diff --git a/src/Tgstation.Server.Host/Components/Watchdog/SessionController.cs b/src/Tgstation.Server.Host/Components/Watchdog/SessionController.cs
index fde13f58c2..6a6448678b 100644
--- a/src/Tgstation.Server.Host/Components/Watchdog/SessionController.cs
+++ b/src/Tgstation.Server.Host/Components/Watchdog/SessionController.cs
@@ -427,5 +427,8 @@ namespace Tgstation.Server.Host.Components.Watchdog
 			CheckDisposed();
 			reattachInformation.RebootState = RebootState.Normal;
 		}
+
+		/// <inheritdoc />
+		public void SetHighPriority() => process.SetHighPriority();
 	}
 }
diff --git a/src/Tgstation.Server.Host/Components/Watchdog/Watchdog.cs b/src/Tgstation.Server.Host/Components/Watchdog/Watchdog.cs
index 5d35904214..df759f6de9 100644
--- a/src/Tgstation.Server.Host/Components/Watchdog/Watchdog.cs
+++ b/src/Tgstation.Server.Host/Components/Watchdog/Watchdog.cs
@@ -665,6 +665,7 @@ namespace Tgstation.Server.Host.Components.Watchdog
 						//wait until this boy officially starts so as not to confuse the servers as to who came first
 						var startTime = DateTimeOffset.Now;
 						alphaServer = await alphaServerTask.ConfigureAwait(false);
+						alphaServer.SetHighPriority();
 
 						//extra delay for total ordering
 						var now = DateTimeOffset.Now;
@@ -680,7 +681,8 @@ namespace Tgstation.Server.Host.Components.Watchdog
 							bravoServerTask = sessionControllerFactory.Reattach(reattachInfo.Bravo, cancellationToken);
 
 						bravoServer = await bravoServerTask.ConfigureAwait(false);
-						
+						bravoServer.SetHighPriority();
+
 						async Task<LaunchResult> CheckLaunch(ISessionController controller, string serverName)
 						{
 							var launch = await controller.LaunchResult.ConfigureAwait(false);
diff --git a/src/Tgstation.Server.Host/Core/IProcessBase.cs b/src/Tgstation.Server.Host/Core/IProcessBase.cs
index b96b93b2ae..cc287208c4 100644
--- a/src/Tgstation.Server.Host/Core/IProcessBase.cs
+++ b/src/Tgstation.Server.Host/Core/IProcessBase.cs
@@ -12,5 +12,10 @@ namespace Tgstation.Server.Host.Core
 		/// The <see cref="Task{TResult}"/> resulting in the exit code of the process
 		/// </summary>
 		Task<int> Lifetime { get; }
+
+		/// <summary>
+		/// Set's the owned <see cref="System.Diagnostics.Process.PriorityClass"/> to <see cref="System.Diagnostics.ProcessPriorityClass.AboveNormal"/>
+		/// </summary>
+		void SetHighPriority();
 	}
 }
diff --git a/src/Tgstation.Server.Host/Core/Process.cs b/src/Tgstation.Server.Host/Core/Process.cs
index cd869ee83a..15296ebb2f 100644
--- a/src/Tgstation.Server.Host/Core/Process.cs
+++ b/src/Tgstation.Server.Host/Core/Process.cs
@@ -79,5 +79,14 @@ namespace Tgstation.Server.Host.Core
 			}
 			catch (InvalidOperationException) { }
 		}
+
+		public void SetHighPriority()
+		{
+			try
+			{
+				handle.PriorityClass = System.Diagnostics.ProcessPriorityClass.AboveNormal;
+			}
+			catch (InvalidOperationException) { }
+		}
 	}
 }