diff --git a/config_sample.yml b/config_sample.yml
index 3070642..c92f673 100644
--- a/config_sample.yml
+++ b/config_sample.yml
@@ -67,6 +67,11 @@ developer:
   # NOTE: It's recommended to enable this, but if something breaks, turn this off.
   #uvloop: False
 
+  # Set process to use a higher priority
+  # For realtime process priority, run as administrator or sudo
+  # Otherwise, the priority will be set to high
+  #realtime_process_priority: False
+
 # Options for model overrides and loading
 # Please read the comments to understand how arguments are handled between initial and API loads
 model:
diff --git a/main.py b/main.py
index 2ec98db..c62a381 100644
--- a/main.py
+++ b/main.py
@@ -9,6 +9,8 @@ import signal
 from loguru import logger
 from typing import Optional
 
+import psutil
+
 from common import config, gen_logging, sampling, model
 from common.args import convert_args_to_dict, init_argparser
 from common.auth import load_auth_keys
@@ -143,6 +145,19 @@ def entrypoint(arguments: Optional[dict] = None):
 
         logger.warning("EXPERIMENTAL: Running program with Uvloop/Winloop.")
 
+    # Set the process priority
+    if unwrap(developer_config.get("realtime_process_priority"), False):
+        current_process = psutil.Process(os.getpid())
+        if platform.system() == "Windows":
+            current_process.nice(psutil.REALTIME_PRIORITY_CLASS)
+        else:
+            current_process.nice(psutil.IOPRIO_CLASS_RT)
+
+        logger.warning(
+            "EXPERIMENTAL: Process priority set to Realtime. \n"
+            "If you're not running on administrator/sudo, the priority is set to high."
+        )
+
     # Enter into the async event loop
     asyncio.run(entrypoint_async())
 
diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index 031e228..f89846f 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -28,6 +28,9 @@ dependencies = [
     "tokenizers",
     "lm-format-enforcer >= 0.9.6",
     "aiofiles",
+    "aiohttp",
+    "huggingface_hub",
+    "psutil",
 
     # Improved asyncio loops
     "uvloop ; platform_system == 'Linux' and platform_machine == 'x86_64'",
@@ -35,10 +38,6 @@ dependencies = [
 
     # TEMP: Remove once 2.x is fixed in upstream
     "numpy < 2.0.0",
-
-    # TODO: Maybe move these to a downloader feature?
-    "aiohttp",
-    "huggingface_hub",
 ]
 
 [project.urls]