diff --git a/src/config.cc b/src/config.cc
index c2bf32f..3cfc808 100644
--- a/src/config.cc
+++ b/src/config.cc
@@ -5,12 +5,15 @@
 #include "files.h"
 #include "sourcefile.h"
 
+//TODO: add try-catch to json-get and get_child
 MainConfig::MainConfig(Menu &menu) : menu(menu) {
   find_or_create_config_files();
   boost::property_tree::json_parser::read_json(Singleton::config_dir() + "config.json", cfg);
   GenerateSource();
   GenerateKeybindings();
   GenerateDirectoryFilter();
+
+  Singleton::Config::terminal()->make_command=cfg.get<std::string>("project.make_command");
 }
 
 void MainConfig::find_or_create_config_files() {
diff --git a/src/files.h b/src/files.h
index 8831802..464811e 100644
--- a/src/files.h
+++ b/src/files.h
@@ -58,6 +58,9 @@ const std::string configjson =
 "        \"kill_last_running\": \"<primary>Escape\",\n"
 "        \"force_kill_last_running\": \"<primary><shift>Escape\"\n"
 "    },\n"
+"    \"project\": {\n"
+"        \"make_command\": \"make -j 2\"\n"
+"    },\n"
 "    \"directoryfilter\": {\n"
 "        \"ignore\": [\n"
 "            \"cmake\",\n"
diff --git a/src/singletons.cc b/src/singletons.cc
index ace0668..94d1a03 100644
--- a/src/singletons.cc
+++ b/src/singletons.cc
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@
 
 std::unique_ptr<Source::Config> Singleton::Config::source_=std::unique_ptr<Source::Config>(new Source::Config());
 std::unique_ptr<Directories::Config> Singleton::Config::directories_=std::unique_ptr<Directories::Config>(new Directories::Config());
+std::unique_ptr<Terminal::Config> Singleton::Config::terminal_=std::unique_ptr<Terminal::Config>(new Terminal::Config());
 
 std::unique_ptr<Terminal> Singleton::terminal_=std::unique_ptr<Terminal>();
 Terminal *Singleton::terminal() {
diff --git a/src/singletons.h b/src/singletons.h
index e39453c..2a09fc3 100644
--- a/src/singletons.h
+++ b/src/singletons.h
@@ -15,9 +15,11 @@ public:
   public:
     static Source::Config *source() {return source_.get();}
     static Directories::Config *directories() {return directories_.get();}
+    static Terminal::Config *terminal() {return terminal_.get();}
   private:
     static std::unique_ptr<Source::Config> source_;
     static std::unique_ptr<Directories::Config> directories_;
+    static std::unique_ptr<Terminal::Config> terminal_;
   };
   static std::string config_dir() { return std::string(getenv("HOME")) + "/.juci/config/"; }
   static std::string log_dir() { return std::string(getenv("HOME")) + "/.juci/log/"; }
diff --git a/src/terminal.h b/src/terminal.h
index 4e01852..838cd0d 100644
--- a/src/terminal.h
+++ b/src/terminal.h
@@ -11,6 +11,11 @@
 
 class Terminal : public Gtk::TextView {
 public:  
+  class Config {
+  public:
+    std::string make_command;
+  };
+  
   class InProgress {
   public:
     InProgress(const std::string& start_msg);
diff --git a/src/window.cc b/src/window.cc
index d1e4175..1f2dc13 100644
--- a/src/window.cc
+++ b/src/window.cc
@@ -220,7 +220,7 @@ void Window::create_menu() {
         Singleton::terminal()->print("Compiling and running "+executable_path.string()+"\n");
         //TODO: Windows...
         auto project_path=cmake.project_path;
-        Singleton::terminal()->async_execute("make", cmake.project_path, [this, executable_path, project_path](int exit_code){
+        Singleton::terminal()->async_execute(Singleton::Config::terminal()->make_command, cmake.project_path, [this, executable_path, project_path](int exit_code){
           compiling=false;
           if(exit_code==EXIT_SUCCESS) {
             compile_success();
@@ -247,7 +247,7 @@ void Window::create_menu() {
       compiling=true;
       Singleton::terminal()->print("Compiling project "+cmake.project_path.string()+"\n");
       //TODO: Windows...
-      Singleton::terminal()->async_execute("make", cmake.project_path, [this](int exit_code){
+      Singleton::terminal()->async_execute(Singleton::Config::terminal()->make_command, cmake.project_path, [this](int exit_code){
         compiling=false;
         if(exit_code==EXIT_SUCCESS)
           compile_success();