diff --git a/External/FEXCore/Source/Interface/Core/Core.cpp b/External/FEXCore/Source/Interface/Core/Core.cpp
index 560a1b611..b664c1384 100644
--- a/External/FEXCore/Source/Interface/Core/Core.cpp
+++ b/External/FEXCore/Source/Interface/Core/Core.cpp
@@ -386,6 +386,7 @@ namespace FEXCore::Context {
 
   void Context::InitializeThreadData(FEXCore::Core::InternalThreadState *Thread) {
     Thread->CPUBackend->Initialize();
+    Thread->IntBackend->Initialize();
     Thread->FallbackBackend->Initialize();
 
     auto IRHandler = [this, Thread](uint64_t Addr, IR::IREmitter *IR) -> void {
@@ -442,13 +443,19 @@ namespace FEXCore::Context {
 
     // Create CPU backend
     switch (Config.Core) {
-    case FEXCore::Config::CONFIG_INTERPRETER: Thread->CPUBackend.reset(FEXCore::CPU::CreateInterpreterCore(this)); break;
+    case FEXCore::Config::CONFIG_INTERPRETER:
+      Thread->CPUBackend.reset(FEXCore::CPU::CreateInterpreterCore(this));
+      Thread->IntBackend = Thread->CPUBackend;
+      break;
     case FEXCore::Config::CONFIG_IRJIT:       Thread->CPUBackend.reset(FEXCore::CPU::CreateJITCore(this, Thread)); break;
     case FEXCore::Config::CONFIG_LLVMJIT:     Thread->CPUBackend.reset(FEXCore::CPU::CreateLLVMCore(Thread)); break;
     case FEXCore::Config::CONFIG_CUSTOM:      Thread->CPUBackend.reset(CustomCPUFactory(this, &Thread->State)); break;
     default: LogMan::Msg::A("Unknown core configuration");
     }
 
+    if (!Thread->IntBackend) {
+      Thread->IntBackend.reset(FEXCore::CPU::CreateInterpreterCore(this));
+    }
     Thread->FallbackBackend.reset(FallbackCPUFactory(this, &Thread->State));
 
     LogMan::Throw::A(!Thread->FallbackBackend->NeedsOpDispatch(), "Fallback CPU backend must not require OpDispatch");
@@ -485,6 +492,8 @@ namespace FEXCore::Context {
   void Context::ClearCodeCache(FEXCore::Core::InternalThreadState *Thread, uint64_t GuestRIP) {
     Thread->BlockCache->ClearCache();
     Thread->CPUBackend->ClearCache();
+    Thread->IntBackend->ClearCache();
+
     if (GuestRIP != 0) {
       auto IR = Thread->IRLists.find(GuestRIP)->second.release();
       Thread->IRLists.clear();
diff --git a/External/FEXCore/Source/Interface/Core/Interpreter/InterpreterCore.cpp b/External/FEXCore/Source/Interface/Core/Interpreter/InterpreterCore.cpp
index 7484cc128..0fb1bd027 100644
--- a/External/FEXCore/Source/Interface/Core/Interpreter/InterpreterCore.cpp
+++ b/External/FEXCore/Source/Interface/Core/Interpreter/InterpreterCore.cpp
@@ -54,7 +54,8 @@ private:
 };
 
 static void InterpreterExecution(FEXCore::Core::InternalThreadState *Thread) {
-  InterpreterCore *Core = reinterpret_cast<InterpreterCore*>(Thread->CPUBackend.get());
+  // IntBackend will always point to this interpreter object
+  InterpreterCore *Core = reinterpret_cast<InterpreterCore*>(Thread->IntBackend.get());
   Core->ExecuteCode(Thread);
 }
 
diff --git a/External/FEXCore/Source/Interface/Core/JIT/Arm64/JIT.cpp b/External/FEXCore/Source/Interface/Core/JIT/Arm64/JIT.cpp
index 0e0eed703..008815adb 100644
--- a/External/FEXCore/Source/Interface/Core/JIT/Arm64/JIT.cpp
+++ b/External/FEXCore/Source/Interface/Core/JIT/Arm64/JIT.cpp
@@ -374,6 +374,16 @@ void *JITCore::CompileCode([[maybe_unused]] FEXCore::IR::IRListView<true> const
   uintptr_t ListBegin = CurrentIR->GetListData();
   uintptr_t DataBegin = CurrentIR->GetData();
 
+  auto HeaderIterator = CurrentIR->begin();
+  IR::OrderedNodeWrapper *HeaderNodeWrapper = HeaderIterator();
+  IR::OrderedNode *HeaderNode = HeaderNodeWrapper->GetNode(ListBegin);
+  auto HeaderOp = HeaderNode->Op(DataBegin)->CW<FEXCore::IR::IROp_IRHeader>();
+  LogMan::Throw::A(HeaderOp->Header.Op == IR::OP_IRHEADER, "First op wasn't IRHeader");
+
+  if (HeaderOp->ShouldInterpret) {
+    return State->IntBackend->CompileCode(IR, DebugData);
+  }
+
   LogMan::Throw::A(RAPass->HasFullRA(), "Arm64 JIT only works with RA");
 
   uint32_t SpillSlots = RAPass->SpillSlots();
@@ -409,12 +419,6 @@ void *JITCore::CompileCode([[maybe_unused]] FEXCore::IR::IRListView<true> const
     sub(sp, sp, SpillSlots * 16);
   }
 
-  auto HeaderIterator = CurrentIR->begin();
-  IR::OrderedNodeWrapper *HeaderNodeWrapper = HeaderIterator();
-  IR::OrderedNode *HeaderNode = HeaderNodeWrapper->GetNode(ListBegin);
-  auto HeaderOp = HeaderNode->Op(DataBegin)->CW<FEXCore::IR::IROp_IRHeader>();
-  LogMan::Throw::A(HeaderOp->Header.Op == IR::OP_IRHEADER, "First op wasn't IRHeader");
-
   IR::OrderedNode *BlockNode = HeaderOp->Blocks.GetNode(ListBegin);
 
   while (1) {
diff --git a/External/FEXCore/Source/Interface/Core/JIT/x86_64/JIT.cpp b/External/FEXCore/Source/Interface/Core/JIT/x86_64/JIT.cpp
index 49b4ddc46..7cf841534 100644
--- a/External/FEXCore/Source/Interface/Core/JIT/x86_64/JIT.cpp
+++ b/External/FEXCore/Source/Interface/Core/JIT/x86_64/JIT.cpp
@@ -235,6 +235,10 @@ void *JITCore::CompileCode([[maybe_unused]] FEXCore::IR::IRListView<true> const
   auto HeaderOp = HeaderNode->Op(DataBegin)->CW<FEXCore::IR::IROp_IRHeader>();
   LogMan::Throw::A(HeaderOp->Header.Op == IR::OP_IRHEADER, "First op wasn't IRHeader");
 
+  if (HeaderOp->ShouldInterpret) {
+    return ThreadState->IntBackend->CompileCode(IR, DebugData);
+  }
+
   // Fairly excessive buffer range to make sure we don't overflow
   uint32_t BufferRange = SSACount * 16;
   if ((getSize() + BufferRange) > MAX_CODE_SIZE) {
diff --git a/External/FEXCore/Source/Interface/Core/LLVMJIT/LLVMCore.cpp b/External/FEXCore/Source/Interface/Core/LLVMJIT/LLVMCore.cpp
index 6c311e49c..19683a5d5 100644
--- a/External/FEXCore/Source/Interface/Core/LLVMJIT/LLVMCore.cpp
+++ b/External/FEXCore/Source/Interface/Core/LLVMJIT/LLVMCore.cpp
@@ -3921,15 +3921,6 @@ void* FEXCore::CPU::LLVMJITCore::CompileCode(FEXCore::IR::IRListView<true> const
 
   CurrentIR = IR;
 
-#if DESTMAP_AS_MAP
-  DestMap.clear();
-#else
-  uintptr_t ListSize = CurrentIR->GetListSize();
-  if (ListSize > DestMap.size()) {
-    DestMap.resize(std::max(DestMap.size() * 2, ListSize));
-  }
-#endif
-
   uintptr_t ListBegin = CurrentIR->GetListData();
   uintptr_t DataBegin = CurrentIR->GetData();
 
@@ -3939,6 +3930,19 @@ void* FEXCore::CPU::LLVMJITCore::CompileCode(FEXCore::IR::IRListView<true> const
   auto HeaderOp = HeaderNode->Op(DataBegin)->CW<FEXCore::IR::IROp_IRHeader>();
   LogMan::Throw::A(HeaderOp->Header.Op == IR::OP_IRHEADER, "First op wasn't IRHeader");
 
+  if (HeaderOp->ShouldInterpret) {
+    return ThreadState->IntBackend->CompileCode(IR, DebugData);
+  }
+
+#if DESTMAP_AS_MAP
+  DestMap.clear();
+#else
+  uintptr_t ListSize = CurrentIR->GetListSize();
+  if (ListSize > DestMap.size()) {
+    DestMap.resize(std::max(DestMap.size() * 2, ListSize));
+  }
+#endif
+
   std::ostringstream FunctionName;
   FunctionName << "Function_0x";
   FunctionName << std::hex << HeaderOp->Entry;
diff --git a/External/FEXCore/Source/Interface/Core/OpcodeDispatcher.cpp b/External/FEXCore/Source/Interface/Core/OpcodeDispatcher.cpp
index ee8748f49..030dbf985 100644
--- a/External/FEXCore/Source/Interface/Core/OpcodeDispatcher.cpp
+++ b/External/FEXCore/Source/Interface/Core/OpcodeDispatcher.cpp
@@ -3348,7 +3348,8 @@ void OpDispatchBuilder::CreateJumpBlocks(std::vector<FEXCore::Frontend::Decoder:
 
 void OpDispatchBuilder::BeginFunction(uint64_t RIP, std::vector<FEXCore::Frontend::Decoder::DecodedBlocks> const *Blocks) {
   Entry = RIP;
-  auto IRHeader = _IRHeader(InvalidNode, RIP, 0);
+  auto IRHeader = _IRHeader(InvalidNode, RIP, 0, false);
+  Current_Header = IRHeader.first;
   CreateJumpBlocks(Blocks);
 
   auto Block = GetNewJumpBlock(RIP);
diff --git a/External/FEXCore/Source/Interface/Core/OpcodeDispatcher.h b/External/FEXCore/Source/Interface/Core/OpcodeDispatcher.h
index 12251c9d0..3dc1f3b9f 100644
--- a/External/FEXCore/Source/Interface/Core/OpcodeDispatcher.h
+++ b/External/FEXCore/Source/Interface/Core/OpcodeDispatcher.h
@@ -346,6 +346,7 @@ public:
 
 private:
   bool DecodeFailure{false};
+  FEXCore::IR::IROp_IRHeader *Current_Header{};
 
   OrderedNode *LoadSource(FEXCore::IR::RegisterClassType Class, FEXCore::X86Tables::DecodedOp const& Op, FEXCore::X86Tables::DecodedOperand const& Operand, uint32_t Flags, int8_t Align, bool LoadData = true, bool ForceLoad = false);
   OrderedNode *LoadSource_WithOpSize(FEXCore::IR::RegisterClassType Class, FEXCore::X86Tables::DecodedOp const& Op, FEXCore::X86Tables::DecodedOperand const& Operand, uint8_t OpSize, uint32_t Flags, int8_t Align, bool LoadData = true, bool ForceLoad = false);
diff --git a/External/FEXCore/Source/Interface/IR/IR.json b/External/FEXCore/Source/Interface/IR/IR.json
index a43f65a62..f22c87b62 100644
--- a/External/FEXCore/Source/Interface/IR/IR.json
+++ b/External/FEXCore/Source/Interface/IR/IR.json
@@ -58,7 +58,8 @@
       ],
       "Args": [
         "uint64_t", "Entry",
-        "uint32_t", "BlockCount"
+        "uint32_t", "BlockCount",
+        "bool", "ShouldInterpret"
       ]
     },
     "CodeBlock": {
diff --git a/External/FEXCore/Source/Interface/IR/Passes/IRCompaction.cpp b/External/FEXCore/Source/Interface/IR/Passes/IRCompaction.cpp
index f1d701874..2cb939bb8 100644
--- a/External/FEXCore/Source/Interface/IR/Passes/IRCompaction.cpp
+++ b/External/FEXCore/Source/Interface/IR/Passes/IRCompaction.cpp
@@ -61,7 +61,7 @@ bool IRCompaction::Run(IREmitter *IREmit) {
 
   // Zero is always zero(invalid)
   OldToNewRemap[0] = 0;
-  auto LocalHeaderOp = LocalBuilder._IRHeader(OrderedNodeWrapper::WrapOffset(0).GetNode(ListBegin), HeaderOp->Entry, HeaderOp->BlockCount);
+  auto LocalHeaderOp = LocalBuilder._IRHeader(OrderedNodeWrapper::WrapOffset(0).GetNode(ListBegin), HeaderOp->Entry, HeaderOp->BlockCount, HeaderOp->ShouldInterpret);
   OldToNewRemap[HeaderNode->Wrapped(ListBegin).ID()] = LocalHeaderOp.Node->Wrapped(LocalListBegin).ID();
 
   struct CodeBlockData {
diff --git a/External/FEXCore/Source/Interface/IR/Passes/RegisterAllocationPass.cpp b/External/FEXCore/Source/Interface/IR/Passes/RegisterAllocationPass.cpp
index 0013f1151..b77b7bacf 100644
--- a/External/FEXCore/Source/Interface/IR/Passes/RegisterAllocationPass.cpp
+++ b/External/FEXCore/Source/Interface/IR/Passes/RegisterAllocationPass.cpp
@@ -1220,6 +1220,21 @@ namespace FEXCore::IR {
   bool ConstrainedRAPass::Run(IREmitter *IREmit) {
     bool Changed = false;
 
+    auto IR = IREmit->ViewIR();
+    uintptr_t ListBegin = IR.GetListData();
+    uintptr_t DataBegin = IR.GetData();
+
+    auto Begin = IR.begin();
+    auto Op = Begin();
+
+    IR::OrderedNode *RealNode = Op->GetNode(ListBegin);
+    auto HeaderOp = RealNode->Op(DataBegin)->CW<FEXCore::IR::IROp_IRHeader>();
+    LogMan::Throw::A(HeaderOp->Header.Op == IR::OP_IRHEADER, "First op wasn't IRHeader");
+
+    if (HeaderOp->ShouldInterpret) {
+      return false;
+    }
+
     SpillSlotCount = 0;
     Graph->SpillStack.clear();
 
diff --git a/External/FEXCore/include/FEXCore/Debug/InternalThreadState.h b/External/FEXCore/include/FEXCore/Debug/InternalThreadState.h
index c5c416c22..3720fa0ed 100644
--- a/External/FEXCore/include/FEXCore/Debug/InternalThreadState.h
+++ b/External/FEXCore/include/FEXCore/Debug/InternalThreadState.h
@@ -49,7 +49,8 @@ namespace FEXCore::Core {
 
     std::unique_ptr<FEXCore::IR::OpDispatchBuilder> OpDispatcher;
 
-    std::unique_ptr<FEXCore::CPU::CPUBackend> CPUBackend;
+    std::shared_ptr<FEXCore::CPU::CPUBackend> CPUBackend;
+    std::shared_ptr<FEXCore::CPU::CPUBackend> IntBackend;
     std::unique_ptr<FEXCore::CPU::CPUBackend> FallbackBackend;
 
     std::unique_ptr<FEXCore::BlockCache> BlockCache;
diff --git a/Source/Tests/IRLoader/Loader.cpp b/Source/Tests/IRLoader/Loader.cpp
index 865080589..e3458163d 100644
--- a/Source/Tests/IRLoader/Loader.cpp
+++ b/Source/Tests/IRLoader/Loader.cpp
@@ -363,7 +363,7 @@ namespace FEX::IRLoader {
       if (!CheckPrintError(Def, CodeBlockCount.first)) return false;
 
       EntryRIP = Entry.second;
-      IRHeader = _IRHeader(InvalidNode, Entry.second, CodeBlockCount.second);
+      IRHeader = _IRHeader(InvalidNode, Entry.second, CodeBlockCount.second, false);
     }
 
     // Spin through the blocks and generate basic block ops