constructor =
           replClass.getConstructor(new Class[] {Properties.class});
       Interpreter repl = constructor.newInstance(property);
       repl.setClassloaderUrls(ccl.getURLs());
-      LazyOpenInterpreter intp = new LazyOpenInterpreter(new ClassloaderInterpreter(repl, cl));
+      LazyOpenInterpreter intp = new LazyOpenInterpreter(new ClassloaderInterpreter(repl, ccl));
+
       return intp;
+
     } catch (SecurityException e) {
       throw new InterpreterException(e);
     } catch (NoSuchMethodException e) {
@@ -1018,15 +1013,19 @@ public List<InterpreterSetting> getInterpreterSettings(String noteId) {
     List<String> interpreterSettingIds = getNoteInterpreterSettingBinding(noteId);
     LinkedList<InterpreterSetting> settings = new LinkedList<>();
     synchronized (interpreterSettingIds) {
+      List<String> idsToBeRemoved = Lists.newArrayList();
       for (String id : interpreterSettingIds) {
         InterpreterSetting setting = get(id);
         if (setting == null) {
           // interpreter setting is removed from factory. remove id from here, too
-          interpreterSettingIds.remove(id);
+          idsToBeRemoved.add(id);
         } else {
           settings.add(setting);
         }
       }
+      for (String id: idsToBeRemoved) {
+        interpreterSettingIds.remove(id);
+      }
     }
     return settings;
   }
@@ -1245,8 +1244,7 @@ public void setEnv(Map<String, String> env) {
 
   private Interpreter getDevInterpreter() {
     if (devInterpreter == null) {
-      InterpreterOption option = new InterpreterOption();
-      option.setRemote(true);
+      InterpreterOption option = new InterpreterOption(conf.getInterpreterRemote());
 
       InterpreterGroup interpreterGroup = createInterpreterGroup("dev", option);
 
diff --git a/zeppelin-zengine/src/main/java/org/apache/zeppelin/interpreter/InterpreterInfo.java b/zeppelin-zengine/src/main/java/org/apache/zeppelin/interpreter/InterpreterInfo.java
index c104b9d7eea..251b635c6e8 100644
--- a/zeppelin-zengine/src/main/java/org/apache/zeppelin/interpreter/InterpreterInfo.java
+++ b/zeppelin-zengine/src/main/java/org/apache/zeppelin/interpreter/InterpreterInfo.java
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@
 
 /**
  * Information of interpreters in this interpreter setting.
- * this will be serialized for conf/interpreter.json and REST api response.
+ * this will be serialized for conf/interpreter-setting.json and REST api response.
  */
 public class InterpreterInfo {
   private String name;
diff --git a/zeppelin-zengine/src/main/java/org/apache/zeppelin/interpreter/InterpreterOption.java b/zeppelin-zengine/src/main/java/org/apache/zeppelin/interpreter/InterpreterOption.java
index 2bcc4c69ac0..490883251d6 100644
--- a/zeppelin-zengine/src/main/java/org/apache/zeppelin/interpreter/InterpreterOption.java
+++ b/zeppelin-zengine/src/main/java/org/apache/zeppelin/interpreter/InterpreterOption.java
@@ -33,6 +33,12 @@ public class InterpreterOption {
   boolean setPermission;
   List<String> users;
 
+  private InterpreterOption() {}
+
+  public InterpreterOption(boolean remote) {
+    this.remote = remote;
+  }
+
   public boolean isExistingProcess() {
     return isExistingProcess;
   }
@@ -61,14 +67,6 @@ public List<String> getUsers() {
     return users;
   }
 
-  public InterpreterOption() {
-    remote = false;
-  }
-
-  public InterpreterOption(boolean remote) {
-    this.remote = remote;
-  }
-
   public boolean isRemote() {
     return remote;
   }
diff --git a/zeppelin-zengine/src/main/java/org/apache/zeppelin/interpreter/InterpreterSetting.java b/zeppelin-zengine/src/main/java/org/apache/zeppelin/interpreter/InterpreterSetting.java
index 65f60cd1a6e..f964c0f985e 100644
--- a/zeppelin-zengine/src/main/java/org/apache/zeppelin/interpreter/InterpreterSetting.java
+++ b/zeppelin-zengine/src/main/java/org/apache/zeppelin/interpreter/InterpreterSetting.java
@@ -27,6 +27,7 @@
 
 import com.google.gson.annotations.SerializedName;
 
+import org.apache.zeppelin.conf.ZeppelinConfiguration;
 import org.apache.zeppelin.dep.Dependency;
 
 import static org.apache.zeppelin.notebook.utility.IdHashes.generateId;
@@ -48,6 +49,7 @@ public class InterpreterSetting {
   private List<Dependency> dependencies;
   private InterpreterOption option;
   private transient String path;
+  private transient ZeppelinConfiguration conf = ZeppelinConfiguration.create();
 
   @Deprecated private transient InterpreterGroupFactory interpreterGroupFactory;
 
@@ -164,7 +166,7 @@ public void setDependencies(List<Dependency> dependencies) {
 
   public InterpreterOption getOption() {
     if (option == null) {
-      option = new InterpreterOption();
+      option = new InterpreterOption(conf.getInterpreterRemote());
     }
 
     return option;