diff --git a/src/main.rs b/src/main.rs
index e0ce76a..6ae12a5 100644
--- a/src/main.rs
+++ b/src/main.rs
@@ -40,8 +40,8 @@ struct Opt {
 	test:bool,
 	#[structopt(help = "Ordinal of the prime to generate or number to test for primality")]
 	num:u64,
-	#[structopt(short, long, name = "n", help = "Number of threads to spawn")]
-	jobs:Option<u64>,
+	#[structopt(short, long, name = "n", default_value = "1", help = "Number of threads to spawn")]
+	jobs:u64,
 }
 
 fn main() {
@@ -57,11 +57,6 @@ fn main() {
 		}
 	}
 
-	let jobs = match opts.jobs {
-		Some(n) => n,
-		None => 1, // TODO: use number of CPUs
-	};
-
 	if opts.num == 0 {
 		eprintln!("Invalid value for num: {}", opts.num);
 		process::exit(1);