diff --git a/spring-shell-core/src/main/java/org/springframework/shell/jline/DefaultShellApplicationRunner.java b/spring-shell-core/src/main/java/org/springframework/shell/jline/DefaultShellApplicationRunner.java
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..0db9dbda
--- /dev/null
+++ b/spring-shell-core/src/main/java/org/springframework/shell/jline/DefaultShellApplicationRunner.java
@@ -0,0 +1,112 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright 2017 the original author or authors.
+ *
+ * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+ * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+ * You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *      http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+ * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+ * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+ * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+ * limitations under the License.
+ */
+
+package org.springframework.shell.jline;
+
+import java.io.File;
+import java.io.FileReader;
+import java.io.Reader;
+import java.util.List;
+import java.util.stream.Collectors;
+
+import org.jline.reader.LineReader;
+import org.jline.reader.Parser;
+import org.jline.reader.UserInterruptException;
+import org.jline.utils.AttributedString;
+
+import org.springframework.boot.ApplicationArguments;
+import org.springframework.boot.ApplicationRunner;
+import org.springframework.shell.ExitRequest;
+import org.springframework.shell.Input;
+import org.springframework.shell.InputProvider;
+import org.springframework.shell.Shell;
+
+/**
+ * Default Boot runner that bootstraps the shell application.
+ *
+ * <p>
+ *     Default implementation has default priority and looks for application arguments that start with an {@literal @},
+ *     assuming they are paths to script files. Executes them and quits if they are present, starts the shell interactively
+ *     otherwise.
+ * </p>
+ *
+ * @author Eric Bottard
+ */
+public class DefaultShellApplicationRunner implements ApplicationRunner {
+
+	private final LineReader lineReader;
+
+	private final PromptProvider promptProvider;
+
+	private final Parser parser;
+
+	private final Shell shell;
+
+	public DefaultShellApplicationRunner(LineReader lineReader, PromptProvider promptProvider, Parser parser, Shell shell) {
+		this.lineReader = lineReader;
+		this.promptProvider = promptProvider;
+		this.parser = parser;
+		this.shell = shell;
+	}
+
+	@Override
+	public void run(ApplicationArguments args) throws Exception {
+		List<File> scriptsToRun = args.getNonOptionArgs().stream()
+				.filter(s -> s.startsWith("@"))
+				.map(s -> new File(s.substring(1)))
+				.collect(Collectors.toList());
+
+		if (scriptsToRun.isEmpty()) {
+			InputProvider inputProvider = new JLineInputProvider(lineReader, promptProvider);
+			shell.run(inputProvider);
+		} else {
+			for (File file : scriptsToRun) {
+				try (Reader reader = new FileReader(file); FileInputProvider inputProvider = new FileInputProvider(reader, parser)) {
+					shell.run(inputProvider);
+				}
+			}
+		}
+	}
+
+	public static class JLineInputProvider implements InputProvider {
+
+		private final LineReader lineReader;
+
+		private final PromptProvider promptProvider;
+
+		public JLineInputProvider(LineReader lineReader, PromptProvider promptProvider) {
+			this.lineReader = lineReader;
+			this.promptProvider = promptProvider;
+		}
+
+		@Override
+		public Input readInput() {
+			try {
+				AttributedString prompt = promptProvider.getPrompt();
+				lineReader.readLine(prompt.toAnsi(lineReader.getTerminal()));
+			}
+			catch (UserInterruptException e) {
+				if (e.getPartialLine().isEmpty()) {
+					throw new ExitRequest(1);
+				} else {
+					return Input.EMPTY;
+				}
+			}
+			return new ParsedLineInput(lineReader.getParsedLine());
+		}
+	}
+
+}
diff --git a/spring-shell-core/src/main/java/org/springframework/shell/jline/JLineShellAutoConfiguration.java b/spring-shell-core/src/main/java/org/springframework/shell/jline/JLineShellAutoConfiguration.java
index b34ebb1b..ae9ebe0d 100644
--- a/spring-shell-core/src/main/java/org/springframework/shell/jline/JLineShellAutoConfiguration.java
+++ b/spring-shell-core/src/main/java/org/springframework/shell/jline/JLineShellAutoConfiguration.java
@@ -85,26 +85,7 @@ class JLineShellAutoConfiguration {
 	@Bean
 	@ConditionalOnMissingBean(ApplicationRunner.class)
 	public ApplicationRunner applicationRunner(Parser parser) {
-		return new ApplicationRunner() {
-			@Override
-			public void run(ApplicationArguments args) throws Exception {
-				List<File> scriptsToRun = args.getNonOptionArgs().stream()
-						.filter(s -> s.startsWith("@"))
-						.map(s -> new File(s.substring(1)))
-						.collect(Collectors.toList());
-
-				if (scriptsToRun.isEmpty()) {
-					InputProvider inputProvider = new JLineInputProvider(lineReader(), promptProvider);
-					shell.run(inputProvider);
-				} else {
-					for (File file : scriptsToRun) {
-						try (Reader reader = new FileReader(file); FileInputProvider inputProvider = new FileInputProvider(reader, parser)) {
-							shell.run(inputProvider);
-						}
-					}
-				}
-			}
-		};
+		return new DefaultShellApplicationRunner(lineReader(), promptProvider, parser, shell);
 	}
 
 
@@ -237,35 +218,6 @@ class JLineShellAutoConfiguration {
 		}
 	}
 
-	public static class JLineInputProvider implements InputProvider {
-
-		private final LineReader lineReader;
-
-		private final PromptProvider promptProvider;
-
-		public JLineInputProvider(LineReader lineReader, PromptProvider promptProvider) {
-			this.lineReader = lineReader;
-			this.promptProvider = promptProvider;
-		}
-
-		@Override
-		public Input readInput() {
-			try {
-				AttributedString prompt = promptProvider.getPrompt();
-				lineReader.readLine(prompt.toAnsi(lineReader.getTerminal()));
-			}
-			catch (UserInterruptException e) {
-				if (e.getPartialLine().isEmpty()) {
-					throw new ExitRequest(1);
-				} else {
-					return Input.EMPTY;
-				}
-			}
-			return new ParsedLineInput(lineReader.getParsedLine());
-		}
-
-
-	}
 
 }