diff --git a/.github/workflows/pythontest.yaml b/.github/workflows/pythontest.yaml
index 6329ff04..2f154bf3 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/pythontest.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/pythontest.yaml
@@ -24,11 +24,8 @@ jobs:
     runs-on: ${{ matrix.os }}
     strategy:
       matrix:
-        os: [ ubuntu-latest ]
-        python-version: [ '3.7', '3.8', '3.9', '3.10' ]
-        exclude:
-          - os: macos-latest
-            python-version: '3.8'
+        os: [ 'ubuntu-latest' ]
+        python-version: [ '3.7', '3.8', '3.9', '3.10', '3.11' ]
     steps:
       - uses: actions/checkout@v2
       - uses: actions/setup-python@v2
diff --git a/CHANGELOG.rst b/CHANGELOG.rst
index b6e1bff0..f76869b3 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.rst
+++ b/CHANGELOG.rst
@@ -2,6 +2,14 @@
 Changelog
 =========
 
+0.2.42 - 2023-08-30
+-------------------
+
+Fixed
+^^^^^
+
+* Fixed the config_server on osx.
+
 0.2.41 - 2023-05-17
 -------------------
 
diff --git a/conftest.py b/conftest.py
index 12cf8afa..5c7013f4 100644
--- a/conftest.py
+++ b/conftest.py
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@
 import shutil
 import tempfile
 from contextlib import suppress
+from pathlib import Path
 
 # Doctest modules
 import numpy as np
@@ -158,11 +159,20 @@ def noheader_fits_file(data_dir):
 
 @pytest.fixture(scope='function')
 def cr2_file(data_dir):
-    cr2_path = os.path.join(data_dir, 'canon.cr2')
+    cr2_path = Path(data_dir) / 'canon.cr2'
 
-    if not os.path.exists(cr2_path):
+    if cr2_path.exists() is False:
         pytest.skip("No CR2 file found, skipping test.")
 
+    # The file is fetched in conftest.py but may be a 404-not found text message.
+    # Try to read as text. If we fail it is because the file is a CR2 (i.e. bytes
+    # and not text).
+    try:
+        _ = cr2_path.read_text()
+        pytest.skip("CR2 file found but it is not a CR2 file, skipping test.")
+    except UnicodeDecodeError:
+        pass
+
     with tempfile.TemporaryDirectory() as tmpdirname:
         copy_file = shutil.copy2(cr2_path, tmpdirname)
         yield copy_file
diff --git a/src/panoptes/utils/config/server.py b/src/panoptes/utils/config/server.py
index 30d38e86..289eb45b 100644
--- a/src/panoptes/utils/config/server.py
+++ b/src/panoptes/utils/config/server.py
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 import logging
 import os
+from sys import platform
 from multiprocessing import Process
 
 from flask import Flask
@@ -12,6 +13,12 @@
 from panoptes.utils.config.helpers import load_config
 from panoptes.utils.config.helpers import save_config
 
+# This seems to be needed. Should switch entire mechanism.
+if platform == "darwin" or platform == "win32":
+    import multiprocessing
+
+    multiprocessing.set_start_method('fork')
+
 # Turn off noisy logging for Flask wsgi server.
 logging.getLogger('werkzeug').setLevel(logging.WARNING)
 logging.getLogger('gevent').setLevel(logging.WARNING)