diff --git a/VERSION b/VERSION
index c514bd8..be05bba 100644
--- a/VERSION
+++ b/VERSION
@@ -1 +1 @@
-1.4.6
+1.4.7
diff --git a/deploy/riemann-relay.service b/deploy/riemann-relay.service
index 16c7ef3..a1e9f10 100644
--- a/deploy/riemann-relay.service
+++ b/deploy/riemann-relay.service
@@ -10,5 +10,10 @@ ExecStart=/usr/bin/riemann-relay -config /etc/riemann-relay/riemann-relay.conf
 Restart=on-failure
 KillMode=control-group
 
+OOMScoreAdjust=-900
+Nice=-20
+CPUSchedulingPolicy=rr
+CPUSchedulingPriority=50
+
 [Install]
 WantedBy=multi-user.target