diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index eada0629c..7a689a91d 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -63,7 +63,7 @@ fastfetch uses [`cmake`](https://cmake.org/) for building. The simplest steps to
 mkdir -p build
 cd build
 cmake ..
-cmake --build .
+cmake --build . -j$(nproc)
 ```
   
 This will produce `build/fastfetch` and `build/flashfetch`, both standalone executables.  
diff --git a/run.sh b/run.sh
index e1bd91be3..baf04dc7f 100755
--- a/run.sh
+++ b/run.sh
@@ -2,5 +2,5 @@
 mkdir -p build/
 cd build/
 cmake ..
-cmake --build .
+cmake --build . -j$(nproc)
 ./fastfetch "$@"
diff --git a/tests/performance.sh b/tests/performance.sh
index 93e57af3b..17d926825 100755
--- a/tests/performance.sh
+++ b/tests/performance.sh
@@ -3,5 +3,5 @@ rm -rf tests/build/
 mkdir -p tests/build/
 cd tests/build/
 cmake ../.. -DBUILD_TESTS=ON
-cmake --build . --target fastfetch-test-performance
+cmake --build . -j$(nproc) --target fastfetch-test-performance
 ./fastfetch-test-performance "$@"