diff --git a/CHANGELOG b/CHANGELOG
index 36116fa97..3cf9a64be 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG
+++ b/CHANGELOG
@@ -2,9 +2,11 @@
 Update pillow requirement to 11.0.0
 Update psutil requirement to 6.1.0
 Update setuptools requirement to 75.3.0
+Add `pywin32==308` (only for Windows, i.e. `sys_platform=='win32'`)
 
 # New Features
 Added the `character` search option to the `imdb_search` builder
+Added the `-ni/--nice` (`KOMETA_NICE=true`) command line argument option to run the process at a lower priority
 
 # Defaults
 Fixed incorrect content rating mappings in various Default files
diff --git a/docs/kometa/environmental.md b/docs/kometa/environmental.md
index 54d84254c..c28198f5a 100644
--- a/docs/kometa/environmental.md
+++ b/docs/kometa/environmental.md
@@ -671,6 +671,26 @@ different ways to specify these things.
             docker run -it -v "X:\Media\Kometa\config:/config:rw" kometateam/kometa --width 150
             ```
 
+??? blank "Nice&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;`-ni`/`--nice`&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;`KOMETA_NICE`<a class="headerlink" href="#nice" title="Permanent link">¶</a>"
+
+    <div id="nice" />Run the Kometa process at a lower priority.  Will default to normal priority if not specified.
+
+    <hr style="margin: 0px;">
+
+    **Shell Flags:**  `-ni` or `--nice` (ex. `--nice`)
+
+    **Environment Variable:** `KOMETA_NICE` (ex. `KOMETA_NICE=true`)
+    
+    !!! example
+        === "Local Environment"
+            ```
+            python kometa.py --nice
+            ```
+        === "Docker Environment"
+            ```
+            docker run -it -v "X:\Media\Kometa\config:/config:rw" kometateam/kometa --nice
+            ```
+
 ??? blank "Config Secrets&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;`--kometa-***`&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;`KOMETA_***`<a class="headerlink" href="#kometa-vars" title="Permanent link">¶</a>"
 
     <div id="kometa-vars" />All Run Commands that are in the format `--kometa-***` and Environment Variables that are in the 
diff --git a/kometa.py b/kometa.py
index ff5619afb..a79952098 100644
--- a/kometa.py
+++ b/kometa.py
@@ -70,6 +70,7 @@
     "read-only-config": {"args": "ro", "type": "bool", "help": "Run without writing to the config"},
     "divider": {"args": "d", "type": "str", "default": "=", "help": "Character that divides the sections (Default: '=')"},
     "width": {"args": "w", "type": "int", "default": 100, "help": "Screen Width (Default: 100)"},
+    "nice": {"args": "ni", "type": "bool", "help": "Run with lower priority"},
 }
 
 parser = argparse.ArgumentParser()
@@ -257,6 +258,31 @@ def new_send(*send_args, **kwargs):
 plexapi.BASE_HEADERS["X-Plex-Client-Identifier"] = str(uuid_num)
 ImageFile.LOAD_TRUNCATED_IMAGES = True
 
+def low_priority():
+    """ Set the priority of the process to below-normal."""
+    try:
+        sys.getwindowsversion()
+    except AttributeError:
+        isWindows = False
+    else:
+        isWindows = True
+
+    if isWindows:
+        import win32api, win32process
+        # priorityclasses:
+        #  win32process.IDLE_PRIORITY_CLASS,
+        #  win32process.BELOW_NORMAL_PRIORITY_CLASS,
+        #  win32process.NORMAL_PRIORITY_CLASS,
+        #  win32process.ABOVE_NORMAL_PRIORITY_CLASS,
+        #  win32process.HIGH_PRIORITY_CLASS,
+        #  win32process.REALTIME_PRIORITY_CLASS
+        win32process.SetPriorityClass(win32api.GetCurrentProcess(), win32process.BELOW_NORMAL_PRIORITY_CLASS)
+    else:
+        os.nice(10)
+
+if run_args["nice"]:
+    low_priority()
+
 def process(attrs):
     with ProcessPoolExecutor(max_workers=1) as executor:
         executor.submit(start, *[attrs])
@@ -284,6 +310,7 @@ def start(attrs):
         logger.info(f"    Platform: {platform.platform()}")
         logger.info(f"    Total Memory: {round(psutil.virtual_memory().total / (1024.0 ** 3))} GB")
         logger.info(f"    Available Memory: {round(psutil.virtual_memory().available / (1024.0 ** 3))} GB")
+        logger.info(f"    Process Priority: {'low' if run_args["nice"] else 'normal'}")
         if not is_docker and not is_linuxserver:
             try:
                 with open(os.path.abspath(os.path.join(os.path.dirname(__file__), "requirements.txt")), "r") as file:
diff --git a/requirements.txt b/requirements.txt
index e16d6a364..2aa6f088a 100644
--- a/requirements.txt
+++ b/requirements.txt
@@ -13,4 +13,5 @@ tenacity==9.0.0
 ruamel.yaml==0.18.6
 schedule==1.2.2
 setuptools==75.3.0
-tmdbapis==1.2.21
\ No newline at end of file
+tmdbapis==1.2.21
+pywin32==308; sys_platform == 'win32'