diff --git a/install.sh b/install.sh
index d8a5c649..81a68173 100755
--- a/install.sh
+++ b/install.sh
@@ -19,6 +19,16 @@ display_help() {
 
 #location of OS details for linux
 OS_RELEASE_FILE="/etc/os-release"
+CPU_CORE_COUNT=`grep -c ^processor /proc/cpuinfo`
+RAM_SIZE=`free -g | grep "Mem:" | awk '{print $2}'`
+
+if [[ $(($RAM_SIZE + 0)) -lt 4 ]]; then
+  CPU_CORE_COUNT=2
+fi
+if [[ $(($RAM_SIZE + 0)) -lt 2 ]]; then
+  CPU_CORE_COUNT=1
+fi
+echo "RAM size is ${RAM_SIZE} GB, Utilizing threads: ${CPU_CORE_COUNT}"
 
 #check if Raspian is in the file, if not set the install Args to be false
 if grep -q "Raspbian" ${OS_RELEASE_FILE}; then
@@ -185,7 +195,7 @@ else
   cd build
 
   #beginning cmake
-  cmake -DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=Release ../
+  cmake -DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=Release -- -j$CPU_CORE_COUNT ../
   if [[ $? -eq 0 ]]; then
       echo -e Aasdk CMake completed successfully'\n'
   else
@@ -194,7 +204,7 @@ else
   fi
 
   #beginning make
-  make -j2
+  make -j$CPU_CORE_COUNT
 
   if [[ $? -eq 0 ]]; then
     echo -e Aasdk Make completed successfully '\n'
@@ -260,7 +270,7 @@ if [ $gstreamer = true ]; then
 
   #run cmake
   echo Beginning cmake
-  cmake .. -DCMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX=/usr -DCMAKE_INSTALL_LIBDIR=lib/$(dpkg-architecture -qDEB_HOST_MULTIARCH) -DCMAKE_INSTALL_INCLUDEDIR=include -DQT_VERSION=5 -DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=Release -DCMAKE_CXX_FLAGS=-std=c++11
+  cmake .. -DCMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX=/usr -DCMAKE_INSTALL_LIBDIR=lib/$(dpkg-architecture -qDEB_HOST_MULTIARCH) -DCMAKE_INSTALL_INCLUDEDIR=include -DQT_VERSION=5 -DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=Release -DCMAKE_CXX_FLAGS=-std=c++11 -- -j$CPU_CORE_COUNT
 
   if [[ $? -eq 0 ]]; then
     echo -e Make ok'\n'
@@ -270,7 +280,7 @@ if [ $gstreamer = true ]; then
   fi
 
   echo Making Gstreamer
-  make -j4
+  make -j$CPU_CORE_COUNT
 
   if [[ $? -eq 0 ]]; then
     echo -e Gstreamer make ok'\n'
@@ -337,7 +347,7 @@ else
   cd build
 
   echo Beginning openauto cmake
-  cmake ${installArgs} -DGST_BUILD=true ../
+  cmake ${installArgs} -DGST_BUILD=true -- -j$CPU_CORE_COUNT ../
   if [[ $? -eq 0 ]]; then
     echo -e Openauto CMake OK'\n'
   else
@@ -346,7 +356,7 @@ else
   fi
 
   echo Beginning openauto make
-  make
+  make -j$CPU_CORE_COUNT
   if [[ $? -eq 0 ]]; then
     echo -e Openauto make OK'\n'
   else
@@ -386,7 +396,7 @@ else
 
 	echo -e Installing dash'\n'
   echo Running CMake for dash
-  cmake ${installArgs} -DGST_BUILD=TRUE ../
+  cmake ${installArgs} -DGST_BUILD=TRUE -- -j$CPU_CORE_COUNT ../
   if [[ $? -eq 0 ]]; then
     echo -e Dash CMake OK'\n'
   else
@@ -395,7 +405,7 @@ else
   fi
 
   echo Running Dash make
-  make
+  make -j$CPU_CORE_COUNT
   if [[ $? -eq 0 ]]; then
       echo -e Dash make ok, executable can be found ../bin/dash
       echo