diff --git a/parsl/executors/high_throughput/process_worker_pool.py b/parsl/executors/high_throughput/process_worker_pool.py
index 8737ccca67..190d8fc153 100755
--- a/parsl/executors/high_throughput/process_worker_pool.py
+++ b/parsl/executors/high_throughput/process_worker_pool.py
@@ -24,8 +24,11 @@
 from parsl.executors.high_throughput.probe import probe_addresses
 if platform.system() != 'Darwin':
     from multiprocessing import Queue as mpQueue
+    mpProcess = multiprocessing.Process
 else:
     from parsl.executors.high_throughput.mac_safe_queue import MacSafeQueue as mpQueue
+    multiprocessing.set_start_method('fork', force=True)
+    mpProcess = multiprocessing.get_context('fork').Process
 
 from parsl.serialize import unpack_apply_message, serialize
 
@@ -361,15 +364,15 @@ def worker_watchdog(self, kill_event):
                     except KeyError:
                         logger.info("[WORKER_WATCHDOG_THREAD] Worker {} was not busy when it died".format(worker_id))
 
-                    p = multiprocessing.Process(target=worker, args=(worker_id,
-                                                                     self.uid,
-                                                                     self.worker_count,
-                                                                     self.pending_task_queue,
-                                                                     self.pending_result_queue,
-                                                                     self.ready_worker_queue,
-                                                                     self._tasks_in_progress,
-                                                                     self.cpu_affinity
-                                                                 ), name="HTEX-Worker-{}".format(worker_id))
+                    p = mpProcess(target=worker, args=(worker_id,
+                                                       self.uid,
+                                                       self.worker_count,
+                                                       self.pending_task_queue,
+                                                       self.pending_result_queue,
+                                                       self.ready_worker_queue,
+                                                       self._tasks_in_progress,
+                                                       self.cpu_affinity
+                                                 ), name="HTEX-Worker-{}".format(worker_id))
                     self.procs[worker_id] = p
                     logger.info("[WORKER_WATCHDOG_THREAD] Worker {} has been restarted".format(worker_id))
                 time.sleep(self.poll_period)
@@ -387,15 +390,15 @@ def start(self):
 
         self.procs = {}
         for worker_id in range(self.worker_count):
-            p = multiprocessing.Process(target=worker, args=(worker_id,
-                                                             self.uid,
-                                                             self.worker_count,
-                                                             self.pending_task_queue,
-                                                             self.pending_result_queue,
-                                                             self.ready_worker_queue,
-                                                             self._tasks_in_progress,
-                                                             self.cpu_affinity
-                                                         ), name="HTEX-Worker-{}".format(worker_id))
+            p = mpProcess(target=worker, args=(worker_id,
+                                               self.uid,
+                                               self.worker_count,
+                                               self.pending_task_queue,
+                                               self.pending_result_queue,
+                                               self.ready_worker_queue,
+                                               self._tasks_in_progress,
+                                               self.cpu_affinity
+                                         ), name="HTEX-Worker-{}".format(worker_id))
             p.start()
             self.procs[worker_id] = p