diff --git a/hatchet_sdk/worker/runner/runner.py b/hatchet_sdk/worker/runner/runner.py
index d37da955..422e4e05 100644
--- a/hatchet_sdk/worker/runner/runner.py
+++ b/hatchet_sdk/worker/runner/runner.py
@@ -5,12 +5,11 @@
 import json
 import logging
 import traceback
-from concurrent.futures import ThreadPoolExecutor
+from concurrent.futures import ProcessPoolExecutor, ThreadPoolExecutor
 from enum import Enum
 from io import StringIO
 from logging import StreamHandler
-from multiprocessing import Queue
-from threading import Thread, current_thread
+from multiprocessing import Process, Queue, current_process
 from typing import Any, Callable, Coroutine, Dict
 
 from hatchet_sdk.client import new_client_raw
@@ -140,8 +139,8 @@ def __init__(
         self.event_queue = event_queue
 
         # The thread pool is used for synchronous functions which need to run concurrently
-        self.thread_pool = ThreadPoolExecutor(max_workers=max_runs)
-        self.threads: Dict[str, Thread] = {}  # Store run ids and threads
+        self.thread_pool = ProcessPoolExecutor(max_workers=max_runs)
+        self.threads: Dict[str, Process] = {}  # Store run ids and threads
 
         self.killing = False
         self.handle_kill = handle_kill
@@ -262,12 +261,12 @@ def inner_callback(task: asyncio.Task):
 
     def thread_action_func(self, context, action_func, action: Action):
         if action.step_run_id is not None and action.step_run_id != "":
-            self.threads[action.step_run_id] = current_thread()
+            self.threads[action.step_run_id] = current_process()
         elif (
             action.get_group_key_run_id is not None
             and action.get_group_key_run_id != ""
         ):
-            self.threads[action.get_group_key_run_id] = current_thread()
+            self.threads[action.get_group_key_run_id] = current_process()
 
         return action_func(context)
 
@@ -284,6 +283,7 @@ async def async_wrapped_action_func(
             ) or asyncio.iscoroutinefunction(action_func):
                 return await action_func(context)
             else:
+
                 pfunc = functools.partial(
                     # we must copy the context vars to the new thread, as only asyncio natively supports
                     # contextvars