diff --git a/src/cli/gravity.c b/src/cli/gravity.c
index 5c8d0964..806d1146 100644
--- a/src/cli/gravity.c
+++ b/src/cli/gravity.c
@@ -131,6 +131,18 @@ static void gravity_repl (void) {
 
 // MARK: -
 
+int x = 0;
+
+static bool should_preempt(void *xdata) {
+    x++;
+    if (x % 3 == 0) {
+        return true;
+    }
+    return false;
+}
+
+// MARK: -
+
 int main (int argc, const char* argv[]) {
 	// parse arguments and return operation type
 	op_type type = parse_args(argc, argv);
@@ -158,6 +170,7 @@ int main (int argc, const char* argv[]) {
 	
 	// create VM
 	gravity_vm *vm = gravity_vm_new(&delegate);
+    delegate.preempt_callback = &should_preempt;
 	
 	// check if input file is source code that needs to be compiled
 	if ((type == OP_COMPILE) || (type == OP_COMPILE_RUN)) {
@@ -198,8 +211,15 @@ int main (int argc, const char* argv[]) {
 	
 	// sanity check
 	assert(closure);
-	
-	if (gravity_vm_runmain(vm, closure)) {
+
+    bool result;
+    result = gravity_vm_runmain(vm, closure, true);
+
+    while (!result && gravity_vm_preempted(vm)) {
+        result = gravity_vm_run_resume_main(vm, closure, true);
+    }
+
+    if (result) {
 		gravity_value_t result = gravity_vm_result(vm);
 		double t = gravity_vm_time(vm);
 		
diff --git a/src/cli/unittest.c b/src/cli/unittest.c
index 963d8348..e95fc5b4 100644
--- a/src/cli/unittest.c
+++ b/src/cli/unittest.c
@@ -132,7 +132,7 @@ static void test_folder (const char *folder_path, test_data *data) {
 		gravity_compiler_free(compiler);
 		
 		if (closure) {
-			if (gravity_vm_runmain(vm, closure)) {
+			if (gravity_vm_runmain(vm, closure, NULL)) {
 				data->processed = true;
 				gravity_value_t result = gravity_vm_result(vm);
 				if (gravity_value_equals(result, data->expected_value)) {
diff --git a/src/runtime/gravity_vm.c b/src/runtime/gravity_vm.c
index 8edf504b..039a4112 100644
--- a/src/runtime/gravity_vm.c
+++ b/src/runtime/gravity_vm.c
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@
 //  Copyright (c) 2014 CreoLabs. All rights reserved.
 //
 
+#include <gravity_delegate.h>
 #include "gravity_hash.h"
 #include "gravity_array.h"
 #include "gravity_debug.h"
@@ -27,6 +28,15 @@ static void gravity_gc_transform (gravity_hash_t *hashtable, gravity_value_t key
 static uint32_t cache_refcount = 0;
 static gravity_value_t cache[GRAVITY_VTABLE_SIZE];
 
+struct vm_state {
+    gravity_fiber_t				*fiber;
+    gravity_delegate_t			*delegate;
+    gravity_callframe_t			*frame;
+    gravity_function_t			*func;
+    gravity_value_t				*stackstart;
+    uint32_t			*ip;
+};
+
 // Opaque VM struct
 struct gravity_vm {
 	gravity_hash_t		*context;							// context hash table
@@ -67,6 +77,7 @@ struct gravity_vm {
     #endif
 
     bool                preempted;                         // Set to true if the VM was preempted -- check flag if returns false
+    struct vm_state     vm_state;
 };
 
 // MARK: -
@@ -288,16 +299,36 @@ static bool gravity_vm_exec(gravity_vm *vm, bool preemptable) {
 	register uint32_t			*ip;						// IP => instruction pointer
 	register uint32_t			inst;						// IR => instruction register
 	register opcode_t			op;							// OP => opcode register
-	
-	// load current callframe
-	LOAD_FRAME();
-	DEBUG_CALL("Executing", func);
-	
-	// sanity check
-	if ((ip == NULL) || (!func->bytecode) || (func->ninsts == 0)) return true;
-	
-	DEBUG_STACK();
-	
+    gravity_preempt_callback    preempt_cb = NULL;          // Callback to cause preemption
+
+
+
+    // Set preempt_cb if running in a preemptable context
+    if (preemptable) {
+        preempt_cb = vm->delegate->preempt_callback;
+    }
+
+    if (vm->preempted) {
+        // Restore the VM state
+        delegate = vm->vm_state.delegate;
+        fiber = vm->vm_state.fiber;
+        frame = vm->vm_state.frame;
+        func = vm->vm_state.func;
+        ip = vm->vm_state.ip;
+        stackstart = vm->vm_state.stackstart;
+        vm->preempted = false;
+    } else {
+        // load current callframe
+        LOAD_FRAME();
+        DEBUG_CALL("Executing", func);
+
+        // sanity check
+        if ((ip == NULL) || (!func->bytecode) || (func->ninsts == 0)) return true;
+
+        DEBUG_STACK();
+    }
+
+
 	while (1) {
 		INTERPRET_LOOP {
 			
@@ -1265,6 +1296,14 @@ static bool gravity_vm_exec(gravity_vm *vm, bool preemptable) {
 	return true;
 
     PREEMPT:
+    vm->preempted = true;
+    vm->vm_state.delegate = delegate;
+    vm->vm_state.fiber = fiber;
+    vm->vm_state.frame = frame;
+    vm->vm_state.func = func;
+    vm->vm_state.ip = ip;
+    vm->vm_state.stackstart = stackstart;
+
     return false;
 }
 
@@ -1502,7 +1541,7 @@ bool gravity_vm_runclosure (gravity_vm *vm, gravity_closure_t *closure, gravity_
 	return result;
 }
 
-bool gravity_vm_runmain (gravity_vm *vm, gravity_closure_t *closure) {
+bool gravity_vm_runmain(gravity_vm *vm, gravity_closure_t *closure, bool preemptable) {
 	// first load closure into vm
 	if (closure) gravity_vm_loadclosure(vm, closure);
 	
@@ -1519,15 +1558,23 @@ bool gravity_vm_runmain (gravity_vm *vm, gravity_closure_t *closure) {
 	
 	// execute main function
 	RESET_STATS(vm);
-	nanotime_t tstart = nanotime();
-	bool result = gravity_vm_exec(vm, false);
-	nanotime_t tend = nanotime();
-	vm->time = millitime(tstart, tend);
-	
-	PRINT_STATS(vm);
-	return result;
+
+	return gravity_vm_run_resume_main(vm, closure, preemptable);
 }
 
+bool gravity_vm_run_resume_main(gravity_vm *vm, gravity_closure_t *closure, bool preemptable) {
+    nanotime_t tstart = nanotime();
+    bool result = gravity_vm_exec(vm, preemptable);
+    nanotime_t tend = nanotime();
+    vm->time += millitime(tstart, tend);
+
+    if (!gravity_vm_preempted(vm))
+            PRINT_STATS(vm);
+
+    return result;
+}
+
+
 // MARK: - User -
 
 void gravity_vm_setslot (gravity_vm *vm, gravity_value_t value, uint32_t index) {
@@ -2064,3 +2111,7 @@ void gravity_gc_push (gravity_vm *vm, gravity_object_t *obj) {
 void gravity_gc_pop (gravity_vm *vm) {
 	marray_pop(vm->gcsave);
 }
+
+bool gravity_vm_preempted (gravity_vm *vm) {
+    return vm->preempted;
+}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/src/runtime/gravity_vm.h b/src/runtime/gravity_vm.h
index 614a885c..ea9d0201 100644
--- a/src/runtime/gravity_vm.h
+++ b/src/runtime/gravity_vm.h
@@ -26,7 +26,9 @@ void				gravity_vm_set_callbacks (gravity_vm *vm, vm_transfer_cb vm_transfer, vm
 void				gravity_vm_free (gravity_vm *vm);
 void				gravity_vm_reset (gravity_vm *vm);
 bool				gravity_vm_runclosure (gravity_vm *vm, gravity_closure_t *closure, gravity_value_t selfvalue, gravity_value_t params[], uint16_t nparams);
-bool				gravity_vm_runmain (gravity_vm *vm, gravity_closure_t *closure);
+
+bool                gravity_vm_runmain(gravity_vm *vm, gravity_closure_t *closure, bool preemptable);
+bool                gravity_vm_run_resume_main(gravity_vm *vm, gravity_closure_t *closure, bool preemptable);
 void				gravity_vm_loadclosure (gravity_vm *vm, gravity_closure_t *closure);
 void				gravity_vm_setvalue (gravity_vm *vm, const char *key, gravity_value_t value);
 gravity_value_t		gravity_vm_lookup (gravity_vm *vm, gravity_value_t key);
diff --git a/src/runtime/gravity_vmmacros.h b/src/runtime/gravity_vmmacros.h
index c26beae8..43e25f64 100644
--- a/src/runtime/gravity_vmmacros.h
+++ b/src/runtime/gravity_vmmacros.h
@@ -52,7 +52,7 @@
 #define GRAVITY_GC_STRESSTEST							0
 #define GRAVITY_GC_DEBUG								0
 #define GRAVITY_STACK_DEBUG								0
-#define GRAVITY_VM_PREEMPTION                           0
+#define GRAVITY_VM_PREEMPTION                           1
 
 #if GRAVITY_STACK_DEBUG
 #define DEBUG_STACK()									gravity_stack_dump(fiber)
@@ -117,7 +117,7 @@
 #define FN_COUNTREG(_f,_nargs)							(MAXNUM(_f->nparams,_nargs) + _f->nlocals + _f->ntemps)
 
 #if GRAVITY_VM_PREEMPTION
-#define SHOULD_PREEMPT
+#define SHOULD_PREEMPT                                  if (preempt_cb && preempt_cb(vm->delegate->xdata)) goto PREEMPT;
 #else
 #define SHOULD_PREEMPT
 #endif