diff --git a/src/executors/ClingExecutor.ts b/src/executors/ClingExecutor.ts
index 1585c682..d3cf5f2b 100644
--- a/src/executors/ClingExecutor.ts
+++ b/src/executors/ClingExecutor.ts
@@ -29,11 +29,24 @@ export default abstract class ClingExecutor extends NonInteractiveCodeExecutor {
 
 		// Run code without a main block (cling only)
 		return new Promise<void>((resolve, reject) => {
-			const childArgs = [...args.split(" "), ...codeBlockContent.split("\n")];
-			const child = child_process.spawn(this.settings.clingPath, childArgs, {env: process.env, shell: this.usesShell});
+			const childArgs = args.split(" ").filter(arg => arg.length > 0);
+			if (!childArgs.includes("--nologo")) {
+				childArgs.push("--nologo");
+			}
+			
+			let cmd = this.settings.clingPath;
+			if (this.settings.wslMode) {
+				childArgs.unshift("-e", cmd);
+				cmd = "wsl";
+			}
+
+			const child = child_process.spawn(cmd, childArgs, {env: process.env, shell: this.usesShell});
 			// Set resolve callback to resolve the promise in the child_process.on('close', ...) listener from super.handleChildOutput
 			this.resolveRun = resolve;
 			this.handleChildOutput(child, outputter, this.tempFileId);
+
+			child.stdin.write(codeBlockContent);
+			child.stdin.end();
 		});
 	}
 
diff --git a/src/executors/CppExecutor.ts b/src/executors/CppExecutor.ts
index 8232f24e..de7a54dd 100644
--- a/src/executors/CppExecutor.ts
+++ b/src/executors/CppExecutor.ts
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@ export default class CppExecutor extends ClingExecutor {
 	}
 	
 	override run(codeBlockContent: string, outputter: Outputter, cmd: string, cmdArgs: string, ext: string) {
-		return super.run(codeBlockContent, outputter, cmd, `-std=${this.settings.clingStd} ${cmdArgs}`, "cpp");
+		const args = this.settings.clingStd ? `-std=${this.settings.clingStd} ${cmdArgs}` : cmdArgs;
+		return super.run(codeBlockContent, outputter, cmd, args, "cpp");
 	}
 }
diff --git a/src/executors/LatexExecutor.ts b/src/executors/LatexExecutor.ts
index 18da6527..05245402 100644
--- a/src/executors/LatexExecutor.ts
+++ b/src/executors/LatexExecutor.ts
@@ -93,7 +93,7 @@ export default class LaTeXExecutor extends NonInteractiveCodeExecutor {
     private async compileAndRerun(compilerPath: string, args: string, exec: ExecutionContext): Promise<string> {
         for (let attempt = 0; attempt <= MAX_COMPILER_RERUNS; attempt++) {
             const isLastAttempt = attempt == MAX_COMPILER_RERUNS;
-            const result = await this.runChildProcess(compilerPath, args.split(' '), 'o.pdf', exec, { skipWriteFileLink: true, outFileArg: "", doDetectRerun: !isLastAttempt });
+            const result = await this.runChildProcess(compilerPath, args.split(' ').filter(arg => arg.length > 0), 'o.pdf', exec, { skipWriteFileLink: true, outFileArg: "", doDetectRerun: !isLastAttempt });
             const hasRequestedRerun = result === undefined;
             if (!hasRequestedRerun) return result;
         }
diff --git a/src/executors/NodeJSExecutor.ts b/src/executors/NodeJSExecutor.ts
index 24011ebd..d14a8abb 100644
--- a/src/executors/NodeJSExecutor.ts
+++ b/src/executors/NodeJSExecutor.ts
@@ -8,10 +8,7 @@ export default class NodeJSExecutor extends ReplExecutor {
 	process: ChildProcessWithoutNullStreams
 
 	constructor(settings: ExecutorSettings, file: string) {
-		const args = settings.nodeArgs ? settings.nodeArgs.split(" ") : [];
-
-		args.unshift(`-e`, `require("repl").start({prompt: "", preview: false, ignoreUndefined: true}).on("exit", ()=>process.exit())`);
-
+		const args = settings.nodeArgs ? settings.nodeArgs.split(" ").filter(arg => arg.length > 0) : [];
 		super(settings, settings.nodePath, args, file, "js");
 	}
 
diff --git a/src/executors/NonInteractiveCodeExecutor.ts b/src/executors/NonInteractiveCodeExecutor.ts
index 465a4c3f..b6bdf308 100644
--- a/src/executors/NonInteractiveCodeExecutor.ts
+++ b/src/executors/NonInteractiveCodeExecutor.ts
@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@ export default class NonInteractiveCodeExecutor extends Executor {
 			const tempFileName = this.getTempFile(ext);
 
 			fs.promises.writeFile(tempFileName, codeBlockContent).then(() => {
-				const args = cmdArgs ? cmdArgs.split(" ") : [];
+				const args = cmdArgs ? cmdArgs.split(" ").filter(arg => arg.length > 0) : [];
 
 				if (this.isWSLEnabled()) {
 					args.unshift("-e", cmd);
diff --git a/src/executors/PowerShellOnWindowsExecutor.ts b/src/executors/PowerShellOnWindowsExecutor.ts
index 6285aa91..33312055 100644
--- a/src/executors/PowerShellOnWindowsExecutor.ts
+++ b/src/executors/PowerShellOnWindowsExecutor.ts
@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@ export default class PowerShellOnWindowsExecutor extends NonInteractiveCodeExecu
 			const tempFileName = this.getTempFile(ext);
 
 			fs.promises.writeFile(tempFileName, codeBlockContent, this.settings.powershellEncoding).then(() => {
-				const args = cmdArgs ? cmdArgs.split(" ") : [];
+				const args = cmdArgs ? cmdArgs.split(" ").filter(arg => arg.length > 0) : [];
 
 				if (this.settings.wslMode) {
 					args.unshift("-e", cmd);
diff --git a/src/executors/RExecutor.ts b/src/executors/RExecutor.ts
index 8319aac7..aaac033f 100644
--- a/src/executors/RExecutor.ts
+++ b/src/executors/RExecutor.ts
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ export default class RExecutor extends ReplExecutor {
 
 	constructor(settings: ExecutorSettings, file: string) {
 		//use empty array for empty string, instead of [""]
-		const args = settings.RArgs ? settings.RArgs.split(" ") : [];
+		const args = settings.RArgs ? settings.RArgs.split(" ").filter(arg => arg.length > 0) : [];
 		
 		let conArgName = `notebook_connection_${Math.random().toString(16).substring(2)}`;
 
diff --git a/src/executors/python/PythonExecutor.ts b/src/executors/python/PythonExecutor.ts
index cbdc052f..34723985 100644
--- a/src/executors/python/PythonExecutor.ts
+++ b/src/executors/python/PythonExecutor.ts
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ export default class PythonExecutor extends ReplExecutor {
 
 	constructor(settings: ExecutorSettings, file: string) {
 
-		const args = settings.pythonArgs ? settings.pythonArgs.split(" ") : [];
+		const args = settings.pythonArgs ? settings.pythonArgs.split(" ").filter(arg => arg.length > 0) : [];
 
 		args.unshift("-i");
 		
diff --git a/src/transforms/windowsPathToWsl.ts b/src/transforms/windowsPathToWsl.ts
index cf7237a8..4e1039a7 100644
--- a/src/transforms/windowsPathToWsl.ts
+++ b/src/transforms/windowsPathToWsl.ts
@@ -1,10 +1,9 @@
 import { join } from "path/posix";
-import { sep } from "path";
 
 export default (windowsPath: string) => {
     const driveLetter = windowsPath[0].toLowerCase();
     const posixyPath = windowsPath.replace(/^[^:]*:/, "") //remove drive letter
-        .split(sep).join("/"); //force / as separator
+        .replace(/\\/g, "/"); //force / as separator
         
     return join("/mnt/", driveLetter, posixyPath);
 }
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