diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index 4174b8b..d456343 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -1,6 +1,25 @@
 # This file is automatically @generated by Cargo.
 # It is not intended for manual editing.
+[[package]]
+name = "libc"
+version = "0.2.53"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+
+[[package]]
+name = "thread-priority"
+version = "0.1.0"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+dependencies = [
+ "libc 0.2.53 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "untitled"
 version = "0.1.0"
+dependencies = [
+ "thread-priority 0.1.0 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)",
+]
 
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+"checksum libc 0.2.53 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)" = "ec350a9417dfd244dc9a6c4a71e13895a4db6b92f0b106f07ebbc3f3bc580cee"
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diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index 341d5f7..2b796a5 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -5,3 +5,4 @@ authors = ["Michael Preisach <michael@preisach.at>"]
 edition = "2018"
 
 [dependencies]
+thread-priority = "0.1.0"
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/src/main.rs b/src/main.rs
index 4306097..a929a29 100644
--- a/src/main.rs
+++ b/src/main.rs
@@ -1,3 +1,5 @@
+extern crate thread_priority;
+use thread_priority::*;
 use std::net::{TcpStream};
 use std::io::prelude::*;
 use std::io::{BufReader};
@@ -11,6 +13,11 @@ use encoder::Encodestate;
 pub static DEBUG: bool = false;
 
 fn main() {
+    let thread_id = thread_native_id();
+    assert!(set_thread_priority(thread_id,
+                                ThreadPriority::Max,
+                                ThreadSchedulePolicy::Realtime(RealtimeThreadSchedulePolicy::RoundRobin)).is_ok());
+
     let address = "192.168.1.77:8000";
     let stream: TcpStream = TcpStream::connect(address).expect("connection failed");
     let mut outstream = stream.try_clone().unwrap();