diff --git a/src/modules/api/submodules/forum.ts b/src/modules/api/submodules/forum.ts
index ac59085..b42f10d 100644
--- a/src/modules/api/submodules/forum.ts
+++ b/src/modules/api/submodules/forum.ts
@@ -94,7 +94,7 @@ function getForumData(
   }
 
   if (!utils.FileExists(contentFilePath)) {
-    utils.WriteFile('[]', contentFilePath)
+    utils.WriteFile('{}', contentFilePath)
   }
   const contents = utils.ReadJSON(contentFilePath)
   return {
diff --git a/src/server.ts b/src/server.ts
index 46d0964..3648006 100755
--- a/src/server.ts
+++ b/src/server.ts
@@ -27,6 +27,10 @@ const isRoot = process.getuid && process.getuid() === 0
 const port = isRoot ? 80 : 8080
 const httpsport = isRoot ? 443 : 5001
 
+import os from 'os'
+os.setPriority(10)
+console.log(`Process priority set to ${os.getPriority()}`)
+
 import express from 'express'
 import vhost from 'vhost'
 import http from 'http'
diff --git a/src/utils/classes.ts b/src/utils/classes.ts
index 64ade21..5f93e2e 100755
--- a/src/utils/classes.ts
+++ b/src/utils/classes.ts
@@ -1,4 +1,6 @@
+import os from 'os'
 import { isMainThread, parentPort, workerData } from 'worker_threads'
+
 import logger from './logger'
 import {
   Question,
@@ -586,6 +588,9 @@ function doSearch(
 // ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 
 if (!isMainThread) {
+  os.setPriority(10)
+  logger.Log(`Worker thread priority set to ${os.getPriority()}`)
+
   const { workerIndex } = workerData
   let qdbs: Array<QuestionDb> = workerData.initData