diff --git a/hosts/main.nix b/hosts/main.nix
index e72fce1..bd8cb4e 100644
--- a/hosts/main.nix
+++ b/hosts/main.nix
@@ -44,6 +44,9 @@
     win-virtio
   ];
 
+  nix.daemonCPUSchedPolicy = "idle";
+  nix.daemonIONiceLevel = 7;
+  systemd.services.nix-daemon.serviceConfig.Nice = 9;
 
   # enable ntp
   #services.ntp.enable = true;