diff --git a/remote-backup.service b/remote-backup.service
index f3cf6f8..5a96da6 100644
--- a/remote-backup.service
+++ b/remote-backup.service
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@
 Description=Perform remote backup
 
 [Service]
+CPUSchedulingPolicy=batch
 ExecStart=/usr/local/bin/remote-backup
 Type=oneshot
 User=root