diff --git a/src/tasks/modorganizer.cpp b/src/tasks/modorganizer.cpp
index 9ef84d1..d03fc7e 100644
--- a/src/tasks/modorganizer.cpp
+++ b/src/tasks/modorganizer.cpp
@@ -186,8 +186,12 @@ namespace mob::tasks {
 
         // run cmake --build with default target
         // TODO: handle rebuild by adding `--clean-first`
+        // TODO: have a way to specify the `--parallel` value - 16 is useful to build
+        // game_bethesda that has 15 games, so 15 projects
         run_tool(cmake(cmake::build)
                      .root(source_path())
+                     .arg("--parallel")
+                     .arg("16")
                      .configuration(mob::config::relwithdebinfo));
 
         // run cmake --install