diff --git a/gen_compile.sh b/gen_compile.sh
index febbcd3..2de867f 100755
--- a/gen_compile.sh
+++ b/gen_compile.sh
@@ -252,8 +252,8 @@ compile_generic() {
 	# ARGS='CC="ccache gcc"'
 	if [ "${argstype}" == 'runtask' ]
 	then
-		print_info 2 "COMMAND: ${MAKE} ${MAKEOPTS/-j?/j1} ${ARGS} ${target} $*" 1 0 1
-		eval ${MAKE} -s ${MAKEOPTS/-j?/-j1} "${ARGS}" ${target} $*
+		print_info 2 "COMMAND: ${MAKE} ${MAKEOPTS} -j1 ${ARGS} ${target} $*" 1 0 1
+		eval ${MAKE} -s ${MAKEOPTS} -j1 "${ARGS}" ${target} $*
 		RET=$?
 	elif [ "${LOGLEVEL}" -gt "1" ]
 	then