diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index d19b702..be97adb 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ GameMode was designed primarily as a stop-gap solution to problems with the Inte
 
 GameMode can leverage support for soft real time mode if the running kernel supports `SCHED_ISO`. This adjusts the scheduling of the game to real time without sacrificing system stability by starving other processes.
 
-GameMode adjusts the nice priority of games to -4 to give it a slight IO and CPU priority over other background processes. This only works if your user is permitted to adjust priorities within the limits configured by PAM.
+GameMode adjusts the nice priority of games to -4 by default to give it a slight IO and CPU priority over other background processes. This only works if your user is permitted to adjust priorities within the limits configured by PAM. See `/etc/security/limits.conf`.
 
 Issues with GameMode should be reported here in the issues section, and not reported to Feral directly.
 
diff --git a/daemon/daemon_config.c b/daemon/daemon_config.c
index 1afa2b7..53b4434 100644
--- a/daemon/daemon_config.c
+++ b/daemon/daemon_config.c
@@ -68,6 +68,7 @@ struct GameModeConfig {
 	char desiredgov[CONFIG_VALUE_MAX];
 
 	char softrealtime[CONFIG_VALUE_MAX];
+	long renice;
 
 	long reaper_frequency;
 };
@@ -161,6 +162,8 @@ static int inih_handler(void *user, const char *section, const char *name, const
 			valid = get_string_value(value, self->desiredgov);
 		} else if (strcmp(name, "softrealtime") == 0) {
 			valid = get_string_value(value, self->softrealtime);
+		} else if (strcmp(name, "renice") == 0) {
+			valid = get_long_value(name, value, &self->renice);
 		}
 	} else if (strcmp(section, "custom") == 0) {
 		/* Custom subsection */
@@ -413,3 +416,11 @@ void config_get_soft_realtime(GameModeConfig *self, char softrealtime[CONFIG_VAL
 {
 	memcpy_locked_config(self, softrealtime, self->softrealtime, sizeof(self->softrealtime));
 }
+
+/*
+ * Get the renice value
+ */
+void config_get_renice_value(GameModeConfig *self, long *value)
+{
+	memcpy_locked_config(self, value, &self->renice, sizeof(long));
+}
diff --git a/daemon/daemon_config.h b/daemon/daemon_config.h
index 59e90c9..f6f9975 100644
--- a/daemon/daemon_config.h
+++ b/daemon/daemon_config.h
@@ -108,3 +108,8 @@ void config_get_desired_governor(GameModeConfig *self, char governor[CONFIG_VALU
  * Get the chosen soft realtime behavior
  */
 void config_get_soft_realtime(GameModeConfig *self, char softrealtime[CONFIG_VALUE_MAX]);
+
+/*
+ * Get the renice value
+ */
+void config_get_renice_value(GameModeConfig *self, long *value);
diff --git a/data/gamemoded.1 b/data/gamemoded.1
index 518a24e..6bc91e3 100644
--- a/data/gamemoded.1
+++ b/data/gamemoded.1
@@ -106,6 +106,10 @@ defaultgov=powersave
 ; force enable or disable with "on" or "off"
 softrealtime=auto
 
+; By default, GameMode renices the client to -4, you can put any value between 1 and 20 here,
+; the value will be negated and applied as a nice value
+renice = 4
+
 [filter]
 ; If "whitelist" entry has a value(s)
 ; gamemode will reject anything not in the whitelist
diff --git a/example/gamemode.ini b/example/gamemode.ini
index e4a95e1..36697f6 100644
--- a/example/gamemode.ini
+++ b/example/gamemode.ini
@@ -11,6 +11,10 @@ defaultgov=powersave
 ; force enable or disable with "on" or "off"
 softrealtime=auto
 
+; By default, GameMode renices the client to -4, you can put any value between 1 and 20 here,
+; the value will be negated and applied as a nice value
+renice = 4
+
 [filter]
 ; If "whitelist" entry has a value(s)
 ; gamemode will reject anything not in the whitelist