diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index db2eae9b9..53506501c 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -115,5 +115,13 @@ ENV/
 
 trains/
 .nnunetv2-venv/
+.venv_s3/
 sanbox.ipynb
 !documentation/assets/scribble_example.png
+# s3 files
+config.yaml
+train_s3.sh
+build-and-push.yc.sh
+Dockerfile
+.dockerignore
+s3_logs_[0-3][0-9].[0-1][0-9].[0-9][0-9][0-9][0-9]-[0-2][0-9]:[0-5][0-9]:[0-5][0-9]/
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/nnunetv2/run/run_training.py b/nnunetv2/run/run_training.py
index fff2ecd2e..4150b9674 100644
--- a/nnunetv2/run/run_training.py
+++ b/nnunetv2/run/run_training.py
@@ -15,6 +15,8 @@
 from nnunetv2.utilities.find_class_by_name import recursive_find_python_class
 from torch.backends import cudnn
 
+multiprocessing.set_start_method('spawn') # FOR CLUSTER TRAIN
+
 
 def find_free_network_port() -> int:
     """Finds a free port on localhost.
diff --git a/nnunetv2/training/dataloading/utils.py b/nnunetv2/training/dataloading/utils.py
index 603f1ae67..9e2401263 100644
--- a/nnunetv2/training/dataloading/utils.py
+++ b/nnunetv2/training/dataloading/utils.py
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@
 from batchgenerators.utilities.file_and_folder_operations import isfile, subfiles
 from nnunetv2.configuration import default_num_processes
 
+multiprocessing.set_start_method('spawn') # FOR CLUSTER TRAIN
 
 def _convert_to_npy(npz_file: str, unpack_segmentation: bool = True, overwrite_existing: bool = False,
                     verify_npy: bool = False, fail_ctr: int = 0) -> None:
diff --git a/scripts/train.sh b/scripts/train.sh
old mode 100644
new mode 100755