diff --git a/authentik/policies/engine.py b/authentik/policies/engine.py
index 92acd0d6a..1f38356d9 100644
--- a/authentik/policies/engine.py
+++ b/authentik/policies/engine.py
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 """authentik policy engine"""
 from enum import Enum
-from multiprocessing import Pipe, set_start_method
+from multiprocessing import Pipe, current_process
 from multiprocessing.connection import Connection
 from typing import Iterator, List, Optional
 
@@ -16,9 +16,7 @@ from authentik.policies.process import PolicyProcess, cache_key
 from authentik.policies.types import PolicyRequest, PolicyResult
 
 LOGGER = get_logger()
-# This is only really needed for macOS, because Python 3.8 changed the default to spawn
-# spawn causes issues with objects that aren't picklable, and also the django setup
-set_start_method("fork")
+CURRENT_PROCESS = current_process()
 
 
 class PolicyProcessInfo:
@@ -117,14 +115,19 @@ class PolicyEngine:
                 LOGGER.debug("P_ENG: Evaluating policy", policy=binding.policy)
                 our_end, task_end = Pipe(False)
                 task = PolicyProcess(binding, self.request, task_end)
+                task.daemon = False
                 LOGGER.debug("P_ENG: Starting Process", policy=binding.policy)
-                task.start()
+                if CURRENT_PROCESS._config.get("daemon"):
+                    task.run()
+                else:
+                    task.start()
                 self.__processes.append(
                     PolicyProcessInfo(process=task, connection=our_end, binding=binding)
                 )
             # If all policies are cached, we have an empty list here.
             for proc_info in self.__processes:
-                proc_info.process.join(proc_info.binding.timeout)
+                if proc_info.process.is_alive():
+                    proc_info.process.join(proc_info.binding.timeout)
                 # Only call .recv() if no result is saved, otherwise we just deadlock here
                 if not proc_info.result:
                     proc_info.result = proc_info.connection.recv()