diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 792ed8a..dcda4c2 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -624,9 +624,8 @@ While maven central jar releases are created for each commit on master (a new ve
 cd /path/to/dotty
 git fetch
 
-OLD=3.4.2     # set to version that was used before you bumped it
-NEW=3.5.2-RC2 # set to version that you bumped it to
-git checkout $NEW
+OLD=3.5.2-RC2 # set to version that was used before you bumped it
+NEW=3.6.4     # set to version that you bumped it to
 git diff $OLD..$NEW compiler/src/dotty/tools/repl
 ```
 * check if any of those changes need to be reapplied to this repo
diff --git a/build.sbt b/build.sbt
index c33893e..66309fd 100644
--- a/build.sbt
+++ b/build.sbt
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ name := "scala-repl-pp-root"
 publish/skip := true
 
 ThisBuild / organization := "com.michaelpollmeier"
-ThisBuild / scalaVersion := "3.5.2"
+ThisBuild / scalaVersion := "3.6.4"
 lazy val ScalaTestVersion = "3.2.18"
 lazy val Slf4jVersion = "2.0.16"
 
diff --git a/core/src/main/scala/replpp/DottyRandomStuff.scala b/core/src/main/scala/replpp/DottyRandomStuff.scala
index 40c8f5b..001f974 100644
--- a/core/src/main/scala/replpp/DottyRandomStuff.scala
+++ b/core/src/main/scala/replpp/DottyRandomStuff.scala
@@ -13,7 +13,10 @@ private[replpp] object DottyRandomStuff {
     new StoreReporter(null) with UniqueMessagePositions with HideNonSensicalMessages
   }
 
-  /** copied from https://github.com/lampepfl/dotty/blob/3.3.0-RC5/compiler/src/dotty/tools/repl/ParseResult.scala#L130 */
+  /** Based on https://github.com/scala/scala3/blob/3.6.4/compiler/src/dotty/tools/repl/ParseResult.scala#L135
+    * change: removed [private] classifier so we can access it...
+    * alternatively we could use reflection...
+    */
   object ParseResult {
     val commands: List[(String, String => ParseResult)] = List(
       Quit.command -> (_ => Quit),
@@ -25,6 +28,7 @@ private[replpp] object DottyRandomStuff {
       TypeOf.command -> (arg => TypeOf(arg)),
       DocOf.command -> (arg => DocOf(arg)),
       Settings.command -> (arg => Settings(arg)),
+      Silent.command -> (_ => Silent),
     )
   }
 }
diff --git a/core/src/main/scala/replpp/DottyReplDriver.scala b/core/src/main/scala/replpp/DottyReplDriver.scala
index 38a6f3b..61d07db 100644
--- a/core/src/main/scala/replpp/DottyReplDriver.scala
+++ b/core/src/main/scala/replpp/DottyReplDriver.scala
@@ -44,7 +44,7 @@ import scala.language.implicitConversions
 import scala.util.control.NonFatal
 import scala.util.Using
 
-/** Based on https://github.com/lampepfl/dotty/blob/3.4.2/compiler/src/dotty/tools/repl/ReplDriver.scala
+/** Based on https://github.com/lampepfl/dotty/blob/3.6.4/compiler/src/dotty/tools/repl/ReplDriver.scala
  * Main REPL instance, orchestrating input, compilation and presentation
  * */
 class DottyReplDriver(settings: Array[String],
@@ -66,8 +66,21 @@ class DottyReplDriver(settings: Array[String],
     setupRootCtx(this.settings ++ settings, rootCtx)
   }
 
+  private val incompatibleOptions: Seq[String] = Seq(
+    initCtx.settings.YbestEffort.name,
+    initCtx.settings.YwithBestEffortTasty.name
+  )
+
   private def setupRootCtx(settings: Array[String], rootCtx: Context): Context = {
-    setup(settings, rootCtx) match
+    val incompatible = settings.intersect(incompatibleOptions)
+    val filteredSettings =
+      if !incompatible.isEmpty then
+        inContext(rootCtx) {
+          out.println(i"Options incompatible with repl will be ignored: ${incompatible.mkString(", ")}")
+        }
+        settings.filter(!incompatible.contains(_))
+      else settings
+    setup(filteredSettings, rootCtx) match
       case Some((files, ictx)) => inContext(ictx) {
         shouldStart = true
         if files.nonEmpty then out.println(i"Ignoring spurious arguments: $files%, %")
@@ -81,7 +94,11 @@ class DottyReplDriver(settings: Array[String],
 
   /** the initial, empty state of the REPL session */
   final def initialState: State =
-    State(0, 0, Map.empty, Set.empty, rootCtx)
+    val emptyState = State(0, 0, Map.empty, Set.empty, false, rootCtx)
+    val initScript = rootCtx.settings.replInitScript.value(using rootCtx)
+    initScript.trim() match
+      case "" => emptyState
+      case script => run(script)(using emptyState)
 
   /** Reset state of repl to the initial state
    *
@@ -184,11 +201,6 @@ class DottyReplDriver(settings: Array[String],
     interpret(ParseResult.complete(input))
   }
 
-  final def runQuietly(input: String)(using State): State = runBody {
-    val parsed = ParseResult(input)
-    interpret(parsed, quiet = true)
-  }
-
   protected def runBody(body: => State): State = rendering.classLoader()(using rootCtx).asContext(withRedirectedOutput(body))
 
   // TODO: i5069
@@ -256,10 +268,10 @@ class DottyReplDriver(settings: Array[String],
         .getOrElse(Nil)
   end completions
 
-  protected def interpret(res: ParseResult, quiet: Boolean = false)(using state: State): State = {
+  protected def interpret(res: ParseResult)(using state: State): State = {
     res match {
       case parsed: Parsed if parsed.trees.nonEmpty =>
-        compile(parsed, state, quiet)
+        compile(parsed, state)
 
       case SyntaxErrors(_, errs, _) =>
         displayErrors(errs)
@@ -277,7 +289,7 @@ class DottyReplDriver(settings: Array[String],
   }
 
   /** Compile `parsed` trees and evolve `state` in accordance */
-  private def compile(parsed: Parsed, istate: State, quiet: Boolean = false): State = {
+  private def compile(parsed: Parsed, istate: State): State = {
     def extractNewestWrapper(tree: untpd.Tree): Name = tree match {
       case PackageDef(_, (obj: untpd.ModuleDef) :: Nil) => obj.name.moduleClassName
       case _ => nme.NO_NAME
@@ -328,11 +340,9 @@ class DottyReplDriver(settings: Array[String],
               given Ordering[Diagnostic] =
                 Ordering[(Int, Int, Int)].on(d => (d.pos.line, -d.level, d.pos.column))
 
-              if (!quiet) {
-                (definitions ++ warnings)
-                  .sorted
-                  .foreach(printDiagnostic)
-              }
+              (if istate.quiet then warnings else definitions ++ warnings)
+                .sorted
+                .foreach(printDiagnostic)
 
               updatedState
             }
@@ -507,6 +517,8 @@ class DottyReplDriver(settings: Array[String],
         rootCtx = setupRootCtx(tokenize(arg).toArray, rootCtx)
         state.copy(context = rootCtx)
 
+    case Silent => state.copy(quiet = !state.quiet)
+
     case Quit =>
       // end of the world!
       // MP: slight variation from original DottyReplDriver to support exiting via the Quit command
diff --git a/core/src/main/scala/replpp/InteractiveShell.scala b/core/src/main/scala/replpp/InteractiveShell.scala
index c5069fb..a70cf67 100644
--- a/core/src/main/scala/replpp/InteractiveShell.scala
+++ b/core/src/main/scala/replpp/InteractiveShell.scala
@@ -23,19 +23,14 @@ object InteractiveShell {
 
     if (verbose) println(s"compiler arguments: ${compilerArgs.mkString(",")}")
 
-    var state: State = replDriver.initialState
+    var state: State = replDriver.initialState.copy(quiet = !verbose)
     var expectedStateObjectIndex = 0
     Seq(DefaultRunBeforeLines, globalRunBeforeLines, config.runBefore).foreach { runBeforeLines =>
       val runBeforeCode = runBeforeLines.mkString("\n").trim
       if (runBeforeCode.nonEmpty) {
         expectedStateObjectIndex += 1
-        state =
-          if (verbose) {
-            println(s"executing runBeforeCode: $runBeforeCode")
-            replDriver.run(runBeforeCode)(using state)
-          } else {
-            replDriver.runQuietly(runBeforeCode)(using state)
-          }
+        if (verbose) println(s"executing runBeforeCode: $runBeforeCode")
+        state = replDriver.run(runBeforeCode)(using state)
       }
     }
 
@@ -44,6 +39,7 @@ object InteractiveShell {
       s"compilation error(s) for predef code - see error above ^^^"
     )
 
+    state = state.copy(quiet = false)
     replDriver.runUntilQuit(using state)()
   }