diff --git a/.github/workflows/build.yml b/.github/workflows/build.yml
index b1f894d93..eeaad6834 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/build.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/build.yml
@@ -23,10 +23,8 @@ jobs:
       - name: support ape bins
         run: sudo sh -c "echo ':APE:M::MZqFpD::/bin/sh:' >/proc/sys/fs/binfmt_misc/register"
 
-      - name: temporary, log cpu count for make -j
-        run: lscpu
-
+        # gh-action runners have 2 cpus with 1 thread each
       - name: make everything
-        run: make --silent -j2
+        run: make -j2
 
 
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index f34bdac42..61ca9eef3 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 ![Cosmopolitan Honeybadger](usr/share/img/honeybadger.png)
 
+[![build](https://github.com/thetanil/cosmopolitan/actions/workflows/build.yml/badge.svg)](https://github.com/thetanil/cosmopolitan/actions/workflows/build.yml)
 # Cosmopolitan
 
 [Cosmopolitan Libc](https://justine.lol/cosmopolitan/index.html) makes C