diff --git a/src/builders/build_basalt.rs b/src/builders/build_basalt.rs
index 2ea8fbb..1edd4d1 100644
--- a/src/builders/build_basalt.rs
+++ b/src/builders/build_basalt.rs
@@ -39,7 +39,7 @@ pub fn get_build_basalt_jobs(profile: &Profile, clean_build: bool) -> VecDeque<W
     );
 
     let mut cmake_env: HashMap<String, String> = HashMap::new();
-    cmake_env.insert("CMAKE_BUILD_PARALLEL_LEVEL".into(), "15".into());
+    cmake_env.insert("CMAKE_BUILD_PARALLEL_LEVEL".into(), "2".into());
     cmake_env.insert("CMAKE_BUILD_TYPE".into(), "RelWithDebInfo".into());
     cmake_env.insert("BUILD_TESTS".into(), "off".into());