diff --git a/config.json b/config.json
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..8e895e8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/config.json
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+{
+    "process_count": 2
+}
diff --git a/minigrida/database/helpers.py b/minigrida/database/helpers.py
index 36e6354..7c95ba6 100644
--- a/minigrida/database/helpers.py
+++ b/minigrida/database/helpers.py
@@ -57,7 +57,8 @@ def create_session(name, desc, project_name, urgency=1):
 def pending_experiments():
     return Experiment.select(lambda x: x.status == 'pending').exists()
 
-@orm.db_session
+
+@orm.db_session(serializable=True, optimistic=False)
 def next_experiment():
     # TODO: take session urgency into account
     expe = orm.select(e for e in Experiment
@@ -79,9 +80,10 @@ def update_experiment(expe, **params):
         log.info('Retry update')
         _update_experiment(expe, **params)
 
+
 @orm.db_session
 def _update_experiment(expe, **params):
-    e = Experiment.select(lambda x: x.id == expe.id).first()
+    e = Experiment.get_for_update(id=expe.id)
     for k, v in params.items():
         setattr(e, k, v)
 
diff --git a/minigrida/supervisor.py b/minigrida/supervisor.py
index 1b9ed3e..e38cb7a 100644
--- a/minigrida/supervisor.py
+++ b/minigrida/supervisor.py
@@ -17,13 +17,15 @@ import logging
 import logger
 from protocols.protocol import TestError
 import database
+from multiprocessing import Process
+import json
 
 host = os.uname()[1]
 log = logging.getLogger('Supervisor [{}]'.format(host))
 
 
-def run(expe):
-    database.update_experiment(expe, worker=host, start_date=datetime.now())
+def run(expe, hostpid=host):
+    database.update_experiment(expe, worker=hostpid, start_date=datetime.now())
 
     # Load protocol
     log.info('Load protocol {}'.format(expe.protocol))
@@ -57,7 +59,10 @@ def run(expe):
     log.info('Expe {} complete'.format(expe.expe_hash))
 
 
-def main():
+def main(pid=None):
+    hostpid = host + '_' + str(pid) if pid is not None else host
+    log.name = 'Supervisor [{}]'.format(hostpid)
+
     log.info('Connecting to database')
     database.connect('credentials.json')
 
@@ -73,7 +78,7 @@ def main():
                 continue
             log.info('Expe {} loaded'.format(expe.expe_hash))
             try:
-                run(expe)
+                run(expe, hostpid)
             except Exception as e:
                 log.error(e)
                 log.error('Error occured on expe {}'.format(expe.id))
@@ -83,5 +88,13 @@ def main():
 if __name__ == '__main__':
     logger.setup_logging()
     log.info('Starting supervisor')
+    try:
+        with open('config.json') as f:
+            config = json.load(f)
+            process_count = config['process_count']
+    except Exception as e:
+        log.warning(e)
+        process_count = 1
 
-    main()
+    for i in range(process_count):
+        Process(target=main, args=(i,)).start()