diff --git a/kindlecomicconverter/comic2ebook.py b/kindlecomicconverter/comic2ebook.py
index f6b3297..79e2d75 100755
--- a/kindlecomicconverter/comic2ebook.py
+++ b/kindlecomicconverter/comic2ebook.py
@@ -794,7 +794,7 @@ def mupdf_pdf_process_pages_parallel(filename, output_dir, target_height):
     print("Starting %i processes for '%s'." % (cpu, filename))
 
     try:
-        with Pool(processes=cpu_count()-1) as pool:
+        with Pool() as pool:
             results = pool.map(
                 render_page if render else extract_page, vectors
             )