diff --git a/build_examples.sh b/build_examples.sh
index f635d55..efa71ce 100644
--- a/build_examples.sh
+++ b/build_examples.sh
@@ -36,5 +36,5 @@ python tools/generate-queries.py
 
 # for each filename in the models/ directory, run tools/compile.py -o models/compiled/<filename>.ttl
 mkdir -p models/compiled
-make -j 4 compile-models
+make compile-models
 jb build .