diff --git a/hosts/ami/forgejo-action-runner.nix b/hosts/ami/forgejo-action-runner.nix
index d647fdf..f79e201 100644
--- a/hosts/ami/forgejo-action-runner.nix
+++ b/hosts/ami/forgejo-action-runner.nix
@@ -27,6 +27,10 @@ in {
     });
   };
 
+  systemd.services = lib.genAttrs (builtins.genList (n: "gitea-runner-runner${builtins.toString n}") numRunners) (_: {
+    serviceConfig.Nice = 15;
+  });
+
   virtualisation.podman = {
     enable = true;
     autoPrune.enable = true;