diff --git a/parsl/__init__.py b/parsl/__init__.py
index ab42eaa05a..81bc3a3c0f 100644
--- a/parsl/__init__.py
+++ b/parsl/__init__.py
@@ -33,6 +33,9 @@
 
 from parsl.dataflow.dflow import DataFlowKernel, DataFlowKernelLoader
 
+import multiprocessing
+multiprocessing.set_start_method('fork', force=True)
+
 __author__ = 'The Parsl Team'
 __version__ = VERSION
 
diff --git a/parsl/executors/high_throughput/process_worker_pool.py b/parsl/executors/high_throughput/process_worker_pool.py
index 190d8fc153..12666cb065 100755
--- a/parsl/executors/high_throughput/process_worker_pool.py
+++ b/parsl/executors/high_throughput/process_worker_pool.py
@@ -27,7 +27,6 @@
     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