diff --git a/src/modules/nsq/nsq_mod.c b/src/modules/nsq/nsq_mod.c
index 33db67a0c82..12a9d69fc27 100644
--- a/src/modules/nsq/nsq_mod.c
+++ b/src/modules/nsq/nsq_mod.c
@@ -159,7 +159,6 @@ static int fire_init_event(int rank)
 
 static int mod_init(void)
 {
-	int i;
 	startup_time = (int) time(NULL);
 
 	if (dbn_pua_mode == 1) {
@@ -208,26 +207,6 @@ static int mod_init(void)
 	register_procs(total_workers);
 	cfg_register_child(total_workers);
 
-	if (pipe(nsq_cmd_pipe_fds) < 0) {
-		LM_ERR("cmd pipe() failed\n");
-		return -1;
-	}
-
-	nsq_worker_pipes_fds = (int*) shm_malloc(sizeof(int) * (dbn_consumer_workers) * 2 );
-	nsq_worker_pipes = (int*) shm_malloc(sizeof(int) * dbn_consumer_workers);
-	for (i=0; i < dbn_consumer_workers; i++) {
-		nsq_worker_pipes_fds[i*2] = nsq_worker_pipes_fds[i*2+1] = -1;
-		if (pipe(&nsq_worker_pipes_fds[i*2]) < 0) {
-			LM_ERR("worker pipe(%d) failed\n", i);
-			return -1;
-		}
-	}
-
-	nsq_cmd_pipe = nsq_cmd_pipe_fds[1];
-	for (i=0; i < dbn_consumer_workers; i++) {
-		nsq_worker_pipes[i] = nsq_worker_pipes_fds[i*2+1];
-	}
-
 	return 0;
 }
 
@@ -240,25 +219,10 @@ int mod_register(char *path, int *dlflags, void *p1, void *p2)
 	return register_trans_mod(path, mod_trans);
 }
 
-
-int set_non_blocking(int fd)
-{
-	int flags;
-
-	flags = fcntl(fd, F_GETFL);
-	if (flags < 0)
-		return flags;
-	flags |= O_NONBLOCK;
-	if (fcntl(fd, F_SETFL, flags) < 0)
-		return -1;
-
-	return 0;
-}
-
 /**
  *
  */
-int nsq_consumer_worker_proc(int cmd_pipe, char *topic, char *channel, int max_in_flight)
+void nsq_consumer_worker_proc(char *topic, char *channel, int max_in_flight)
 {
 	struct ev_loop *loop;
 	loop = ev_default_loop(0);
@@ -269,7 +233,6 @@ int nsq_consumer_worker_proc(int cmd_pipe, char *topic, char *channel, int max_i
 	if (loop == NULL) {
 		LM_ERR("cannot get libev loop\n");
 	}
-	set_non_blocking(cmd_pipe);
 
 	LM_DBG("NSQ Worker connecting to NSQ Topic [%s] and NSQ Channel [%s]\n", topic, channel);
 	// setup the reader
@@ -285,7 +248,6 @@ int nsq_consumer_worker_proc(int cmd_pipe, char *topic, char *channel, int max_i
 	}
 
 	nsq_run(loop);
-	return 0;
 }
 
 /**
@@ -314,23 +276,27 @@ static int mod_child_init(int rank)
 		if (tc == NULL) {
 			LM_ERR("topic and channel not set, using defaults\n");
 			for(i = 0; i < workers; i++) {
-				pid=fork_process(i+1, "NSQ Consumer Worker", 1);
+				pid=fork_process(PROC_XWORKER, "NSQ Consumer Worker", 1);
 				if (pid<0)
 					return -1; /* error */
 				if (pid==0){
-					close(nsq_worker_pipes_fds[i*2+1]);
-					return(nsq_consumer_worker_proc(nsq_worker_pipes_fds[i*2], DEFAULT_TOPIC, DEFAULT_CHANNEL, max_in_flight));
+					if (cfg_child_init()) return -1;
+					nsq_consumer_worker_proc(DEFAULT_TOPIC, DEFAULT_CHANNEL, max_in_flight);
+					LM_CRIT("nsq_consumer_worker_proc():: worker_process finished without exit!\n");
+					exit(-1);
 				}
 			}
 		} else {
 			while (tc) {
 				for(i = 0; i < workers; i++) {
-					pid=fork_process(i+1, "NSQ Consumer Worker", 1);
+					pid=fork_process(PROC_XWORKER, "NSQ Consumer Worker", 1);
 					if (pid<0)
 						return -1; /* error */
 					if (pid==0){
-						close(nsq_worker_pipes_fds[i*2+1]);
-						return(nsq_consumer_worker_proc(nsq_worker_pipes_fds[i*2], tc->topic, tc->channel, max_in_flight));
+						if (cfg_child_init()) return -1;
+						nsq_consumer_worker_proc(tc->topic, tc->channel, max_in_flight);
+						LM_CRIT("nsq_consumer_worker_proc():: worker_process finished without exit!\n");
+						exit(-1);
 					}
 				}
 				tc = tc->next;
@@ -367,6 +333,4 @@ static int mod_child_init(int rank)
  */
 static void mod_destroy(void) {
 	free_tc_list(tc_list);
-	shm_free(nsq_worker_pipes_fds);
-	shm_free(nsq_worker_pipes);
 }
diff --git a/src/modules/nsq/nsq_mod.h b/src/modules/nsq/nsq_mod.h
index bbbc32cfcb2..72323a4afd3 100644
--- a/src/modules/nsq/nsq_mod.h
+++ b/src/modules/nsq/nsq_mod.h
@@ -72,10 +72,6 @@ char nsq_json_escape_char = '%';
 int nsq_topic_channel_counter = 0;
 int dbn_consumer_workers = DBN_DEFAULT_NO_WORKERS;
 int startup_time = 0;
-int *nsq_worker_pipes_fds = NULL;
-int *nsq_worker_pipes = NULL;
-int nsq_cmd_pipe = 0;
-int nsq_cmd_pipe_fds[2] = {-1,-1};
 
 /* database connection */
 db1_con_t *nsq_pa_db = NULL;