diff --git a/src/compiler/GF/Infra/SIO.hs b/src/compiler/GF/Infra/SIO.hs
index 39c3da489..ed75f0898 100644
--- a/src/compiler/GF/Infra/SIO.hs
+++ b/src/compiler/GF/Infra/SIO.hs
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ module GF.Infra.SIO(
        newStdGen,print,putStrLn,
        -- ** Specific to GF
        importGrammar,importSource,
-       putStrLnFlush,runInterruptibly,
+       putStrLnFlush,runInterruptibly,lazySIO,
        -- * Restricted accesss to arbitrary (potentially unsafe) IO operations
        -- | If the environment variable GF_RESTRICTED is defined, these
        -- operations will fail. Otherwise, they will be executed normally.
@@ -26,6 +26,7 @@ import GF.System.Catch(try)
 import System.Process(system)
 import System.Environment(getEnv)
 import Control.Concurrent.Chan(newChan,writeChan,getChanContents)
+import GF.Infra.Concurrency(lazyIO)
 import qualified System.CPUTime as IO(getCPUTime)
 import qualified System.Directory as IO(getCurrentDirectory)
 import qualified System.Random as IO(newStdGen)
@@ -91,6 +92,7 @@ getCurrentDirectory  = lift0   IO.getCurrentDirectory
 getLibraryDirectory  = lift0 . IO.getLibraryDirectory
 newStdGen            = lift0   IO.newStdGen
 runInterruptibly     = lift1   IO.runInterruptibly
+lazySIO              = lift1   lazyIO
 
 importGrammar pgf opts files = lift0 $ GF.importGrammar pgf opts files
-importSource  src opts files = lift0 $ GF.importSource src opts files
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+importSource  src opts files = lift0 $ GF.importSource src opts files
diff --git a/src/compiler/GF/Interactive.hs b/src/compiler/GF/Interactive.hs
index 82806bebb..15c14bbbe 100644
--- a/src/compiler/GF/Interactive.hs
+++ b/src/compiler/GF/Interactive.hs
@@ -355,15 +355,21 @@ importInEnv :: GFEnv -> Options -> [FilePath] -> SIO GFEnv
 importInEnv gfenv opts files
     | flag optRetainResource opts =
         do src <- importSource (grammar gfenv) opts files
-           return $ gfenv {grammar = src}
+           pgf <- lazySIO importPGF -- duplicates some work, better to link src
+           return $ gfenv {grammar = src, commandenv = mkCommandEnv pgf}
     | otherwise =
-        do let opts' = addOptions (setOptimization OptCSE False) opts
-               pgf0 = multigrammar (commandenv gfenv)
-           pgf1 <- importGrammar pgf0 opts' files
-           if (verbAtLeast opts Normal)
-             then putStrLnFlush $ unwords $ "\nLanguages:" : map showCId (languages pgf1)
-             else done
+        do pgf1 <- importPGF
            return $ gfenv { commandenv = mkCommandEnv pgf1 }
+  where
+    importPGF =
+      do let opts' = addOptions (setOptimization OptCSE False) opts
+             pgf0 = multigrammar (commandenv gfenv)
+         pgf1 <- importGrammar pgf0 opts' files
+         if (verbAtLeast opts Normal)
+           then putStrLnFlush $
+                    unwords $ "\nLanguages:" : map showCId (languages pgf1)
+           else done
+         return pgf1
 
 tryGetLine = do
   res <- try getLine