diff --git a/PKGBUILD b/PKGBUILD
index 2ea35c7..922ed8f 100644
--- a/PKGBUILD
+++ b/PKGBUILD
@@ -26,9 +26,10 @@ build() {
     _jobs="$(nproc)"
     
     # may fail to compile on a high core count system
-    if [ "$_jobs" > "$_max_jobs" ]
+    # https://github.com/Netflix/vmaf/issues/1541
+    if [ "$_jobs" -ge "$_max_jobs" ]
     then
-        local _jobs="$_max_jobs"
+        _jobs="$_max_jobs"
         printf '%s\n' "limiting the compilation jobs to ${_jobs}"
     fi