diff --git a/.github/workflows/scripts.yml b/.github/workflows/scripts.yml
index 02d47eb4..217e4221 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/scripts.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/scripts.yml
@@ -26,4 +26,6 @@ jobs:
       - name: Test single script
         run: poetry run marker_single benchmark_data/pdfs/switch_trans.pdf --page_range 0
       - name: Test convert script
-        run: poetry run marker benchmark_data/pdfs --max_files 1 --workers 1 --page_range 0
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+        run: poetry run marker benchmark_data/pdfs --max_files 1 --workers 1 --page_range 0
+      - name: Text convert script multiple workers
+        run: poetry run marker benchmark_data/pdfs --max_files 2 --workers 2 --page_range 0-5
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diff --git a/marker/processors/table.py b/marker/processors/table.py
index bd191ac2..83aa919d 100644
--- a/marker/processors/table.py
+++ b/marker/processors/table.py
@@ -49,6 +49,10 @@ class TableProcessor(BaseProcessor):
         List[BlockTypes],
         "Block types to remove if they're contained inside the tables."
     ] = (BlockTypes.Text, BlockTypes.TextInlineMath)
+    pdftext_workers: Annotated[
+        int,
+        "The number of workers to use for pdftext.",
+    ] = 4
 
     def __init__(
         self,
@@ -273,7 +277,7 @@ def assign_pdftext_lines(self, extract_blocks: list, filepath: str):
                 "tables": tables,
                 "img_size": img_size
             })
-        cell_text = table_output(filepath, table_inputs, page_range=unique_pages)
+        cell_text = table_output(filepath, table_inputs, page_range=unique_pages, workers=self.pdftext_workers)
         assert len(cell_text) == len(unique_pages), "Number of pages and table inputs must match"
 
         for pidx, (page_tables, pnum) in enumerate(zip(cell_text, unique_pages)):
diff --git a/marker/scripts/convert.py b/marker/scripts/convert.py
index b859f9f9..d6b09833 100644
--- a/marker/scripts/convert.py
+++ b/marker/scripts/convert.py
@@ -86,7 +86,7 @@ def convert_cli(in_folder: str, **kwargs):
         files_to_convert = files_to_convert[:kwargs["max_files"]]
 
     # Disable nested multiprocessing
-    kwargs["disable_multiprocessing"] = True
+    kwargs["pdftext_workers"] = 1
 
     total_processes = min(len(files_to_convert), kwargs["workers"])