diff --git a/copyparty/__main__.py b/copyparty/__main__.py
index 420be3ac..30662e1a 100644
--- a/copyparty/__main__.py
+++ b/copyparty/__main__.py
@@ -335,7 +335,7 @@ def run_argparse(argv: list[str], formatter: Any, retry: bool) -> argparse.Names
     except:
         fk_salt = "hunter2"
 
-    cores = os.cpu_count() if hasattr(os, "cpu_count") else 4
+    cores = (os.cpu_count() if hasattr(os, "cpu_count") else 0) or 4
     hcores = min(cores, 3)  # 4% faster than 4+ on py3.9 @ r5-4500U
 
     sects = [
diff --git a/copyparty/__version__.py b/copyparty/__version__.py
index ed707384..025850b6 100644
--- a/copyparty/__version__.py
+++ b/copyparty/__version__.py
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 # coding: utf-8
 
-VERSION = (1, 3, 13)
+VERSION = (1, 3, 14)
 CODENAME = "god dag"
 BUILD_DT = (2022, 8, 15)