diff --git a/csppfetch/test.py b/csppfetch/test.py
index a24004e24c4bf3edd51df549e05004a6b3507869..dffad646b372586c2094839f0527b8d232413b46 100755
--- a/csppfetch/test.py
+++ b/csppfetch/test.py
@@ -1121,6 +1121,8 @@ if __name__ == '__main__':
     import logging
     #logging.basicConfig(format='%(process)d:%(levelname)s:%(message)s', level=logging.DEBUG)
 
+    multiprocessing.set_start_method('spawn')
+
     if os.getuid() == 0:
         # We cannot run as root as
         # DownloadFunctionsTests.test_download_already_present_non_writable