diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index 033e939..2ece677 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 [project]
 name = "pycage"
-version = "0.2.0"
+version = "0.2.1"
 description = "tool to handle standalone Python installations from the CLI"
 authors = [
     {name = "Florian Förster", email = "f.foerster@d-opt.com"},
diff --git a/src/pycage/compile.py b/src/pycage/compile.py
index 19f4a2b..dba402c 100644
--- a/src/pycage/compile.py
+++ b/src/pycage/compile.py
@@ -1,7 +1,6 @@
 from __future__ import annotations
 
-import compileall
-import re
+import subprocess
 
 import click
 
@@ -20,16 +19,6 @@ from pycage.helpers import get_interpreter, print_error
         "timestamps suggest that they did not change"
     ),
 )
-@click.option(
-    "-w",
-    "--workers",
-    type=click.INT,
-    default=1,
-    show_default=True,
-    help=(
-        "decide how many workers should be used, if 0: all cores of the machine will be used"
-    ),
-)
 @click.option(
     "-o",
     "--optimise",
@@ -43,32 +32,32 @@ from pycage.helpers import get_interpreter, print_error
 )
 def compile(
     optimise: int,
-    workers: int,
     force: bool,
 ) -> None:
-    exclude = re.compile(r"[\\|/]+tcl[\\|/]+")
-
     try:
         pth_intp = get_interpreter()
     except RuntimeError:
         click.echo("Base interpreter path could not be found", err=True)
         return
 
-    base_dir = pth_intp.parent
+    exclude_rx: str = "[\\\\|/]+tcl[\\\\|/]+"
+    cmd = [
+        str(pth_intp),
+        "-m",
+        "compileall",
+        ".",
+        "-x",
+        exclude_rx,
+        "-o",
+        str(optimise),
+    ]
+    if force:
+        cmd.extend(("-f",))
 
     try:
-        success = compileall.compile_dir(
-            base_dir,
-            force=force,
-            optimize=optimise,
-            workers=workers,
-            rx=exclude,
-        )
+        subprocess.run(cmd)
     except Exception as err:
         print_error(err)
+        return
 
-    if not success:
-        err = RuntimeError("The compilation process was not successful.")
-        print_error(err)
-    else:
-        click.echo("The compilation process was successful.")
+    click.echo("The compilation process was successful.")