diff --git a/src/client/ShardClient.ts b/src/client/ShardClient.ts
index 8a2079c..95f8f73 100644
--- a/src/client/ShardClient.ts
+++ b/src/client/ShardClient.ts
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ export class ShardClient {
         clientOptions.shardCount = EnvProcessData.shardCount;
         if (manager.handleConcurrency) {
             if (!clientOptions.ws) clientOptions.ws = {};
-            clientOptions.ws.buildStrategy = ws => new IndomitableStrategy(ws, new BaseWorker(manager));
+            if (!clientOptions.ws.buildStrategy) clientOptions.ws.buildStrategy = ws => new IndomitableStrategy(ws, new BaseWorker());
         }
         this.client = new manager.client(clientOptions);
         // @ts-expect-error: Override shard client util with indomitable shard client util
diff --git a/src/client/ShardClientUtil.ts b/src/client/ShardClientUtil.ts
index 1b34891..5519258 100644
--- a/src/client/ShardClientUtil.ts
+++ b/src/client/ShardClientUtil.ts
@@ -125,9 +125,10 @@ export class ShardClientUtil extends EventEmitter {
      * @returns A promise that resolves to void or a repliable object
      */
     public async send(transportable: Transportable): Promise<unknown|undefined> {
+        const manager = this.ipc.manager as Indomitable;
         let abortableData: AbortableData | undefined;
-        if (!transportable.signal && (this.ipc.manager.ipcTimeout !== Infinity && transportable.repliable)) {
-            abortableData = MakeAbortableRequest(this.ipc.manager.ipcTimeout);
+        if (!transportable.signal && (manager.ipcTimeout !== Infinity && transportable.repliable)) {
+            abortableData = MakeAbortableRequest(manager.ipcTimeout);
             transportable.signal = abortableData.controller.signal;
         }
         try {
diff --git a/src/ipc/BaseIpc.ts b/src/ipc/BaseIpc.ts
index c18ad1d..24b0017 100644
--- a/src/ipc/BaseIpc.ts
+++ b/src/ipc/BaseIpc.ts
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+import EventEmitter from 'node:events';
 import { Serializable } from 'node:child_process';
 import { randomUUID } from 'crypto';
 import { Indomitable } from '../Indomitable.js';
@@ -17,9 +18,9 @@ import {
  * Base class where primary and worker ipc inherits
  */
 export abstract class BaseIpc {
-    public readonly manager: Indomitable;
+    public readonly manager: Indomitable|EventEmitter;
     protected readonly promises: Map<string, InternalPromise>;
-    protected constructor(manager: Indomitable) {
+    protected constructor(manager: Indomitable|EventEmitter) {
         this.manager = manager;
         this.promises = new Map();
     }
diff --git a/src/ipc/BaseWorker.ts b/src/ipc/BaseWorker.ts
index ff56fcd..1faaa9a 100644
--- a/src/ipc/BaseWorker.ts
+++ b/src/ipc/BaseWorker.ts
@@ -1,17 +1,17 @@
+import EventEmitter from 'node:events';
 import { Serializable } from 'node:child_process';
-import { BaseIpc } from './BaseIpc.js';
 import { Indomitable } from '../Indomitable';
+import { BaseIpc } from './BaseIpc.js';
 import { Message, RawIpcMessage } from '../Util';
 
 /**
  * Basic worker ipc class, basic child process ipc handler
  */
 export class BaseWorker extends BaseIpc {
-    constructor(manager: Indomitable) {
+    constructor(manager: Indomitable | EventEmitter = new EventEmitter()) {
         super(manager);
-        process.on('message',
-            data => this.handleRawResponse(data as Serializable, () => null)
-        );
+        process
+            .on('message', data => this.handleRawResponse(data as Serializable, () => null));
     }
 
     protected available(): boolean {
diff --git a/src/ipc/MainStrategyWorker.ts b/src/ipc/MainStrategyWorker.ts
index 62d714a..4009fa2 100644
--- a/src/ipc/MainStrategyWorker.ts
+++ b/src/ipc/MainStrategyWorker.ts
@@ -9,7 +9,6 @@ export class MainStrategyWorker extends BaseIpc {
     public readonly thread: Worker;
     public readonly strategy: IndomitableStrategy;
     constructor(id: number, thread: Worker, strategy: IndomitableStrategy) {
-        // @ts-expect-error: Indomitable will not be used in this class
         super(new EventEmitter());
         this.id = id;
         this.thread = thread;
diff --git a/src/ipc/MainWorker.ts b/src/ipc/MainWorker.ts
index 9e015cf..1d5ad91 100644
--- a/src/ipc/MainWorker.ts
+++ b/src/ipc/MainWorker.ts
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 import { BaseIpc } from './BaseIpc.js';
 import { ClusterManager } from '../manager/ClusterManager.js';
+import { Indomitable } from '../Indomitable';
 import {
     InternalOps,
     InternalOpsData,
@@ -33,6 +34,7 @@ export class MainWorker extends BaseIpc {
 
     protected async handleMessage(message: Message): Promise<void> {
         this.manager.emit(LibraryEvents.DEBUG, `Received internal message. op: ${message.content.op} | data: ${JSON.stringify(message.content.data || {})}`);
+        const manager = this.manager as Indomitable;
         if (internalOpsValues.includes(message.content.op)) {
             const content = message.content as InternalOpsData;
             switch(content.op) {
@@ -43,7 +45,7 @@ export class MainWorker extends BaseIpc {
                 }
                 case InternalOps.EVAL: {
                     // don't touch eval data, just forward it to clusters since this is already an instance of InternalEvent
-                    const data = await this.manager.broadcast({
+                    const data = await manager.broadcast({
                         content,
                         repliable: true
                     });
@@ -51,23 +53,23 @@ export class MainWorker extends BaseIpc {
                     break;
                 }
                 case InternalOps.SESSION_INFO: {
-                    if (content.data.update || !this.manager.cachedSession)
-                        this.manager.cachedSession = await this.manager.fetchSessions();
-                    message.reply(this.manager.cachedSession);
+                    if (content.data.update || !manager.cachedSession)
+                        manager.cachedSession = await manager.fetchSessions();
+                    message.reply(manager.cachedSession);
                     break;
                 }
                 case InternalOps.REQUEST_IDENTIFY:
-                    await this.manager.concurrencyManager!.waitForIdentify(content.data.shardId);
+                    await manager.concurrencyManager!.waitForIdentify(content.data.shardId);
                     message.reply(null);
                     break;
                 case InternalOps.CANCEL_IDENTIFY:
-                    this.manager.concurrencyManager!.abortIdentify(content.data.shardId);
+                    manager.concurrencyManager!.abortIdentify(content.data.shardId);
                     break;
                 case InternalOps.RESTART:
-                    await this.manager.restart(content.data.clusterId);
+                    await manager.restart(content.data.clusterId);
                     break;
                 case InternalOps.RESTART_ALL:
-                    await this.manager.restartAll();
+                    await manager.restartAll();
                     break;
             }
         } else if (clientEventsValues.includes(message.content.op)) {
diff --git a/src/ipc/ThreadStrategyWorker.ts b/src/ipc/ThreadStrategyWorker.ts
index 11832ca..91cd669 100644
--- a/src/ipc/ThreadStrategyWorker.ts
+++ b/src/ipc/ThreadStrategyWorker.ts
@@ -12,7 +12,6 @@ import {
 export class ThreadStrategyWorker extends BaseIpc {
     private shard: WebSocketShard|undefined;
     constructor() {
-        // @ts-expect-error: Indomitable will not be used in the thread process
         super(new EventEmitter());
         parentPort!.on('message', message => this.handleRawResponse(message, () => null));
     }