diff --git a/metaflow/runtime.py b/metaflow/runtime.py
index c446266be32..6f32aba499c 100644
--- a/metaflow/runtime.py
+++ b/metaflow/runtime.py
@@ -19,12 +19,15 @@
 from functools import partial
 from concurrent import futures
 
+
 from metaflow.datastore.exceptions import DataException
+from itertools import chain
 from contextlib import contextmanager
 
 from . import get_namespace
 from .metadata_provider import MetaDatum
 from .metaflow_config import MAX_ATTEMPTS, UI_URL
+from .metaflow_config import SPIN_ALLOWED_DECORATORS
 from .exception import (
     MetaflowException,
     MetaflowInternalError,
@@ -102,8 +105,6 @@ def __init__(
         self._entrypoint = entrypoint
         self._event_logger = event_logger
         self._monitor = monitor
-        self._args = args or []
-        self._kwargs = kwargs or {}
 
         self._step_func = step_func
         self._task_pathspec = task_pathspec
@@ -113,10 +114,6 @@ def __init__(
         self._whitelist_decorators = None
         self._config_file_name = None
         self._max_log_size = max_log_size
-        self._run_queue = []
-        self._poll = procpoll.make_poll()
-        self._workers = {}  # fd -> subprocess mapping
-        self._finished = {}
 
         # Create a new run_id for the spin task
         self._run_id = self._metadata.new_run_id()
@@ -124,8 +121,18 @@ def __init__(
             f"New run_id for spin task: {self._run_id} and step func: {self._step_func.name}"
         )
 
+        print(
+            f"Decorators for {self._step_func.name}: {list(self._step_func.decorators)}"
+        )
+
         for deco in self._step_func.decorators:
+            print(
+                f"Running runtime_init for {deco.__class__.__name__} at {self._step_func.name}"
+            )
+            print("-" * 100)
             deco.runtime_init(flow, graph, package, self._run_id)
+            if hasattr(deco, "_metaflow_home"):
+                print(f"Metaflow home is {deco._metaflow_home}")
 
         print(f"Input paths: {self.input_paths}")
 
@@ -208,83 +215,68 @@ def execute(self):
             else:
                 self._config_file_name = None
 
-        task = self._new_task(self._step_func.name, {})
+        self.task = self._new_task(self._step_func.name, {})
         _ds = self._flow_datastore.get_task_datastore(
-            self._run_id, self._step_func.name, task.task_id, attempt=0, mode="w"
+            self._run_id, self._step_func.name, self.task.task_id, attempt=0, mode="w"
         )
 
         for deco in self.whitelist_decorators:
             deco.runtime_task_created(
                 _ds,
-                task.task_id,
+                self.task.task_id,
                 self.split_index,
                 self.input_paths,
                 is_cloned=False,
                 ubf_context=None,
             )
 
-        # Start a new worker to spin a step
-        worker = Worker(task, self._max_log_size, self._config_file_name, spin=True)
-        for fd in worker.fds():
-            self._workers[fd] = worker
-            self._poll.add(fd)
+        self.launch_spin()
 
-        finished_tasks = list(self._poll_workers())
-        try:
-            pass
-        except KeyboardInterrupt as ex:
-            self._logger("Workflow interrupted.", system_msg=True, bad=True)
-            self._killall()
-            exception = ex
-            raise
-
-        except Exception as ex:
-            self._logger("Workflow failed.", system_msg=True, bad=True)
-            self._killall()
-            exception = ex
-            raise
-        finally:
-            # on finish clean tasks
-            for step in self._flow:
-                for deco in step.decorators:
-                    deco.runtime_finished(exception)
-
-        def _launch_spin(self):
-            args = CLIArgs(self.task, self.spin)
-            env = dict(os.environ)
+        # Start a new worker to spin a step
+        # on finish clean tasks
+        exception = None
+        for deco in self.whitelist_decorators:
+            deco.runtime_finished(exception)
 
-            for deco in self.task.decos:
-                deco.runtime_step_cli(
-                    args,
-                    self.task.retries,
-                    self.task.user_code_retries,
-                    self.task.ubf_context,
-                )
+    def launch_spin(self):
+        args = CLIArgs(self.task, spin=True)
+        env = dict(os.environ)
 
-            # Add user configurations using a file to avoid using up too much space on the
-            # command line
-            if self._config_file_name:
-                args.top_level_options["local-config-file"] = self._config_file_name
-
-            print(f"Args Entrypoint updated is {args.entrypoint}")
-            env.update(args.get_env())
-            env["PYTHONUNBUFFERED"] = "x"
-            cmdline = args.get_args()
-            print(f"Command line is: {cmdline}")
-
-            process = subprocess.Popen(
-                cmdline,
-                env=env,
-                bufsize=1,
-                stdin=subprocess.PIPE,
-                stderr=subprocess.PIPE,
-                stdout=subprocess.PIPE,
+        for deco in self.task.decos:
+            deco.runtime_step_cli(
+                args,
+                self.task.retries,
+                self.task.user_code_retries,
+                self.task.ubf_context,
             )
 
-            # Read and print subprocess output
-            stdout, stderr = process.communicate()
-            print(f"stdout: {stdout.decode()}")
-            print(f"stderr: {stderr.decode()}")
+        # Add user configurations using a file to avoid using up too much space on the
+        # command line
+        if self._config_file_name:
+            args.top_level_options["local-config-file"] = self._config_file_name
+
+        print(f"Args Entrypoint updated is {args.entrypoint}")
+        env.update(args.get_env())
+        env["PYTHONUNBUFFERED"] = "x"
+        cmdline = args.get_args()
+        print(f"Command line is: {cmdline}")
+
+        process = subprocess.Popen(
+            cmdline,
+            env=env,
+            bufsize=1,
+            stdin=subprocess.PIPE,
+            stderr=subprocess.PIPE,
+            stdout=subprocess.PIPE,
+        )
+
+        # Read and print subprocess output
+        stdout, stderr = process.communicate()
+        print("STDOUT:\n")
+        print(f"{stdout.decode()}")
+        print("-" * 100)
+        print("STDERR:\n")
+        print(f"stderr: {stderr.decode()}")
 
 
 class NativeRuntime(object):