diff --git a/executorlib/__init__.py b/executorlib/__init__.py
index 802d7a5e..71051d25 100644
--- a/executorlib/__init__.py
+++ b/executorlib/__init__.py
@@ -212,18 +212,21 @@ def __new__(
         elif not disable_dependencies:
             _check_pysqa_config_directory(pysqa_config_directory=pysqa_config_directory)
             return _ExecutorWithDependencies(
-                max_workers=max_workers,
-                backend=backend,
-                cache_directory=cache_directory,
+                executor=_create_executor(
+                    max_workers=max_workers,
+                    backend=backend,
+                    cache_directory=cache_directory,
+                    max_cores=max_cores,
+                    resource_dict=resource_dict,
+                    flux_executor=flux_executor,
+                    flux_executor_pmi_mode=flux_executor_pmi_mode,
+                    flux_executor_nesting=flux_executor_nesting,
+                    flux_log_files=flux_log_files,
+                    hostname_localhost=hostname_localhost,
+                    block_allocation=block_allocation,
+                    init_function=init_function,
+                ),
                 max_cores=max_cores,
-                resource_dict=resource_dict,
-                flux_executor=flux_executor,
-                flux_executor_pmi_mode=flux_executor_pmi_mode,
-                flux_executor_nesting=flux_executor_nesting,
-                flux_log_files=flux_log_files,
-                hostname_localhost=hostname_localhost,
-                block_allocation=block_allocation,
-                init_function=init_function,
                 refresh_rate=refresh_rate,
                 plot_dependency_graph=plot_dependency_graph,
                 plot_dependency_graph_filename=plot_dependency_graph_filename,
diff --git a/executorlib/interactive/executor.py b/executorlib/interactive/executor.py
index 1b05edb6..994249da 100644
--- a/executorlib/interactive/executor.py
+++ b/executorlib/interactive/executor.py
@@ -2,7 +2,6 @@
 from typing import Any, Callable, Dict, Optional
 
 from executorlib.base.executor import ExecutorBase
-from executorlib.interactive.create import create_executor
 from executorlib.interactive.shared import execute_tasks_with_dependencies
 from executorlib.standalone.plot import (
     draw,
@@ -34,14 +33,13 @@ class ExecutorWithDependencies(ExecutorBase):
 
     def __init__(
         self,
-        *args: Any,
+        executor: ExecutorBase,
+        max_cores: Optional[int] = None,
         refresh_rate: float = 0.01,
         plot_dependency_graph: bool = False,
         plot_dependency_graph_filename: Optional[str] = None,
-        **kwargs: Any,
     ) -> None:
-        super().__init__(max_cores=kwargs.get("max_cores", None))
-        executor = create_executor(*args, **kwargs)
+        super().__init__(max_cores=max_cores)
         self._set_process(
             RaisingThread(
                 target=execute_tasks_with_dependencies,