diff --git a/cmd/tools/vrepl.v b/cmd/tools/vrepl.v
index 699570994b6bab..8add38f1861c93 100644
--- a/cmd/tools/vrepl.v
+++ b/cmd/tools/vrepl.v
@@ -435,6 +435,8 @@ fn run_repl(workdir string, vrepl_prefix string) int {
 			if s.output.len > r.last_output.len {
 				cur_line_output := s.output[r.last_output.len..]
 				print_output(cur_line_output)
+				r.last_output = s.output.clone()
+				r.lines << r.line
 			}
 		} else {
 			mut temp_line := r.line
@@ -442,9 +444,7 @@ fn run_repl(workdir string, vrepl_prefix string) int {
 			filter_line := r.line.replace(r.line.find_between("'", "'"), '').replace(r.line.find_between('"',
 				'"'), '')
 			mut is_statement := false
-			if func_call {
-				is_statement = true
-			} else if filter_line.count('=') % 2 == 1
+			if filter_line.count('=') % 2 == 1
 				&& (filter_line.count('!=') + filter_line.count('>=') + filter_line.count('<=')) == 0 {
 				is_statement = true
 			} else {
@@ -467,6 +467,8 @@ fn run_repl(workdir string, vrepl_prefix string) int {
 				if s.output.len > r.last_output.len {
 					cur_line_output := s.output[r.last_output.len..]
 					print_output(cur_line_output)
+					r.last_output = s.output.clone()
+					r.lines << temp_line
 				}
 				continue
 			}
diff --git a/vlib/v/slow_tests/repl/comptime_tmpl.repl b/vlib/v/slow_tests/repl/comptime_tmpl.repl
index 0b0b6eb25ed3fb..b04d501aa9ef93 100644
--- a/vlib/v/slow_tests/repl/comptime_tmpl.repl
+++ b/vlib/v/slow_tests/repl/comptime_tmpl.repl
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
-print($tmpl('./tmpl/hello.txt'))
+$tmpl('./tmpl/hello.txt')
 ===output===
 hello
diff --git a/vlib/v/slow_tests/repl/fn_calls.repl b/vlib/v/slow_tests/repl/fn_calls.repl
index 8f3d8a39f78ad0..8d18dfbcc15019 100644
--- a/vlib/v/slow_tests/repl/fn_calls.repl
+++ b/vlib/v/slow_tests/repl/fn_calls.repl
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-println(math.sinf(50.0))
+math.sinf(50.0)
 println(1+math.sinf(50.0))
 fn test() { println('foo') } fn test2(a int) { println(a) }
 test()
diff --git a/vlib/v/slow_tests/repl/import_alias.repl b/vlib/v/slow_tests/repl/import_alias.repl
index 9ec5c9c1696285..85d68fe5140ebd 100644
--- a/vlib/v/slow_tests/repl/import_alias.repl
+++ b/vlib/v/slow_tests/repl/import_alias.repl
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
 import encoding.hex as z
-print(z.decode('AB09CD')!.hex())
+z.decode('AB09CD')!.hex()
 ===output===
 ab09cd
diff --git a/vlib/v/slow_tests/repl/method_call.repl b/vlib/v/slow_tests/repl/method_call1.repl
similarity index 97%
rename from vlib/v/slow_tests/repl/method_call.repl
rename to vlib/v/slow_tests/repl/method_call1.repl
index 2dce1f84bcdec1..de183683ff7f9f 100644
--- a/vlib/v/slow_tests/repl/method_call.repl
+++ b/vlib/v/slow_tests/repl/method_call1.repl
@@ -4,4 +4,5 @@ values.pop()
 values
 ===output===
 [1, 2, 3]
+3
 [1, 2]
diff --git a/vlib/v/slow_tests/repl/method_call2.repl b/vlib/v/slow_tests/repl/method_call2.repl
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000000..dd92769fdf74a4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/vlib/v/slow_tests/repl/method_call2.repl
@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+mut values := [1, 2, 3]
+values
+println(values.pop())
+values
+===output===
+[1, 2, 3]
+3
+[1, 2]