diff --git a/examples/rootfs b/examples/rootfs
index c6dc930b..cc5ffbcf 160000
--- a/examples/rootfs
+++ b/examples/rootfs
@@ -1 +1 @@
-Subproject commit c6dc930b680fcc1beb6a5c4cbcc1ef7ff82be969
+Subproject commit cc5ffbcf6eee81a1e2d6c983a05c3371cc011d30
diff --git a/qiling/arch/evm/vm/evm.py b/qiling/arch/evm/vm/evm.py
index c8956207..73bd4e63 100644
--- a/qiling/arch/evm/vm/evm.py
+++ b/qiling/arch/evm/vm/evm.py
@@ -76,6 +76,8 @@ class QlArchEVMEmulator:
                       code: bytes = b'',
                       code_address: Address = None,
                       contract_address: Address = None):
+        if code == b'' and not data:
+            code = self.ql.loader.code
         if isinstance(data, str):
             data = bytecode_to_bytes(data)
         if isinstance(code, str):
diff --git a/qiling/core.py b/qiling/core.py
index b27f4908..26ad30e7 100644
--- a/qiling/core.py
+++ b/qiling/core.py
@@ -123,7 +123,7 @@ class Qiling(QlCoreHooks, QlCoreStructs):
             else:
                 self._ostype = ostype_convert(self._ostype.lower())
                     
-            if self._code == None:
+            if self._code == None and not (str(self._argv[0])):
                 self._code = "qilingcode"
             if self._argv is None:
                 self._argv = ["qilingcode"]
@@ -140,9 +140,9 @@ class Qiling(QlCoreHooks, QlCoreStructs):
         ##############
         if (not self._interpreter and not self._baremetal) and self._code == None:
             if not os.path.exists(str(self._argv[0])):
-                raise QlErrorFileNotFound("Target binary not found: %s" %(self._argv[0]))
+                raise QlErrorFileNotFound("Target binary not found: %s" % (self._argv[0]))
             if not os.path.exists(self._rootfs):
-                raise QlErrorFileNotFound("Target rootfs not found")
+                raise QlErrorFileNotFound("Target rootfs not found %s" % (self._rootfs))
         
             guessed_archtype, guessed_ostype, guessed_archendian = ql_guess_emu_env(self._path)
             
diff --git a/qiling/loader/evm.py b/qiling/loader/evm.py
index 32bcfe64..a416c372 100644
--- a/qiling/loader/evm.py
+++ b/qiling/loader/evm.py
@@ -13,10 +13,12 @@ class QlLoaderEVM(QlLoader):
     def __init__(self, ql:Qiling):
         super(QlLoaderEVM, self).__init__(ql)
         self.ql = ql
-
+        
         if self.ql.code is None:
             with open(self.ql.path) as f:
-                self.ql.code = f.read()
+                self.code = f.read()
+        else:
+            self.code = ql.code
 
     def run(self):
         pass
diff --git a/tests/test_evm.py b/tests/test_evm.py
index 13acaa54..c7938ad0 100644
--- a/tests/test_evm.py
+++ b/tests/test_evm.py
@@ -77,7 +77,7 @@ class EVMTest(unittest.TestCase):
         self.assertTrue(testcheck.visited_hookinsn)
 
     def test_underflow_filename(self):
-        ql = Qiling(["rootfs/evm/Hexagon.hex"], archtype="evm", verbose=4)
+        ql = Qiling(["../examples/rootfs/evm/Hexagon.hex"], archtype="evm", verbose=4)
 
         user1 = ql.arch.evm.create_account(balance=100*10**18)
         user2 = ql.arch.evm.create_account(balance=100*10**18)
@@ -89,7 +89,7 @@ class EVMTest(unittest.TestCase):
             return ql.run(code=msg2)
 
         # Deploy runtime code
-        msg0 = ql.arch.evm.create_message(user1, b'', code=ql.code, contract_address=c1)
+        msg0 = ql.arch.evm.create_message(user1, b'', contract_address=c1)
         ql.run(code=msg0)
 
         # # SMART CONTRACT DEPENDENT: check balance of user1