diff --git a/slate/slate.py b/slate/slate.py
index cd33348..ac76823 100644
--- a/slate/slate.py
+++ b/slate/slate.py
@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@ import pdb
 d = pdb.set_trace
 
 REQUIRE_CONFIG_CONSUMED = False
+WANDB_START_METHOD = 'process'
 
 Parallelization_Primitive = Thread  # Process
 
@@ -216,7 +217,7 @@ class Slate():
             sweep_id = wandb.sweep(
                 sweep=sweepC,
                 project=project,
-                settings=wandb.Settings(start_method="thread")
+                settings=wandb.Settings(start_method=WANDB_START_METHOD)
             )
             wandb.agent(sweep_id, function=partial(self._run_from_sweep, config, p_ind=p_ind), count=len(rep_ids))
         else:
@@ -235,7 +236,7 @@ class Slate():
             with wandb.init(
                 project=project,
                 config=copy.deepcopy(config),
-                settings=wandb.Settings(start_method="thread"),
+                settings=wandb.Settings(start_method=WANDB_START_METHOD),
                 **wandbC
             ) as run:
                 runner(self, run, config)
@@ -256,7 +257,7 @@ class Slate():
 
         with wandb.init(
             project=project,
-            settings=wandb.Settings(start_method="thread"),
+            settings=wandb.Settings(start_method=WANDB_START_METHOD),
             **wandbC
         ) as run:
             config = copy.deepcopy(orig_config)