diff --git a/server/package-lock.json b/server/package-lock.json
index 680c34f43..59880896c 100644
--- a/server/package-lock.json
+++ b/server/package-lock.json
@@ -1,12 +1,12 @@
 {
   "name": "@scrypted/server",
-  "version": "0.115.38",
+  "version": "0.115.39",
   "lockfileVersion": 3,
   "requires": true,
   "packages": {
     "": {
       "name": "@scrypted/server",
-      "version": "0.115.38",
+      "version": "0.115.39",
       "hasInstallScript": true,
       "license": "ISC",
       "dependencies": {
diff --git a/server/src/plugin/runtime/node-fork-worker.ts b/server/src/plugin/runtime/node-fork-worker.ts
index 11df338f3..55fc6ef10 100644
--- a/server/src/plugin/runtime/node-fork-worker.ts
+++ b/server/src/plugin/runtime/node-fork-worker.ts
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ import { RpcMessage, RpcPeer } from "../../rpc";
 import { SidebandSocketSerializer } from "../socket-serializer";
 import { ChildProcessWorker } from "./child-process-worker";
 import { RuntimeWorkerOptions } from "./runtime-worker";
+import worker_threads from 'worker_threads';
 
 export class NodeForkWorker extends ChildProcessWorker {
 
@@ -17,7 +18,10 @@ export class NodeForkWorker extends ChildProcessWorker {
             execArgv.push(`--inspect=0.0.0.0:${pluginDebug.inspectPort}`);
         }
 
-        this.worker = child_process.fork(mainFilename, ['child', this.pluginId], {
+        this.worker = child_process.fork(mainFilename, [
+            worker_threads.isMainThread ? 'child' : 'fork',
+            this.pluginId
+        ], {
             stdio: ['pipe', 'pipe', 'pipe', 'ipc'],
             env: Object.assign({}, process.env, env),
             serialization: 'advanced',
diff --git a/server/src/scrypted-main-exports.ts b/server/src/scrypted-main-exports.ts
index 4531b07d3..9e169cad6 100644
--- a/server/src/scrypted-main-exports.ts
+++ b/server/src/scrypted-main-exports.ts
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ import { RPCResultError, startPeriodicGarbageCollection } from './rpc';
 import type { Runtime } from './scrypted-server-main';
 
 export function isChildProcess() {
-    return process.argv[2] === 'child' || process.argv[2] === 'child-thread'
+    return process.argv[2] === 'child' || process.argv[2] === 'fork' || process.argv[2] === 'child-thread';
 }
 
 function start(mainFilename: string, options?: {
@@ -42,7 +42,7 @@ function start(mainFilename: string, options?: {
 
     startPeriodicGarbageCollection();
 
-    if (process.argv[2] === 'child' || process.argv[2] === 'child-thread') {
+    if (isChildProcess()) {
         // plugins should never crash. this handler will be removed, and then readded
         // after the plugin source map is retrieved.
         process.on('uncaughtException', e => {