diff --git a/worker/games.py b/worker/games.py
index d64b0b952..44b34554c 100644
--- a/worker/games.py
+++ b/worker/games.py
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@
 import threading
 import time
 from base64 import b64decode
+from concurrent.futures import ProcessPoolExecutor
 from datetime import datetime, timedelta, timezone
 from pathlib import Path
 from queue import Empty, Queue
@@ -387,7 +388,7 @@ def establish_validated_net(remote, testing_dir, net, global_cache):
             time.sleep(waitTime)
 
 
-def run_single_bench(engine, queue):
+def run_single_bench(engine):
     bench_sig = None
     bench_nps = None
 
@@ -407,9 +408,11 @@ def run_single_bench(engine, queue):
             if "Nodes/second" in line:
                 bench_nps = float(line.split(": ")[1].strip())
 
-        queue.put((bench_sig, bench_nps))
-    except:
-        queue.put((None, None))
+        p.wait()
+    except (OSError, subprocess.SubprocessError) as e:
+        raise e
+
+    return bench_sig, bench_nps
 
 
 def verify_signature(engine, signature, active_cores):
@@ -432,36 +435,26 @@ def verify_signature(engine, signature, active_cores):
             )
         )
 
-    queue = multiprocessing.Queue()
-
-    processes = [
-        multiprocessing.Process(
-            target=run_single_bench,
-            args=(engine, queue),
-        )
-        for _ in range(active_cores)
-    ]
-
-    for p in processes:
-        p.start()
+    with ProcessPoolExecutor(max_workers=active_cores) as executor:
+        try:
+            results = list(executor.map(run_single_bench, [engine] * active_cores))
+        except Exception as e:
+            raise WorkerException("Failed to run engine bench: {}".format(str(e)), e=e)
 
-    results = [queue.get() for _ in range(active_cores)]
     bench_nps = 0.0
 
     for sig, nps in results:
-
-        if sig is None or bench_nps is None:
+        if sig is None or nps is None:
             raise RunException(
                 "Unable to parse bench output of {}".format(os.path.basename(engine))
             )
 
         if int(sig) != int(signature):
-            message = "Wrong bench in {}, user expected: {} but worker got: {}".format(
-                os.path.basename(engine),
-                signature,
-                sig,
+            raise RunException(
+                "Wrong bench in {}, user expected: {} but worker got: {}".format(
+                    os.path.basename(engine), signature, sig
+                )
             )
-            raise RunException(message)
 
         bench_nps += nps