diff --git a/Web/Models/shell/processVideo.ps1 b/Web/Models/shell/processVideo.ps1
index 8e87442e..4ad382dd 100644
--- a/Web/Models/shell/processVideo.ps1
+++ b/Web/Models/shell/processVideo.ps1
@@ -6,12 +6,15 @@ $hashT   = $hash.substring(0, 2)
 $temp    = [System.IO.Path]::GetTempFileName()
 $temp2   = [System.IO.Path]::GetTempFileName()
 
+$shell = Get-WmiObject Win32_process -filter "ProcessId = $PID"
+$shell.SetPriority(16384)
+
 Move-Item $file $temp
 
 # video stub logic was implicitly deprecated, so we start processing at once
 ffmpeg -i $temp -ss 00:00:01.000 -vframes 1 "$dir$hashT/$hash.gif"
-start /B /Low /Wait /Shared ffmpeg -i $temp -c:v libtheora -q:v 7 -c:a libvorbis -q:a 4 -vf scale=640x360,setsar=1:1 -y $temp2
+ffmpeg -i $temp -c:v libtheora -q:v 7 -c:a libvorbis -q:a 4 -vf scale=640x360,setsar=1:1 -y $temp2
 
 Move-Item $temp2 "$dir$hashT/$hash.ogv"
 Remove-Item $temp
-Remove-Item $temp2
\ No newline at end of file
+Remove-Item $temp2