diff --git a/os-mods/common/default.nix b/os-mods/common/default.nix
index dc4f169..a8497ce 100644
--- a/os-mods/common/default.nix
+++ b/os-mods/common/default.nix
@@ -42,6 +42,10 @@ in
   };
 
   nix = {
+    daemonCPUSchedPolicy = "idle";
+    daemonIOSchedClass = "idle";
+    daemonIOSchedPriority = 7; # lowest
+
     settings = {
       auto-optimise-store = true;
       allow-import-from-derivation = true;
diff --git a/systems/nixos-fw16/default.nix b/systems/nixos-fw16/default.nix
index 6d1fcaa..8d97cbf 100644
--- a/systems/nixos-fw16/default.nix
+++ b/systems/nixos-fw16/default.nix
@@ -134,8 +134,9 @@
     # kernelPackages = pkgs.pkgsAMD64Microarchs.znver4.linuxPackages_cachyos;
 
     # 6.14 rc wohooo
-    # kernelPackages = pkgs.linuxPackages_cachyos-rc;
-    kernelPackages = pkgs.pkgsAMD64Microarchs.znver2.linuxPackages_cachyos-rc;
+    kernelPackages = pkgs.linuxPackages_cachyos-rc;
+    # kernelPackages = pkgs.pkgsAMD64Microarchs.znver4.linuxPackages_cachyos-rc;
+    # kernelPackages = pkgs.pkgsAMD64Microarchs.znver2.linuxPackages_cachyos-rc;
     # kernelPackages = pkgs.pkgsAMD64Microarchs.znver2.linuxPackages_cachyos;
     # kernelPackages = pkgs.linuxPackages_cachyos;