diff --git a/tsfm_public/toolkit/time_series_forecasting_pipeline.py b/tsfm_public/toolkit/time_series_forecasting_pipeline.py
index 6f9961da..ef53a67e 100644
--- a/tsfm_public/toolkit/time_series_forecasting_pipeline.py
+++ b/tsfm_public/toolkit/time_series_forecasting_pipeline.py
@@ -52,6 +52,7 @@ def run_single(self, inputs, preprocess_params, forward_params, postprocess_para
         dataset = self.preprocess(inputs, **preprocess_params)
 
         batch_size = forward_params["batch_size"]
+        num_workers = forward_params["num_workers"]
         signature = inspect.signature(self.model.forward)
         signature_columns = list(signature.parameters.keys())
 
@@ -66,7 +67,9 @@ def run_single(self, inputs, preprocess_params, forward_params, postprocess_para
             description=None,
             model_name=None,
         )
-        dataloader = DataLoader(dataset, batch_size=batch_size, collate_fn=remove_columns_collator, shuffle=False)
+        dataloader = DataLoader(
+            dataset, batch_size=batch_size, num_workers=num_workers, collate_fn=remove_columns_collator, shuffle=False
+        )
 
         # iterate over dataloader
         it = iter(dataloader)
@@ -204,7 +207,14 @@ def _sanitize_parameters(
             else:
                 batch_size = self._batch_size
 
-        forward_kwargs = {"batch_size": batch_size}
+        num_workers = kwargs.get("num_workers", self._num_workers)
+        if num_workers is None:
+            if self._num_workers is None:
+                num_workers = 0
+            else:
+                num_workers = self._num_workers
+
+        forward_kwargs = {"batch_size": batch_size, "num_workers": num_workers}
 
         # if "id_columns" in kwargs:
         #     preprocess_kwargs["id_columns"] = kwargs["id_columns"]