diff --git a/src/init/initHelpers.cpp b/src/init/initHelpers.cpp
index 2666ed0b..2a296d2e 100644
--- a/src/init/initHelpers.cpp
+++ b/src/init/initHelpers.cpp
@@ -6,7 +6,15 @@ bool Init::isSudo() {
 
 void Init::gainRealTime() {
     const int                minPrio = sched_get_priority_min(SCHED_RR);
-    const struct sched_param param   = {.sched_priority = minPrio};
+    int old_policy;
+    struct sched_param param;
+
+    if (pthread_getschedparam(pthread_self(), &old_policy, &param)) {
+        Debug::log(WARN, "Failed to get old pthread scheduling priority");
+        return;
+    }
+
+    param.sched_priority = minPrio;
 
     if (pthread_setschedparam(pthread_self(), SCHED_RR, &param)) {
         Debug::log(WARN, "Failed to change process scheduling strategy");
diff --git a/src/main.cpp b/src/main.cpp
index 4d3d6474..fbd3da47 100644
--- a/src/main.cpp
+++ b/src/main.cpp
@@ -89,7 +89,6 @@ 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.
@@ -98,6 +97,8 @@ int main(int argc, char** argv) {
 
     g_pCompositor->initServer();
 
+    Init::gainRealTime();
+
     Debug::log(LOG, "Hyprland init finished.");
 
     // If all's good to go, start.