diff --git a/rose/cache.py b/rose/cache.py
index 86442d4..fbe2c40 100644
--- a/rose/cache.py
+++ b/rose/cache.py
@@ -269,6 +269,8 @@ def update_cache_for_releases(
     # Leave as None to update all releases.
     release_dirs: list[Path] | None = None,
     force: bool = False,
+    # For testing.
+    force_multiprocessing: bool = False,
 ) -> None:
     """
     Update the read cache to match the data for any passed-in releases. If a directory lacks a
@@ -296,9 +298,23 @@ def update_cache_for_releases(
         and d.name != "!playlists"
         and d.name not in c.ignore_release_directories
     ]
+    if not release_dirs:
+        logger.info("No-Op: No whitelisted releases passed into update_cache_for_releases")
+        return
     logger.info(f"Refreshing the read cache for {len(release_dirs)} releases")
     logger.debug(f"Refreshing cached data for {', '.join([r.name for r in release_dirs])}")
 
+    # If the number of releases changed is less than 50; do not bother with all that multiprocessing
+    # gunk: instead, directly call the executor.
+    #
+    # This has an added benefit of not spawning processes from the virtual filesystem and watchdog
+    # processes, as those processes always update the cache for one release at a time and are
+    # multithreaded. Starting other processes from threads is bad!
+    if not force_multiprocessing and len(release_dirs) < 50:
+        known_virtual_dirnames_hi: dict[str, bool] = {}
+        _update_cache_for_releases_executor(c, release_dirs, force, known_virtual_dirnames_hi)
+        return
+
     # Batch size defaults to equal split across all processes. However, if the number of directories
     # is small, we shrink the # of processes to save on overhead.
     num_proc = c.max_proc
diff --git a/rose/cache_test.py b/rose/cache_test.py
index 47adcea..f23245a 100644
--- a/rose/cache_test.py
+++ b/rose/cache_test.py
@@ -143,6 +143,18 @@ def test_update_cache_all(config: Config) -> None:
         assert cursor.fetchone()[0] == 4
 
 
+def test_update_cache_multiprocessing(config: Config) -> None:
+    """Test that the update all function works."""
+    shutil.copytree(TEST_RELEASE_1, config.music_source_dir / TEST_RELEASE_1.name)
+    shutil.copytree(TEST_RELEASE_2, config.music_source_dir / TEST_RELEASE_2.name)
+    update_cache_for_releases(config, force_multiprocessing=True)
+    with connect(config) as conn:
+        cursor = conn.execute("SELECT COUNT(*) FROM releases")
+        assert cursor.fetchone()[0] == 2
+        cursor = conn.execute("SELECT COUNT(*) FROM tracks")
+        assert cursor.fetchone()[0] == 4
+
+
 def test_update_cache_releases(config: Config) -> None:
     release_dir = config.music_source_dir / TEST_RELEASE_1.name
     shutil.copytree(TEST_RELEASE_1, release_dir)
diff --git a/rose/cli.py b/rose/cli.py
index 096f506..834cc98 100644
--- a/rose/cli.py
+++ b/rose/cli.py
@@ -8,7 +8,6 @@
 """
 
 import logging
-import multiprocessing
 import os
 import signal
 from dataclasses import dataclass
@@ -95,7 +94,6 @@ def update(ctx: Context, force: bool) -> None:
 # fmt: on
 def watch(ctx: Context, foreground: bool) -> None:
     """Start a watchdog that will auto-refresh the cache on changes in music_source_dir."""
-    multiprocessing.set_start_method("spawn")
     if not foreground:
         daemonize(pid_path=ctx.config.watchdog_pid_path)
 
@@ -131,7 +129,6 @@ def fs() -> None:
 # fmt: on
 def mount(ctx: Context, foreground: bool) -> None:
     """Mount the virtual library."""
-    multiprocessing.set_start_method("spawn")
     if not foreground:
         daemonize()
 
diff --git a/rose/cli_test.py b/rose/cli_test.py
index 61f8c1d..0c0c582 100644
--- a/rose/cli_test.py
+++ b/rose/cli_test.py
@@ -1,4 +1,3 @@
-import multiprocessing
 import os
 from typing import Any
 
@@ -35,8 +34,6 @@ def mock_exit(x: int) -> None:
         raise SystemExit(x)
 
     monkeypatch.setattr(os, "_exit", mock_exit)
-    # set_start_method borks a bit in tests; it's not important in this test anyways.
-    monkeypatch.setattr(multiprocessing, "set_start_method", lambda _: None)
 
     ctx = Context(config=config)
     runner = CliRunner()