diff --git a/starss_install.sh b/starss_install.sh
index 2369242..215ed0b 100755
--- a/starss_install.sh
+++ b/starss_install.sh
@@ -48,7 +48,8 @@ P=${PACKAGE}-${VERSION}
 # CONFIGURE_OPTS=""
 #NP=$(cat /proc/cpuinfo | grep processor | wc -l)
 #MAKEOPTS="-j$NP"
-MAKEOPTS="-j2"
+# starss has problems when build in parallel
+MAKEOPTS="-j1"
 
 
 # Compiler specifications
@@ -143,17 +144,15 @@ case "${A##*.}" in
         ;;
 esac
 
-# TODO add autoreconf
-# TODO check subdirectory build
-mkdir ${BUILDDIR}
-cd ${BUILDDIR}
-
 cd ${SRCDIR}
-# updating build tools and environment
 if [ "$SVN_BUILD" == "yes" ]; then
+    # updating build tools and environment
     autoreconf -fiv
 fi
 
+mkdir ${BUILDDIR} -p
+cd ${BUILDDIR}
+
 echo "Running configure"
 ${SRCDIR}/configure --prefix=${PREFIX} ${CONFIGURE_OPTS} ${COMPILER_OPTS} 2>&1 | tee configure.log
 echo "Running make"