diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index c828d5e..a80c92b 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,5 +1,8 @@
 # Release Notes
 
+**v2.4.0:**
+- added interactive kernel again ([202](/../../issues/202))
+
 **v2.3.6:**
 - fixed another issue with expiring tokens ([196](/../../issues/196))
 
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 77225e4..b074794 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 	"name": "databricks-vscode",
 	"displayName": "Databricks Power Tools",
 	"description": "Run notebooks cell-by-cell, browse and edit your Databricks Workspace, DBFS, Clusters, Jobs, Secrets, Repos and SQL. Supports Azure Databricks, Databricks on AWS and Databricks on GCP.",
-	"version": "2.3.6",
+	"version": "2.4.0",
 	"publisher": "paiqo",
 	"icon": "resources/databricks_extension.png",
 	"author": {
diff --git a/src/vscode/notebook/DatabricksKernel.ts b/src/vscode/notebook/DatabricksKernel.ts
index 0c45fca..75ab492 100644
--- a/src/vscode/notebook/DatabricksKernel.ts
+++ b/src/vscode/notebook/DatabricksKernel.ts
@@ -28,6 +28,7 @@ export type NotebookMagic =
 export type KernelType =
 	"jupyter-notebook"
 	| "databricks-notebook"
+	| "interactive"
 
 // https://code.visualstudio.com/blogs/2021/11/08/custom-notebooks
 export class DatabricksKernel implements vscode.NotebookController {
diff --git a/src/vscode/notebook/DatabricksKernelManager.ts b/src/vscode/notebook/DatabricksKernelManager.ts
index 8b0aa6d..4c318e9 100644
--- a/src/vscode/notebook/DatabricksKernelManager.ts
+++ b/src/vscode/notebook/DatabricksKernelManager.ts
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@ import { DatabricksKernel } from './DatabricksKernel';
 export abstract class DatabricksKernelManager {
 	private static JupyterKernelSuffix: string = "-jupyter-notebook";
 	private static DatabricksKernelSuffix: string = "-databricks-notebook";
+	private static InteractiveKernelSuffix: string = "-databricks.interactive";
 
 	private static _kernels: Map<string, DatabricksKernel> = new Map<string, DatabricksKernel>();
 
@@ -109,6 +110,21 @@ export abstract class DatabricksKernelManager {
 		return false;
 	}
 
+	static getInteractiveKernelName(cluster: iDatabricksCluster): string {
+		return cluster.cluster_id + DatabricksKernelManager.InteractiveKernelSuffix;
+	}
+
+	static getInteractiveKernel(cluster: iDatabricksCluster): DatabricksKernel {
+		return this.getKernel(this.getInteractiveKernelName(cluster));
+	}
+
+	static interactiveKernelExists(cluster: iDatabricksCluster): boolean {
+		if (this.getInteractiveKernel(cluster)) {
+			return true;
+		}
+		return false;
+	}
+
 	static async createKernels(cluster: iDatabricksCluster, logMessages: boolean = true): Promise<void> {
 		if (!this.jupyterKernelExists(cluster)) {
 			let notebookKernel: DatabricksKernel = new DatabricksKernel(cluster, "jupyter-notebook");
@@ -135,6 +151,19 @@ export abstract class DatabricksKernelManager {
 				ThisExtension.log(`Databricks Kernel for Databricks cluster '${cluster.cluster_id}' already exists!`)
 			}
 		}
+
+		if (!this.interactiveKernelExists(cluster)) {
+			let interactiveKernel: DatabricksKernel = new DatabricksKernel(cluster, "interactive");
+			this.setKernel(this.getInteractiveKernelName(cluster), interactiveKernel);
+			if (logMessages) {
+				ThisExtension.log(`Interactive Kernel for Databricks cluster '${cluster.cluster_id}' created!`)
+			}
+		}
+		else {
+			if (logMessages) {
+				ThisExtension.log(`Interactive Kernel for Databricks cluster '${cluster.cluster_id}' already exists!`)
+			}
+		}
 	}
 
 	static async removeKernels(cluster: iDatabricksCluster, logMessages: boolean = true): Promise<void> {