diff --git a/Dockerfile b/Dockerfile
index 603b24a..735c3fc 100644
--- a/Dockerfile
+++ b/Dockerfile
@@ -45,8 +45,7 @@ RUN \
     { [[ "${VERSION_BRANCH:0:1}" == "#" ]] && VERSION_BRANCH="main" || true; } && \
     echo "$(TZ=UTC date +%Y%m%d-%H%M%S)_$(curl -ssL "https://api.github.com/repos/$VERSION_REPO/commits/$VERSION_BRANCH" | awk '{if ($1=="\"sha\":") {print substr($2,2,7); exit}}')_$VERSION_BRANCH" > /.CONTAINER_VERSION && \
     # Clean up:
-    apt-get remove -q -y "${TEMP_PACKAGES[@]}" && \
-    apt-get autoremove -q -o APT::Autoremove::RecommendsImportant=0 -o APT::Autoremove::SuggestsImportant=0 -y && \
+    apt-get autoremove -q -o APT::Autoremove::RecommendsImportant=0 -o APT::Autoremove::SuggestsImportant=0 -y "${TEMP_PACKAGES[@]}" && \
     apt-get clean -q -y && \
     # test mlat-client
     /usr/bin/mlat-client --help > /dev/null && \
diff --git a/rootfs/etc/s6-overlay/scripts/mlat-client b/rootfs/etc/s6-overlay/scripts/mlat-client
index 4a1ddfa..47a05a0 100755
--- a/rootfs/etc/s6-overlay/scripts/mlat-client
+++ b/rootfs/etc/s6-overlay/scripts/mlat-client
@@ -24,6 +24,9 @@ source /scripts/interpret_ultrafeeder_config
 
 s6wrap=(s6wrap --quiet --timestamps --prepend="$SCRIPT_NAME")
 
+# run with slightly lower priority
+renice 5 $$ || true
+
 "${s6wrap[@]}" --args echo "Started as an s6 service"
 
 MLAT_CMD="/usr/bin/mlat-client"
diff --git a/rootfs/usr/local/bin/adsbexchange-json-status b/rootfs/usr/local/bin/adsbexchange-json-status
index e07dac4..698c574 100755
--- a/rootfs/usr/local/bin/adsbexchange-json-status
+++ b/rootfs/usr/local/bin/adsbexchange-json-status
@@ -7,6 +7,9 @@ REMOTE_URL="https://adsbexchange.com/api/receive/"
 
 REMOTE_HOST=$( echo $REMOTE_URL | awk -F'/' '{print $3}' )
 
+# run with lowest priority
+renice 20 $$ || true
+
 # Set this to '0' if you don't want this script to ever try to self-cache DNS.
 # Default is on, but script will automatically not cache if resolver is localhost, or if curl version is too old.
 DNS_CACHE=1