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 ```
 $ git clone https://github.com/nektro/zigmod
 $ cd zigmod
-$ zig build
+$ zig build -j1
 ```
 
 ## Usage
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@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ You may download a precompiled binary from https://github.com/nektro/zigmod/rele
 ```
 $ git clone https://github.com/nektro/zigmod
 $ cd zigmod
-$ zig build
+$ zig build -j1
 ```
 
 ## Getting Started