diff --git a/scripts/start-hyperopt-worker.py b/scripts/start-hyperopt-worker.py
index db80ec8de..8b0ae6326 100755
--- a/scripts/start-hyperopt-worker.py
+++ b/scripts/start-hyperopt-worker.py
@@ -2,8 +2,7 @@
 import multiprocessing
 import os
 import subprocess
-import sys
-import shlex
+
 PROC_COUNT = multiprocessing.cpu_count() - 1
 DB_NAME = 'freqtrade_hyperopt'
 WORK_DIR = os.path.join(
@@ -20,9 +19,9 @@ command = [
     '--mongo=127.0.0.1:1234/{}'.format(DB_NAME),
     '--poll-interval=0.1',
     '--workdir={}'.format(WORK_DIR),
-    '--max-jobs=100000',
-    '--max-consecutive-failures=100000',
 ]
-def run(command):
-    subprocess.call(command, shell=True))
-run(command)
+processes = [subprocess.Popen(command) for i in range(PROC_COUNT)]
+
+# Join all workers
+for proc in processes:
+    proc.wait()