diff --git a/external/hermes b/external/hermes
index 609f3de4902c276a9831681156f6a17fbf4ad9b4..d8755039c82501323cdc9a4f5a2b922b9b3bcac7 160000
--- a/external/hermes
+++ b/external/hermes
@@ -1 +1 @@
-Subproject commit 609f3de4902c276a9831681156f6a17fbf4ad9b4
+Subproject commit d8755039c82501323cdc9a4f5a2b922b9b3bcac7
diff --git a/src/client/preload.cpp b/src/client/preload.cpp
index 12387a8464e0fca5414fcf92ff65e8f90255e7e2..7b05ca9a3fa416b66a97d2985f2e6c0856c61049 100644
--- a/src/client/preload.cpp
+++ b/src/client/preload.cpp
@@ -87,6 +87,8 @@ init_hermes_client() {
             opts |= hermes::force_no_block_progress;
         }
 
+        opts |= hermes::process_may_fork;
+
         ld_network_service = std::make_unique<hermes::async_engine>(
                 hermes::get_transport_type(CTX->rpc_protocol()), opts);
         ld_network_service->run();