diff --git a/scripts/process-archive.sh b/scripts/process-archive.sh
index 21486755..ce8eef08 100755
--- a/scripts/process-archive.sh
+++ b/scripts/process-archive.sh
@@ -4,10 +4,11 @@
 KEEP_FREE=2
 
 THREADS=`cat /proc/cpuinfo | awk '/^processor/{print $3}' | wc -l`
-if [ $KEEP_FREE ] ; then
+if [ $KEEP_FREE ] && (( THREADS > KEEP_FREE )) ; then
 	THREADS=$((THREADS - KEEP_FREE))
 fi
 
+
 # TODO make this runnable from anywhere...
 #	- prepend paths with './' only if local/relative
 
diff --git a/ui (gen4)/archive/media/img/my/work/process-archive.sh b/ui (gen4)/archive/media/img/my/work/process-archive.sh
index 21486755..ce8eef08 100755
--- a/ui (gen4)/archive/media/img/my/work/process-archive.sh	
+++ b/ui (gen4)/archive/media/img/my/work/process-archive.sh	
@@ -4,10 +4,11 @@
 KEEP_FREE=2
 
 THREADS=`cat /proc/cpuinfo | awk '/^processor/{print $3}' | wc -l`
-if [ $KEEP_FREE ] ; then
+if [ $KEEP_FREE ] && (( THREADS > KEEP_FREE )) ; then
 	THREADS=$((THREADS - KEEP_FREE))
 fi
 
+
 # TODO make this runnable from anywhere...
 #	- prepend paths with './' only if local/relative