diff --git a/src/depiction_targeted_preprocbatch/executor.py b/src/depiction_targeted_preprocbatch/executor.py
index 2fdced0..726bfd1 100644
--- a/src/depiction_targeted_preprocbatch/executor.py
+++ b/src/depiction_targeted_preprocbatch/executor.py
@@ -70,7 +70,7 @@ def run(self, n_jobs: int) -> None:
             )
             for job in batch_dataset.jobs
         ]
-        parallel = joblib.Parallel(n_jobs=n_jobs, verbose=10)
+        parallel = joblib.Parallel(n_jobs=n_jobs, verbose=10, backend="multiprocessing")
         parallel(joblib.delayed(self.run_job)(job) for job in jobs)
 
     def run_job(self, job: BatchJob) -> None: