diff --git a/.github/workflows/unit_tests.yaml b/.github/workflows/unit_tests.yaml
index 121009e2..551e5a0f 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/unit_tests.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/unit_tests.yaml
@@ -55,7 +55,7 @@ jobs:
         pylint --indent-string='  ' jetstream_pt/ benchmarks/
     - name: Format check with pyink
       run: |
-        pyink --pyink-indentation 2 --line-length 80 --check --verbose .
+        pyink --pyink-indentation 2 --line-length 80 --check --verbose --extend-exclude=deps .
 
   cpu:
     name: "jetstream_pt unit tests"
@@ -79,4 +79,28 @@ jobs:
         JAX_PLATFORMS=cpu coverage run -m unittest -v
     - name: Create test coverage report
       run: |
-        coverage report -m
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+        coverage report -m
+
+  interactive:
+    name: "jetstream_pt run interactive"
+    strategy:
+      matrix:
+        os: [ubuntu-20.04]
+        python-version: ['3.10']
+    runs-on: ${{ matrix.os }}
+    steps:
+    - name: Checkout
+      uses: actions/checkout@v4
+    - name: Setup Python
+      uses: actions/setup-python@v4
+      with:
+        python-version: ${{ matrix.python-version }}
+    - name: Install Dependencies
+      run: |
+        source install_everything.sh
+    - name: Run interactive (bf16)
+      run: |
+        JAX_PLATFORMS=cpu python run_interactive.py --size=tiny --batch_size=1 --max_cache_length=2048 --tokenizer_path=jetstream_pt/third_party/llama/tokenizer.model --model_name=llama-2 --sharding_config=default_shardings/llama.yaml --quantize_weights=0 --quantize_kv_cache=0
+    - name: Run interactive (int8)
+      run: |
+        JAX_PLATFORMS=cpu python run_interactive.py --size=tiny --batch_size=1 --max_cache_length=2048 --tokenizer_path=jetstream_pt/third_party/llama/tokenizer.model --model_name=llama-2 --sharding_config=default_shardings/llama.yaml --quantize_weights=1 --quantize_kv_cache=1
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diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 71d7399e..d3c23fe0 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -1,6 +1,3 @@
-# source dependencies
-deps/
-
 # Byte-compiled / optimized / DLL files
 __pycache__/
 *.py[cod]
diff --git a/.gitmodules b/.gitmodules
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..e7cfe4dd
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.gitmodules
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+[submodule "deps/JetStream"]
+	path = deps/JetStream
+	url = https://github.com/google/JetStream.git
+[submodule "deps/xla"]
+	path = deps/xla
+	url = https://github.com/pytorch/xla.git
diff --git a/deps/JetStream b/deps/JetStream
new file mode 160000
index 00000000..8128c8a5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/deps/JetStream
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+Subproject commit 8128c8a59f859e7691726180b7953e92c6ad4b2b
diff --git a/deps/xla b/deps/xla
new file mode 160000
index 00000000..f26c35c2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/deps/xla
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+Subproject commit f26c35c2fa5eb1d22d042a2a8a8dc34f11b99f60
diff --git a/install_everything.sh b/install_everything.sh
index aa59011c..e81cd16f 100644
--- a/install_everything.sh
+++ b/install_everything.sh
@@ -12,9 +12,6 @@
 # See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
 # limitations under the License.
 
-TORCHXLA_TAG=f26c35c2fa5eb1d22d042a2a8a8dc34f11b99f60 # updated May 14, 2024
-JETSTREAM_TAG=e4952fbb12e0ab3c33bc7c1eef3839b7c2ad0dd4 # updated May 16, 2024
-
 # Uninstall existing jax
 pip show jax && pip uninstall -y jax
 pip show jaxlib && pip uninstall -y jaxlib
@@ -26,17 +23,5 @@ pip install torch --index-url https://download.pytorch.org/whl/cpu
 pip install tensorflow flatbuffers absl-py flax sentencepiece seqio google-cloud-storage 
 pip install safetensors colorama coverage ray[default] humanize
 
-mkdir -p deps
-pushd deps
-git clone https://github.com/google/JetStream.git
-git clone https://github.com/pytorch/xla.git
-pushd xla/experimental/torch_xla2
-git checkout $TORCHXLA_TAG
-pip install .
-popd  # now at the folder deps
-pushd JetStream
-git checkout $JETSTREAM_TAG
-pip install .
-popd # now at the folder deps
-popd # now at the folder current file
+git submodule update --init --recursive
 pip install -e .
diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index 10f895fe..c68c1500 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ requires = ["hatchling"]
 build-backend = "hatchling.build"
 
 [project]
-version = "0.2.0"
+version = "0.2.1"
 name = "jetstream_pt"
 dependencies = [
     "absl-py",
@@ -14,7 +14,12 @@ dependencies = [
     "google-jetstream",
     "google-cloud-storage",
     "safetensors",
+    "torch_xla2 @ {root:uri}/deps/xla/experimental/torch_xla2",
+    "google-jetstream @ {root:uri}/deps/JetStream",
 ]
 
 requires-python = ">=3.10"
 license = {file = "LICENSE"}
+
+[tool.hatch.metadata]
+allow-direct-references = true
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diff --git a/run_interactive.py b/run_interactive.py
index 740ab00d..3ab7e59a 100644
--- a/run_interactive.py
+++ b/run_interactive.py
@@ -158,20 +158,15 @@ def main(argv):
       decode_state, result_tokens = engine.generate(params, decode_state)
       result_tokens = result_tokens.convert_to_numpy()
       res = result_tokens.get_result_at_slot(slot)
-      stop_tokens = set(tokenizer.tokenizer.stop_tokens)
+      stop_tokens = set(tokenizer.stop_tokens)
       stop_tokens.add(tokenizer.pad_id)
+      token_id = res.tokens[0][0].item()
+      sampled_tokens_list.append(token_id)
       if (
-          res.tokens[0][0] in stop_tokens
+          token_id in stop_tokens
           or len(sampled_tokens_list) > max_output_length
       ):
         break
-      token_id = res.tokens[0][0]
-      sampled_tokens_list.append(token_id)
-      # output_str = tokenizer.decode_str([token_id])
-      # print(Fore.GREEN + output_str, end="", flush=True)
-
-    # print(Style.RESET_ALL + "\n")
-    # print("---- Streaming decode finished.")
 
     print("---- All output tokens.")
     print(sampled_tokens_list)