diff --git a/python-sdk/indexify/executor/agent.py b/python-sdk/indexify/executor/agent.py
index e19051126..6a53d7bf6 100644
--- a/python-sdk/indexify/executor/agent.py
+++ b/python-sdk/indexify/executor/agent.py
@@ -89,6 +89,7 @@ def __init__(
 
         self._task_store: TaskStore = TaskStore()
         self._executor_id = executor_id
+        console.print("Starting FunctionWorker", style="cyan bold")
         self._function_worker = FunctionWorker(
             workers=num_workers,
             indexify_client=IndexifyClient(
@@ -360,6 +361,7 @@ async def task_launcher(self):
                         continue
 
     async def run(self):
+        console.print("Starting Extractor Agent...", style="green")
         import signal
 
         asyncio.get_event_loop().add_signal_handler(
@@ -376,6 +378,7 @@ def to_sentence_case(snake_str):
                 words = snake_str.split("_")
                 return words[0].capitalize() + "" + " ".join(words[1:])
 
+            console.print("Starting Probe....")
             runtime_probe: ProbeInfo = self._probe.probe()
 
             executor_version = version("indexify")
diff --git a/python-sdk/indexify/executor/executor_tasks.py b/python-sdk/indexify/executor/executor_tasks.py
index 3d59cf0b7..372c196bc 100644
--- a/python-sdk/indexify/executor/executor_tasks.py
+++ b/python-sdk/indexify/executor/executor_tasks.py
@@ -71,3 +71,31 @@ def __init__(
             **kwargs,
         )
         self.task = task
+
+class ExtractTask(asyncio.Future):
+    def __init__(
+        self,
+        *,
+        function_worker: FunctionWorker,
+        task: Task,
+        input: IndexifyData,
+        init_value: Optional[IndexifyData] = None,
+        code_path: str,
+        **kwargs,
+    ):
+        kwargs["name"] = "run_function"
+        kwargs["loop"] = asyncio.get_event_loop()
+        super().__init__(
+            function_worker.async_submit(
+                namespace=task.namespace,
+                graph_name=task.compute_graph,
+                fn_name=task.compute_fn,
+                input=input,
+                init_value=init_value,
+                code_path=code_path,
+                version=task.graph_version,
+                invocation_id=task.invocation_id,
+            ),
+            **kwargs,
+        )
+        self.task = task
diff --git a/python-sdk/indexify/executor/function_worker/function_worker.py b/python-sdk/indexify/executor/function_worker/function_worker.py
index 25b5bbd3b..2e7d675f9 100644
--- a/python-sdk/indexify/executor/function_worker/function_worker.py
+++ b/python-sdk/indexify/executor/function_worker/function_worker.py
@@ -1,8 +1,11 @@
-import multiprocessing as mp
+import asyncio
 import sys
 import traceback
 from asyncio import Future
+from concurrent.futures import ThreadPoolExecutor
+from keyword import kwlist
 from typing import Dict, List, Optional
+from queue import Queue
 
 import cloudpickle
 from pydantic import BaseModel
@@ -92,44 +95,28 @@ class FunctionWorker:
     def __init__(
         self,
         workers: int = get_optimal_process_count(),
-        pool_size: int = 1000,
         indexify_client: IndexifyClient = None,
     ) -> None:
         self._workers: int = workers
         self._indexify_client: IndexifyClient = indexify_client
-        self.job_queue: mp.Queue[tuple[Future, Job]] = mp.Queue(maxsize=pool_size)
-        self.shutdown_event = mp.Event()
-        self.running_processes: list[mp.Process] = []
-        self.finished_jobs = mp.Queue()
-        self._run()
+        self._loop = asyncio.get_event_loop()
+        self._executor = ThreadPoolExecutor(max_workers=self._workers)
+        self._loop.set_default_executor(self._executor)
 
-    def _run(self):
-        while not self.shutdown_event.is_set():
-            if not self.job_queue.empty():
-                if len(self.running_processes) < self._workers:
-                    future, job = self.job_queue.get()
-                    process = mp.Process(target=self._run_process, args=(future, job))
-                    process.start()
-                    self.running_processes.append(process)
-                else:
-                    # pass and wait for some processes to finish.
-                    continue
-
-    def _run_process(self, future: Future, job: Job):
+    def _run_process(self, **kwargs):
         try:
             result = _run_function(
-                job.namespace,
-                job.graph_name,
-                job.fn_name,
-                job.input,
-                job.code_path,
-                job.version,
-                job.init_value,
-                job.invocation_id,
+                kwargs["namespace"],
+                kwargs["graph_name"],
+                kwargs["fn_name"],
+                kwargs["input"],
+                kwargs["code_path"],
+                kwargs["version"],
+                kwargs["init_value"],
+                kwargs["invocation_id"],
                 self._indexify_client,
             )
-            future.set_result(
-                FunctionWorkerOutput(
+            return FunctionWorkerOutput(
                     fn_outputs=result.fn_outputs,
                     router_output=result.router_output,
                     stdout=result.stdout,
@@ -137,55 +124,24 @@ def _run_process(self, future: Future, job: Job):
                     reducer=result.reducer,
                     success=result.success,
                 )
-            )
         except Exception as e:
-            future.set_result(
-                FunctionWorkerOutput(
+            return FunctionWorkerOutput(
                     stdout=e.stdout,
                     stderr=e.stderr,
                     reducer=e.is_reducer,
                     success=False,
                 )
-            )
 
-    async def async_submit(
+    def async_submit(
         self,
-        namespace: str,
-        graph_name: str,
-        fn_name: str,
-        input: IndexifyData,
-        code_path: str,
-        version: int,
-        init_value: Optional[IndexifyData] = None,
-        invocation_id: Optional[str] = None,
+        **kwargs
     ) -> Future:
-        completion_future = Future()
-        self.job_queue.put(
-            (
-                completion_future,
-                Job(
-                    namespace=namespace,
-                    graph_name=graph_name,
-                    fn_name=fn_name,
-                    input=input,
-                    code_path=code_path,
-                    version=version,
-                    init_value=init_value,
-                    invocation_id=invocation_id,
-                    indexify_client=self._indexify_client,
-                ),
-            )
-        )
-        return completion_future
+        return self._loop.run_in_executor(None, _run_function, kwargs)
 
     def shutdown(self):
-        self.shutdown_event.set()
-        # kill the processes when we receive shutdown signal
-        print(
-            f"[bold] function_worker: [/bold] Shutdown signal received, killing {len(self.running_processes)} processes"
-        )
-        for process in self.running_processes:
-            process.kill()
+        # kill everything
+        self._loop.shutdown_default_executor()
+        self._loop.stop()
 
 
 def _run_function(