diff --git a/helpers/forall-git b/helpers/forall-git
index 23b48b73d0e10a84c03fa81c092b2a381a5a6f94..611d53e7b201ab6d198ac34a394f11b3fa66b557 100755
--- a/helpers/forall-git
+++ b/helpers/forall-git
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ NC='\033[m'
 
 if which parallel >/dev/null; then
 
-  find -L . -maxdepth 3 -name .git -type d | parallel -j $(nproc --all) "cd {//}; echo -ne '$COLOR'; pwd; echo -ne '$NC'; $@"
+  find -L . -maxdepth 3 -name .git -type d | parallel -j 8 "cd {//}; echo -ne '$COLOR'; pwd; echo -ne '$NC'; $@"
 
 else