diff --git a/comfy/cmd/worker.py b/comfy/cmd/worker.py
index 454172dd9..bfd67f9c7 100644
--- a/comfy/cmd/worker.py
+++ b/comfy/cmd/worker.py
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 import asyncio
+import os
 
 from .. import options
-from ..distributed.distributed_prompt_worker import DistributedPromptWorker
 
 options.enable_args_parsing()
 
@@ -14,6 +14,38 @@ async def main():
     args.distributed_queue_frontend = False
     assert args.distributed_queue_connection_uri is not None, "Set the --distributed-queue-connection-uri argument to your RabbitMQ server"
 
+
+    if args.cuda_device is not None:
+        os.environ['CUDA_VISIBLE_DEVICES'] = str(args.cuda_device)
+        print("Set cuda device to:", args.cuda_device)
+
+    if args.deterministic:
+        if 'CUBLAS_WORKSPACE_CONFIG' not in os.environ:
+            os.environ['CUBLAS_WORKSPACE_CONFIG'] = ":4096:8"
+
+    # configure paths
+    if args.output_directory:
+        output_dir = os.path.abspath(args.output_directory)
+        print(f"Setting output directory to: {output_dir}")
+        from ..cmd import folder_paths
+        
+        folder_paths.set_output_directory(output_dir)
+    
+    if args.input_directory:
+        input_dir = os.path.abspath(args.input_directory)
+        print(f"Setting input directory to: {input_dir}")
+        from ..cmd import folder_paths
+    
+        folder_paths.set_input_directory(input_dir)
+
+    if args.temp_directory:
+        temp_dir = os.path.abspath(args.temp_directory)
+        print(f"Setting temp directory to: {temp_dir}")
+        from ..cmd import folder_paths
+
+        folder_paths.set_temp_directory(temp_dir)
+
+    from ..distributed.distributed_prompt_worker import DistributedPromptWorker
     async with DistributedPromptWorker(connection_uri=args.distributed_queue_connection_uri,
                                        queue_name=args.distributed_queue_name):
         stop = asyncio.Event()
diff --git a/comfy/distributed/distributed_prompt_worker.py b/comfy/distributed/distributed_prompt_worker.py
index f82d45f9a..ea6e38b43 100644
--- a/comfy/distributed/distributed_prompt_worker.py
+++ b/comfy/distributed/distributed_prompt_worker.py
@@ -1,6 +1,5 @@
 import asyncio
 import logging
-import sys
 from asyncio import AbstractEventLoop
 from contextlib import AsyncExitStack
 from dataclasses import asdict