diff --git a/hivemind/dht/dht.py b/hivemind/dht/dht.py
index aad880fd4..85b371d1c 100644
--- a/hivemind/dht/dht.py
+++ b/hivemind/dht/dht.py
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@
 ReturnType = TypeVar("ReturnType")
 
 
-class DHT(mp.Process):
+class DHT(mp.context.ForkProcess):
     """
     A high-level interface to a hivemind DHT that runs a single DHT node in a background process.
     * hivemind servers periodically announce their experts via declare_experts (dht_handler.py)