diff --git a/python/src/test/java/org/apache/zeppelin/python/PythonInterpreterTest.java b/python/src/test/java/org/apache/zeppelin/python/PythonInterpreterTest.java
index e7204eff9e..43dacc89fd 100644
--- a/python/src/test/java/org/apache/zeppelin/python/PythonInterpreterTest.java
+++ b/python/src/test/java/org/apache/zeppelin/python/PythonInterpreterTest.java
@@ -45,6 +45,7 @@ import org.apache.zeppelin.interpreter.ClassloaderInterpreter;
 import org.apache.zeppelin.interpreter.Interpreter;
 import org.apache.zeppelin.interpreter.InterpreterGroup;
 import org.apache.zeppelin.interpreter.InterpreterResult;
+import org.junit.After;
 import org.junit.Before;
 import org.junit.Test;
 import org.mockito.invocation.InvocationOnMock;
@@ -62,6 +63,7 @@ import org.slf4j.LoggerFactory;
 public class PythonInterpreterTest {
   private static final Logger LOG = LoggerFactory.getLogger(PythonProcess.class);
 
+  PythonInterpreter zeppelinPythonInterpreter = null;
   PythonInterpreter pythonInterpreter = null;
   PythonProcess mockPythonProcess;
   String cmdHistory;
@@ -88,6 +90,7 @@ public class PythonInterpreterTest {
 
     // python interpreter
     pythonInterpreter = spy(new PythonInterpreter(getPythonTestProperties()));
+    zeppelinPythonInterpreter = new PythonInterpreter(getPythonTestProperties());
 
     // create interpreter group
     InterpreterGroup group = new InterpreterGroup();
@@ -99,6 +102,12 @@ public class PythonInterpreterTest {
     when(mockPythonProcess.sendAndGetResult(eq("\n\nimport py4j\n"))).thenReturn("ImportError");
   }
 
+  @After
+  public void afterTest() throws IOException {
+    pythonInterpreter.close();
+    zeppelinPythonInterpreter.close();
+  }
+
   @Test
   public void testOpenInterpreter() {
     pythonInterpreter.open();
@@ -172,6 +181,18 @@ public class PythonInterpreterTest {
     assertEquals("%text print a", result.message().get(0).toString());
   }
 
+  @Test
+  public void testInterpret2() {
+    zeppelinPythonInterpreter.open();
+    InterpreterResult result = zeppelinPythonInterpreter.interpret("for x in range(0,3):  print (\"hi\")\n\nz._displayhook()", null);
+    assertEquals(InterpreterResult.Code.SUCCESS, result.code());
+    assertTrue(result.message().get(0).toString().contains("hi\nhi\nhi"));
+
+    result = zeppelinPythonInterpreter.interpret("for x in range(0,3):  print (\"hi\")\nz._displayhook()", null);
+    assertEquals(InterpreterResult.Code.ERROR, result.code());
+    assertTrue(result.message().get(0).toString().contains("SyntaxError: invalid syntax"));
+  }
+
   /**
    * Checks if given port is open on 'localhost'
    * @param port