diff --git a/buildScripts/buildFontforge b/buildScripts/buildFontforge
index 2177738..8168b08 100755
--- a/buildScripts/buildFontforge
+++ b/buildScripts/buildFontforge
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-cd fontforge;
-./bootstrap;
-./configure;
-make;
+cd fontforge
+./bootstrap
+./configure
+make -j `nproc`
diff --git a/buildScripts/buildPdf2htmlEX b/buildScripts/buildPdf2htmlEX
index 97e5ac1..399912c 100755
--- a/buildScripts/buildPdf2htmlEX
+++ b/buildScripts/buildPdf2htmlEX
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
 mkdir build
 cd build
-cmake ..
-make
+cmake -DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=Release -DCMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX=/usr ..
+make -j `nproc`
diff --git a/buildScripts/buildPoppler b/buildScripts/buildPoppler
index 2cda28c..c9e6a98 100755
--- a/buildScripts/buildPoppler
+++ b/buildScripts/buildPoppler
@@ -7,4 +7,4 @@ mkdir build
 cd build
 cmake -DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=Release -DCMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX=/usr \
     -DENABLE_LIBOPENJPEG=none ..
-make
+make -j `nproc`