diff --git a/flake.nix b/flake.nix
index fc595c3d..dac4d69b 100644
--- a/flake.nix
+++ b/flake.nix
@@ -77,7 +77,7 @@
     devShells = genSystems (system: {
       default = pkgsFor.${system}.mkShell {
         name = "hyprland-shell";
-        nativeBuildInputs = with pkgsFor.${system}; [cmake];
+        nativeBuildInputs = with pkgsFor.${system}; [ cmake python3 ];
         buildInputs = [self.packages.${system}.wlroots-hyprland];
         inputsFrom = [
           self.packages.${system}.wlroots-hyprland
diff --git a/src/init/initHelpers.cpp b/src/init/initHelpers.cpp
index dc51650a..2666ed0b 100644
--- a/src/init/initHelpers.cpp
+++ b/src/init/initHelpers.cpp
@@ -3,3 +3,19 @@
 bool Init::isSudo() {
     return getuid() != geteuid() || !geteuid();
 }
+
+void Init::gainRealTime() {
+    const int                minPrio = sched_get_priority_min(SCHED_RR);
+    const struct sched_param param   = {.sched_priority = minPrio};
+
+    if (pthread_setschedparam(pthread_self(), SCHED_RR, &param)) {
+        Debug::log(WARN, "Failed to change process scheduling strategy");
+        return;
+    }
+
+    pthread_atfork(NULL, NULL, []() {
+        const struct sched_param param = {.sched_priority = 0};
+        if (pthread_setschedparam(pthread_self(), SCHED_OTHER, &param))
+            Debug::log(WARN, "Failed to reset process scheduling strategy");
+    });
+}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/src/init/initHelpers.hpp b/src/init/initHelpers.hpp
index 3b9f7915..da9b762a 100644
--- a/src/init/initHelpers.hpp
+++ b/src/init/initHelpers.hpp
@@ -4,4 +4,5 @@
 
 namespace Init {
     bool isSudo();
+    void gainRealTime();
 };
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/src/main.cpp b/src/main.cpp
index 4fcc611f..4d3d6474 100644
--- a/src/main.cpp
+++ b/src/main.cpp
@@ -89,6 +89,7 @@ int main(int argc, char** argv) {
     }
 
     std::cout << "Welcome to Hyprland!\n";
+    Init::gainRealTime();
 
     // let's init the compositor.
     // it initializes basic Wayland stuff in the constructor.