diff --git a/src/cluster.jl b/src/cluster.jl
index 0e8df8c..0b42961 100644
--- a/src/cluster.jl
+++ b/src/cluster.jl
@@ -163,10 +163,10 @@ function check_worker_state(w::Worker)
         else
             w.ct_time = time()
             if myid() > w.id
-                t = Threads.@spawn exec_conn_func(w)
+                t = Threads.@spawn Threads.threadpool() exec_conn_func(w)
             else
                 # route request via node 1
-                t = Threads.@spawn remotecall_fetch((p,to_id) -> remotecall_fetch(exec_conn_func, p, to_id), 1, w.id, myid())
+                t = Threads.@spawn Threads.threadpool() remotecall_fetch((p,to_id) -> remotecall_fetch(exec_conn_func, p, to_id), 1, w.id, myid())
             end
             errormonitor(t)
             wait_for_conn(w)
@@ -194,7 +194,7 @@ function wait_for_conn(w)
         timeout =  worker_timeout() - (time() - w.ct_time)
         timeout <= 0 && error("peer $(w.id) has not connected to $(myid())")
 
-        T = Threads.@spawn begin
+        T = Threads.@spawn Threads.threadpool() begin
             sleep($timeout)
             lock(w.c_state) do
                 notify(w.c_state; all=true)
@@ -329,7 +329,7 @@ function read_worker_host_port(io::IO)
     leader = String[]
     try
         while ntries > 0
-            readtask = Threads.@spawn readline(io)
+            readtask = Threads.@spawn Threads.threadpool() readline(io)
             yield()
             while !istaskdone(readtask) && ((time_ns() - t0) < timeout)
                 sleep(0.05)
@@ -496,13 +496,13 @@ function addprocs_locked(manager::ClusterManager; kwargs...)
     # call manager's `launch` is a separate task. This allows the master
     # process initiate the connection setup process as and when workers come
     # online
-    t_launch = Threads.@spawn launch(manager, params, launched, launch_ntfy)
+    t_launch = Threads.@spawn Threads.threadpool() launch(manager, params, launched, launch_ntfy)
 
     @sync begin
         while true
             if isempty(launched)
                 istaskdone(t_launch) && break
-                Threads.@spawn begin
+                Threads.@spawn Threads.threadpool() begin
                     sleep(1)
                     notify(launch_ntfy)
                 end
@@ -512,7 +512,7 @@ function addprocs_locked(manager::ClusterManager; kwargs...)
             if !isempty(launched)
                 wconfig = popfirst!(launched)
                 let wconfig=wconfig
-                    Threads.@spawn setup_launched_worker(manager, wconfig, launched_q)
+                    Threads.@spawn Threads.threadpool() setup_launched_worker(manager, wconfig, launched_q)
                 end
             end
         end
@@ -592,7 +592,7 @@ function launch_n_additional_processes(manager, frompid, fromconfig, cnt, launch
             wconfig.port = port
 
             let wconfig=wconfig
-                Threads.@spawn begin
+                Threads.@spawn Threads.threadpool() begin
                     pid = create_worker(manager, wconfig)
                     remote_do(redirect_output_from_additional_worker, frompid, pid, port)
                     push!(launched_q, pid)
@@ -1050,13 +1050,13 @@ function rmprocs(pids...; waitfor=typemax(Int))
 
     pids = vcat(pids...)
     if waitfor == 0
-        t = Threads.@spawn _rmprocs(pids, typemax(Int))
+        t = Threads.@spawn Threads.threadpool() _rmprocs(pids, typemax(Int))
         yield()
         return t
     else
         _rmprocs(pids, waitfor)
         # return a dummy task object that user code can wait on.
-        return Threads.@spawn nothing
+        return Threads.@spawn Threads.threadpool() nothing
     end
 end
 
@@ -1239,7 +1239,7 @@ function interrupt(pids::AbstractVector=workers())
     @assert myid() == 1
     @sync begin
         for pid in pids
-            Threads.@spawn interrupt(pid)
+            Threads.@spawn Threads.threadpool() interrupt(pid)
         end
     end
 end
diff --git a/src/macros.jl b/src/macros.jl
index ac5029e..5f3ce1e 100644
--- a/src/macros.jl
+++ b/src/macros.jl
@@ -230,7 +230,7 @@ function remotecall_eval(m::Module, procs, ex)
         # execute locally last as we do not want local execution to block serialization
         # of the request to remote nodes.
         for _ in 1:run_locally
-            Threads.@spawn Core.eval(m, ex)
+            Threads.@spawn Threads.threadpool() Core.eval(m, ex)
         end
     end
     nothing
@@ -275,7 +275,7 @@ function preduce(reducer, f, R)
 end
 
 function pfor(f, R)
-    t = Threads.@spawn @sync for c in splitrange(Int(firstindex(R)), Int(lastindex(R)), nworkers())
+    t = Threads.@spawn Threads.threadpool() @sync for c in splitrange(Int(firstindex(R)), Int(lastindex(R)), nworkers())
         @spawnat :any f(R, first(c), last(c))
     end
     errormonitor(t)
diff --git a/src/managers.jl b/src/managers.jl
index b506c42..cf48c6f 100644
--- a/src/managers.jl
+++ b/src/managers.jl
@@ -178,7 +178,7 @@ function launch(manager::SSHManager, params::Dict, launched::Array, launch_ntfy:
     # Wait for all launches to complete.
     @sync for (i, (machine, cnt)) in enumerate(manager.machines)
         let machine=machine, cnt=cnt
-            Threads.@spawn try
+            Threads.@spawn Threads.threadpool() try
                 launch_on_machine(manager, $machine, $cnt, params, launched, launch_ntfy)
             catch e
                 print(stderr, "exception launching on machine $(machine) : $(e)\n")
@@ -744,7 +744,7 @@ function kill(manager::LocalManager, pid::Int, config::WorkerConfig; exit_timeou
     # First, try sending `exit()` to the remote over the usual control channels
     remote_do(exit, pid)
 
-    timer_task = Threads.@spawn begin
+    timer_task = Threads.@spawn Threads.threadpool() begin
         sleep(exit_timeout)
 
         # Check to see if our child exited, and if not, send an actual kill signal
diff --git a/src/remotecall.jl b/src/remotecall.jl
index 3cd1207..eda3899 100644
--- a/src/remotecall.jl
+++ b/src/remotecall.jl
@@ -322,7 +322,7 @@ function process_worker(rr)
     msg = (remoteref_id(rr), myid())
 
     # Needs to acquire a lock on the del_msg queue
-    T = Threads.@spawn begin
+    T = Threads.@spawn Threads.threadpool() begin
         publish_del_msg!($w, $msg)
     end
     Base.errormonitor(T)