diff --git a/src/depiction_targeted_preprocbatch/executor.py b/src/depiction_targeted_preprocbatch/executor.py
index 726bfd1..f17bd22 100644
--- a/src/depiction_targeted_preprocbatch/executor.py
+++ b/src/depiction_targeted_preprocbatch/executor.py
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 from __future__ import annotations
 
+import multiprocessing
 from dataclasses import dataclass
 from pathlib import Path
 
@@ -133,4 +134,5 @@ def process_app(
 
 
 if __name__ == "__main__":
+    multiprocessing.freeze_support()
     app()