diff --git a/docker/build_env/cudaqx.wheel.Dockerfile b/docker/build_env/cudaqx.wheel.Dockerfile
index 5fbd99a..30d59f0 100644
--- a/docker/build_env/cudaqx.wheel.Dockerfile
+++ b/docker/build_env/cudaqx.wheel.Dockerfile
@@ -28,5 +28,6 @@ RUN mkdir -p /workspaces/cudaqx/cudaq && cd /workspaces/cudaqx/cudaq \
   && git remote add origin https://github.com/${CUDAQ_REPO} \
   && git fetch -q --depth=1 origin ${CUDAQ_COMMIT} \
   && git reset --hard FETCH_HEAD \
-  && bash ../build_cudaq.sh --python-version ${python_version} \
+  && cd .. \
+  && bash build_cudaq.sh --python-version ${python_version} -j 8 \
   && rm -rf build