diff --git a/examples/genomicsdb_query b/examples/genomicsdb_query
index c7e8006..029067d 100755
--- a/examples/genomicsdb_query
+++ b/examples/genomicsdb_query
@@ -55,7 +55,7 @@ def parse_callset_json(callset_file):
     callset = json.loads(genomicsdb.read_entire_file(callset_file))
     callsets = callset["callsets"]
     samples = [callset if isinstance(callset, str) else callset["sample_name"] for callset in callsets]
-    return samples
+<    return samples
 
 
 def parse_callset_json_for_row_ranges(callset_file, samples=None):
@@ -338,6 +338,11 @@ class OutputConfig(NamedTuple):
     json_type: str | None
     max_arrow_bytes: int
 
+class Config(NamedTuple):
+    export_config: GenomicsDBExportConfig
+    query_config: GenomicsDBQueryConfig
+    output_config:OutputConfig 
+
 
 def configure_export(config: GenomicsDBExportConfig):
     export_config = query_pb.ExportConfiguration()
@@ -371,11 +376,14 @@ def configure_query(config: GenomicsDBQueryConfig):
     return query_config
 
 
-def process(export_config, query_config, output_config):
+def process(config):
+    export_config = config.export_config
+    query_config = config.query_config
+    output_config = config.output_config
     msg = f"array({query_config.array_name}) for interval({query_config.interval})"
     if not genomicsdb.array_exists(export_config.workspace, query_config.array_name):
         logging.error(msg + f" not imported into workspace({export_config.workspace})")
-        return 1
+        return
     global gdb
     try:
         if gdb:
@@ -417,7 +425,6 @@ def process(export_config, query_config, output_config):
                 writer = None
 
     logging.info(f"Processed array {query_config.array_name} for interval {query_config.interval}")
-    return 0
 
 
 def main():
@@ -439,27 +446,33 @@ def main():
         print(f"Using {args.max_arrow_byte_size} number of bytes as hint for writing out parquet files")
 
     export_config = GenomicsDBExportConfig(workspace, vidmap_file, callset_file)
-    with multiprocessing.Pool(processes=args.nproc) as pool:
-        for interval in intervals:
-            print(f"Processing interval({interval})...")
-
-            contig, start, end, arrays = genomicsdb_common.get_arrays(interval, contigs_map, partitions)
-            if len(arrays) == 0:
-                print(f"No arrays in the workspace matched input interval({interval})")
-                continue
-
-            print(f"\tArrays:{arrays} under consideration for interval({interval})")
-
-            for idx, array in enumerate(arrays):
-                query_config = GenomicsDBQueryConfig(interval, contig, start, end, array, row_tuples, filter)
-                output_config = OutputConfig(
-                    generate_output_filename(output, output_type, interval, idx),
-                    output_type,
-                    json_type,
-                    max_arrow_bytes,
-                )
-                res = pool.apply_async(process, args=(export_config, query_config, output_config))
-                print(res.get())
+    configs = []
+    for interval in intervals:
+        print(f"Processing interval({interval})...")
+
+        contig, start, end, arrays = genomicsdb_common.get_arrays(interval, contigs_map, partitions)
+        if len(arrays) == 0:
+            print(f"No arrays in the workspace matched input interval({interval})")
+            continue
+
+        print(f"\tArrays:{arrays} under consideration for interval({interval})")
+        for idx, array in enumerate(arrays):
+            query_config = GenomicsDBQueryConfig(interval, contig, start, end, array, row_tuples, filter)
+            output_config = OutputConfig(
+                generate_output_filename(output, output_type, interval, idx),
+                output_type,
+                json_type,
+                max_arrow_bytes,
+            )
+            configs.append(Config(export_config, query_config, output_config))
+
+    if len(configs) == 1:
+        process(configs[0])
+    else:
+        nprocs = min(len(configs), args.nproc)
+        with multiprocessing.Pool(processes=args.nproc) as pool:
+            pool.map(process, configs)
+
 
     print(f"genomicsdb_query for workspace({workspace}) and intervals({intervals}) completed successfully")