diff --git a/src/eynollah/eynollah.py b/src/eynollah/eynollah.py
index 6cea071..77f05d8 100644
--- a/src/eynollah/eynollah.py
+++ b/src/eynollah/eynollah.py
@@ -190,8 +190,9 @@ class Eynollah:
 
         self.model_zoo.load_models(*loadable)
         for model in loadable:
-            # cache and retrieve output shapes
-            self.model_zoo.get(model).output_shape
+            # retrieve and cache output shapes
+            self.logger.debug("model %s has output shape %s", model,
+                              self.model_zoo.get(model).output_shape)
 
     def __del__(self):
         if executor := getattr(self, 'executor', None):
diff --git a/src/eynollah/predictor.py b/src/eynollah/predictor.py
index 31452dc..ff0dfc3 100644
--- a/src/eynollah/predictor.py
+++ b/src/eynollah/predictor.py
@@ -36,19 +36,19 @@ class Predictor(mp.context.SpawnProcess):
 
     def __init__(self, logger, model_zoo):
         self.logger = logger
-        self.loglevel = logger.level
         self.model_zoo = model_zoo
         ctxt = mp.get_context('spawn')
-        self.jobid = ctxt.Value('i', 0)
         self.taskq = ctxt.Queue(maxsize=QSIZE)
         self.resultq = ctxt.Queue(maxsize=QSIZE)
         self.logq = ctxt.Queue(maxsize=QSIZE * 100)
-        log_listener = logging.handlers.QueueListener(
-            self.logq, *self.logger.handlers,
-            respect_handler_level=True).start()
+        logging.handlers.QueueListener(
+            self.logq, *(
+                # as per ocrd_utils.initLogging():
+                logging.root.handlers +
+                # as per eynollah_cli.main():
+                self.logger.handlers
+            ), respect_handler_level=False).start()
         self.stopped = ctxt.Event()
-        ctxt = mp.get_context('fork') # ocrd.Processor will fork workers
-        self.results = ctxt.Manager().dict()
         self.closable = ctxt.Manager().list()
         super().__init__(name="EynollahPredictor", daemon=True)
 
@@ -57,15 +57,20 @@ class Predictor(mp.context.SpawnProcess):
         return Predictor.SingleModelPredictor(self, model)
 
     def __call__(self, model: str, data: dict):
-        with self.jobid.get_lock():
+        # unusable as per python/cpython#79967
+        #with self.jobid.get_lock():
+        # would work, but not public:
+        #with self.jobid._mutex:
+        with self.joblock:
             self.jobid.value += 1
             jobid = self.jobid.value
         if not len(data):
             self.taskq.put((jobid, model, data))
+            #self.logger.debug("sent shape query task '%d' for model '%s'", jobid, model)
             return self.result(jobid)
         with share_ndarray(data) as shared_data:
             self.taskq.put((jobid, model, shared_data))
-            #self.logger.debug("sent task '%d'", jobid)
+            #self.logger.debug("sent prediction task '%d' for model '%s': %s", jobid, model, shared_data)
             return self.result(jobid)
 
     def result(self, jobid):
@@ -81,11 +86,11 @@ class Predictor(mp.context.SpawnProcess):
                     self.closable.append(jobid)
                 return result
             try:
-                jobid, result = self.resultq.get(timeout=0.7)
+                jobid0, result = self.resultq.get(timeout=0.7)
             except mp.queues.Empty:
                 continue
-            #self.logger.debug("storing results for '%d'", jobid)
-            self.results[jobid] = result
+            #self.logger.debug("storing results for '%d': '%s'", jobid0, result)
+            self.results[jobid0] = result
         raise Exception(f"predictor terminated while waiting on results for {jobid}")
 
     def run(self):
@@ -106,13 +111,13 @@ class Predictor(mp.context.SpawnProcess):
                 jobid, model, shared_data = self.taskq.get(timeout=1.1)
             except mp.queues.Empty:
                 continue
-            #self.logger.debug("predicting '%d'", jobid)
             try:
                 model = self.model_zoo.get(model)
                 if not len(shared_data):
-                    # non-input msg: model query
+                    #self.logger.debug("getting '%d' output shape of model '%s'", jobid, model)
                     result = model.output_shape
                 else:
+                    #self.logger.debug("predicting '%d' with model '%s': ", jobid, model, shared_data)
                     with ndarray_shared(shared_data) as data:
                         result = model.predict(data, verbose=0)
                     #self.logger.debug("sharing result array for '%d'", jobid)
@@ -122,22 +127,26 @@ class Predictor(mp.context.SpawnProcess):
                         result = stack.enter_context(share_ndarray(result))
                         closing[jobid] = stack.pop_all()
             except Exception as e:
-                self.logger.error("prediction failed: %s", e.__class__.__name__)
+                self.logger.error("prediction '%d' failed: %s", jobid, e.__class__.__name__)
                 result = e
             self.resultq.put((jobid, result))
-            #self.logger.debug("sent result for '%d'", jobid)
+            #self.logger.debug("sent result for '%d': %s", jobid, result)
         close_all()
         #self.logger.debug("predictor terminated")
 
     def load_models(self, *loadable: List[str]):
         self.loadable = loadable
-        self.start()
+        self.start() # call run() in subprocess
         # parent context here
-        del self.model_zoo
+        del self.model_zoo # only in subprocess
+        ctxt = mp.get_context('fork') # ocrd.Processor will fork workers
+        mngr = ctxt.Manager()
+        self.jobid = mngr.Value('i', 0)
+        self.joblock = mngr.Lock()
+        self.results = mngr.dict()
 
     def setup(self):
         logging.root.handlers = [logging.handlers.QueueHandler(self.logq)]
-        self.logger.setLevel(self.loglevel)
         self.model_zoo.load_models(*self.loadable)
 
     def shutdown(self):