diff --git a/config/jackdaw.env b/config/jackdaw.env
index 38bab643..55edb801 100644
--- a/config/jackdaw.env
+++ b/config/jackdaw.env
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
 export GENTOO_MIRRORS="http://mirror.ovh.net/gentoo-distfiles/"
 export FEATURES="parallel-fetch preserve-libs -collision-protect protect-owned"
 export MAKEOPTS="-j7 -l7"
+export EMERGE_DEFAULT_OPTS="--color=n --jobs 3 --load-average 7"
diff --git a/config/junco.env b/config/junco.env
index 38bab643..55edb801 100644
--- a/config/junco.env
+++ b/config/junco.env
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
 export GENTOO_MIRRORS="http://mirror.ovh.net/gentoo-distfiles/"
 export FEATURES="parallel-fetch preserve-libs -collision-protect protect-owned"
 export MAKEOPTS="-j7 -l7"
+export EMERGE_DEFAULT_OPTS="--color=n --jobs 3 --load-average 7"