diff --git a/examples/node/benchmark.js b/examples/node/benchmark.js
index bbb2b74..728d1d5 100644
--- a/examples/node/benchmark.js
+++ b/examples/node/benchmark.js
@@ -2,9 +2,7 @@
 const path = require('path');
 const { createWorker } = require('../../');
 
-const worker = createWorker({
-  // logger: m => console.log(m) 
-});
+const worker = createWorker();
 
 (async () => {
   await worker.load();
@@ -23,7 +21,6 @@ const worker = createWorker({
 
       console.log(file + " [x10] runtime: " + timeDif + "s");
     }
-
 console.log("Total runtime: " + timeTotal + "s");
 
 await worker.terminate();
diff --git a/src/worker-script/node/index.js b/src/worker-script/node/index.js
index 15cb3fb..c00dba7 100644
--- a/src/worker-script/node/index.js
+++ b/src/worker-script/node/index.js
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@
  */
 
 const fetch = require('node-fetch');
+const { parentPort } = require('worker_threads');
 const worker = require('..');
 const getCore = require('./getCore');
 const gunzip = require('./gunzip');
@@ -17,8 +18,8 @@ const cache = require('./cache');
 /*
  * register message handler
  */
-process.on('message', (packet) => {
-  worker.dispatchHandlers(packet, (obj) => process.send(obj));
+parentPort.on('message', (packet) => {
+  worker.dispatchHandlers(packet, (obj) => parentPort.postMessage(obj));
 });
 
 worker.setAdapter({
diff --git a/src/worker/node/send.js b/src/worker/node/send.js
index 783c6e1..88f8aaf 100644
--- a/src/worker/node/send.js
+++ b/src/worker/node/send.js
@@ -5,6 +5,6 @@
  * @function send packet to worker and create a job
  * @access public
  */
-module.exports = (worker, packet) => {
-  worker.send(packet);
+module.exports = async (worker, packet) => {
+  worker.postMessage(packet);
 };
diff --git a/src/worker/node/spawnWorker.js b/src/worker/node/spawnWorker.js
index c538244..9723c18 100644
--- a/src/worker/node/spawnWorker.js
+++ b/src/worker/node/spawnWorker.js
@@ -1,6 +1,4 @@
-const { fork } = require('child_process');
-
-let debugPort = 9229;
+const { Worker } = require('worker_threads');
 
 /**
  * spawnWorker
@@ -9,7 +7,4 @@ let debugPort = 9229;
  * @function fork a new process in node
  * @access public
  */
-module.exports = ({ workerPath }) => {
-  debugPort += 1;
-  return fork(workerPath, [], { execArgv: [`--debug-port=${debugPort}`] });
-};
+module.exports = ({ workerPath }) => new Worker(workerPath);
diff --git a/src/worker/node/terminateWorker.js b/src/worker/node/terminateWorker.js
index 0e8b67e..834760e 100644
--- a/src/worker/node/terminateWorker.js
+++ b/src/worker/node/terminateWorker.js
@@ -6,5 +6,5 @@
  * @access public
  */
 module.exports = (worker) => {
-  worker.kill();
+  worker.terminate();
 };