diff --git a/build.sh b/build.sh
index 3c894993d2fed5e021b69041bf2f71ea06fd0f19..5582d673337aa318219119bebe3ac15419fb294c 100755
--- a/build.sh
+++ b/build.sh
@@ -112,8 +112,8 @@ else
     mv $HOME/openfpm_vars $HOME/openfpm_vars_$branch
     source $HOME/openfpm_vars_$branch
     if [ x"$hostname" == x"suitcase" ]; then
-      echo "Running make on 2 cores"
-      make VERBOSE=1 -j 2
+      echo "Running make on 1 cores"
+      make VERBOSE=1 -j 1
     else
       make VERBOSE=1 -j 8
     fi