diff --git a/imperative/python/megengine/distributed/launcher.py b/imperative/python/megengine/distributed/launcher.py
index a6c7c05ae95347afc2615257cc431b19abdbee4a..6cf39fa00fb5039ff735c3a609be6c68b5abb569 100644
--- a/imperative/python/megengine/distributed/launcher.py
+++ b/imperative/python/megengine/distributed/launcher.py
@@ -29,8 +29,8 @@ def launcher(func):
 
     def wrapper(*args, **kwargs):
         master_ip = "localhost"
-        port = get_free_ports(1)[0]
-        server = Server(port)
+        server = Server()
+        port = server.py_server_port
 
         procs = []
         for rank in range(n_gpus):
@@ -41,9 +41,18 @@ def launcher(func):
             p.start()
             procs.append(p)
 
-        for rank in range(n_gpus):
-            procs[rank].join()
-            code = procs[rank].exitcode
-            assert code == 0, "subprocess {} exit with code {}".format(rank, code)
+        ranks = [rank for rank in range(n_gpus)]
+
+        while len(ranks) > 0:
+            left = []
+            for rank in ranks:
+                procs[rank].join(1)
+                code = procs[rank].exitcode
+                assert (
+                    code == 0 or code == None
+                ), "subprocess {} exit with code {}".format(rank, code)
+                if code == None:
+                    left.append(rank)
+            ranks = left
 
     return wrapper
diff --git a/imperative/python/megengine/distributed/server.py b/imperative/python/megengine/distributed/server.py
index c9ab3177431654817789cca4cc8c90a080e90b30..6ab00a8b18aa65f18b97f729c22d1840ff2400ea 100644
--- a/imperative/python/megengine/distributed/server.py
+++ b/imperative/python/megengine/distributed/server.py
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@ import threading
 import time
 from collections import defaultdict
 from functools import partial
+from queue import Queue
 from socketserver import ThreadingMixIn
 from xmlrpc.client import ServerProxy
 from xmlrpc.server import SimpleXMLRPCServer
@@ -132,7 +133,7 @@ class ThreadXMLRPCServer(ThreadingMixIn, SimpleXMLRPCServer):
     pass
 
 
-def start_server(py_server_port, mm_server_port):
+def start_server(py_server_port, mm_server_port, queue):
     """
     Start python distributed server and multiple machine server.
     
@@ -141,6 +142,8 @@ def start_server(py_server_port, mm_server_port):
     """
     server = ThreadXMLRPCServer(("0.0.0.0", py_server_port), logRequests=False)
     server.register_instance(Methods(mm_server_port))
+    _, port = server.server_address
+    queue.put(port)
     server.serve_forever()
 
 
@@ -152,15 +155,14 @@ class Server:
     :param port: python server port.
     """
 
-    def __init__(self, port):
-        self.py_server_port = get_free_ports(1)[0] if port == 0 else port
+    def __init__(self, port=0):
         self.mm_server_port = create_mm_server("0.0.0.0", 0)
+        q = Queue()
         self.proc = threading.Thread(
-            target=start_server,
-            args=(self.py_server_port, self.mm_server_port),
-            daemon=True,
+            target=start_server, args=(port, self.mm_server_port, q), daemon=True,
         )
         self.proc.start()
+        self.py_server_port = q.get()
 
 
 class Client: