diff --git a/dist/mastodon-sidekiq.service b/dist/mastodon-sidekiq.service
index 7ff8a6a8ae..5150121960 100644
--- a/dist/mastodon-sidekiq.service
+++ b/dist/mastodon-sidekiq.service
@@ -47,6 +47,11 @@ SystemCallFilter=~@cpu-emulation @debug @keyring @ipc @mount @obsolete @privileg
 SystemCallFilter=@chown
 SystemCallFilter=pipe
 SystemCallFilter=pipe2
+Nice=19
+CPUSchedulingPolicy=idle
+CPUSchedulingPriority=1
+IOSchedulingClass=idle
+IOSchedulingPriority=7
 ReadWritePaths=/home/mastodon/live
 
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