diff --git a/.circleci/config.yml b/.circleci/config.yml
index d41074b7..550cb1ed 100644
--- a/.circleci/config.yml
+++ b/.circleci/config.yml
@@ -261,9 +261,9 @@ jobs:
           name: Test httpd using curl (dev) (main/master)
           command: |
             docker network create httpd-test-main &&
-            docker run --network httpd-test-main --detach --rm --name oqs-httpd oqs-httpd-img-main &&
+            docker run --network httpd-test-main --detach --rm --name oqs-httpd2 oqs-httpd-img-main &&
             sleep 2 &&
-            docker run --network httpd-test-main oqs-curl-main curl -k https://oqs-httpd:4433 --curves kyber768
+            docker run --network httpd-test-main oqs-curl-main curl -k https://oqs-httpd2:4433 --curves kyber768
       - when:
           condition:
             or:
diff --git a/httpd/Dockerfile b/httpd/Dockerfile
index 5dc893d9..d41d7e65 100644
--- a/httpd/Dockerfile
+++ b/httpd/Dockerfile
@@ -40,7 +40,8 @@ ARG APRU_VERSION=1.6.3
 ARG APR_MIRROR="https://dlcdn.apache.org"
 
 # Define the degree of parallelism when building the image; leave the number away only if you know what you are doing
-ARG MAKE_DEFINES="-j 2"
+# A CI system with less than 4 cores should be avoided
+ARG MAKE_DEFINES="-j 4"
 
 
 FROM alpine:${ALPINE_VERSION} as intermediate