diff --git a/3dr-yocto-bsp-base/setup-environment b/3dr-yocto-bsp-base/setup-environment
index 148bb37..33c4e12 100755
--- a/3dr-yocto-bsp-base/setup-environment
+++ b/3dr-yocto-bsp-base/setup-environment
@@ -147,7 +147,7 @@ if [ ! -e conf/local.conf.sample ]; then
     grep -v '^#\|^$' conf/local.conf.sample > conf/local.conf
     cat >> conf/local.conf <<EOF
 
-BB_NUMBER_THREADS = '$NCPU'
+BB_NUMBER_THREADS = '8'
 PARALLEL_MAKE = '-j $NCPU'
 
 DL_DIR ?= "\${BSPDIR}/downloads/"