diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index f87225257..6d198631d 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -1,6 +1,9 @@
 
 export SHELL=bash
 
+# System information
+export CPU_CORES = $(shell cat /proc/cpuinfo | grep '^processor' | wc -l)
+
 export CONTAINER_COMMAND ?= podman
 export CONTAINER_BGRUN ?= $(CONTAINER_COMMAND) run -dit --network=host --replace
 export CONTAINER_FGRUN ?= $(CONTAINER_COMMAND) run -it --network=host --replace
@@ -27,6 +30,7 @@ export CONTAINER_CMD
 export ENTRYPOINT
 export EXEC_OPTS
 
+export STACK_CORES = $(shell echo $(($(CPU_CORES)/2)))
 export BASE_PORTS
 export UNIWORXDB_OPTS ?= -cf
 export PROD ?= false
@@ -109,7 +113,7 @@ start:
 %-hoogle: CONTAINER_CMD=localhost/fradrive/backend
 --start-hoogle:
 	HOOGLE_PORT=`cat $(CONTAINER_FILE) | grep 'HOOGLE_PORT=' | sed 's/HOOGLE_PORT=//'` ; \
-	stack --work-dir=.stack-work-doc hoogle -- server --local --port $${HOOGLE_PORT}
+	stack --work-dir=.stack-work-doc $(STACK_CORES) hoogle -- server --local --port $${HOOGLE_PORT}
 
 .PHONY: %-frontend
 %-frontend: SERVICE=frontend
@@ -234,19 +238,19 @@ endif
 --start-backend:
 	DEV_PORT_HTTP=`cat $(CONTAINER_FILE) | grep 'DEV_PORT_HTTP=' | sed 's/DEV_PORT_HTTP=//'`; \
 	DEV_PORT_HTTPS=`cat $(CONTAINER_FILE) | grep 'DEV_PORT_HTTPS=' | sed 's/DEV_PORT_HTTPS=//'`; \
-	stack --work-dir=.stack-work-run --lock-file ignore exec -- yesod devel -p "$${DEV_PORT_HTTP}" -q "$${DEV_PORT_HTTPS}"
+	stack --work-dir=.stack-work-run $(STACK_CORES) --lock-file ignore exec -- yesod devel -p "$${DEV_PORT_HTTP}" -q "$${DEV_PORT_HTTPS}"
 # HELP(compile-backend): compile backend binaries
 --compile-backend:
-	stack build --fast --profile --library-profiling --lock-file ignore --executable-profiling --flag uniworx:-library-only $(--DEVELOPMENT) --local-bin-path $$(pwd)/bin
+	stack build $(STACK_CORES) --fast --profile --library-profiling --lock-file ignore --executable-profiling --flag uniworx:-library-only $(--DEVELOPMENT) --local-bin-path $$(pwd)/bin
 # HELP(dependencies-backend): (re-)build backend dependencies
 --dependencies-backend: stack.yaml stack.yaml.lock package.yaml
-	stack build --fast --only-dependencies
+	stack build $(STACK_CORES) --fast --only-dependencies
 # HELP(lint-backend): lint backend
 --lint-backend:
-	stack build --test --fast --work-dir=.stack-work-test --flag uniworx:library-only $(--DEVELOPMENT) uniworx:test:hlint
+	stack build $(STACK_CORES) --test --fast --work-dir=.stack-work-test --flag uniworx:library-only $(--DEVELOPMENT) uniworx:test:hlint
 # HELP(test-backend): test backend
 --test-backend:
-	stack build --test --coverage --fast --work-dir=.stack-work-test --flag uniworx:library-only $(--DEVELOPMENT)
+	stack build $(STACK_CORES) --test --coverage --fast --work-dir=.stack-work-test --flag uniworx:library-only $(--DEVELOPMENT)
 
 # HELP(compile-frontend): compile frontend assets
 --compile-frontend: node_modules assets esbuild.config.mjs