diff --git a/profiles/pentoo/base/profile.bashrc b/profiles/pentoo/base/profile.bashrc
index 75b0e1dcd..083dd6afa 100644
--- a/profiles/pentoo/base/profile.bashrc
+++ b/profiles/pentoo/base/profile.bashrc
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 #if [[ $CATEGORY/$PN == sys-auth/polkit ]] ; then FEATURES=${FEATURES/multilib-strict/} ; fi
-local CORES="$(grep -c ^proc /proc/cpuinfo)"
+#local CORES="$(grep -c ^proc /proc/cpuinfo)"
+local CORES="$(nproc)"
 if [[ "${CORES}" -eq "0" ]] ; then CORES="1" ; fi
 echo ${MAKEOPTS} | grep -q -e -j || export MAKEOPTS="-j${CORES} -l${CORES}"