diff --git a/fileservplugin/CUDPThread.cpp b/fileservplugin/CUDPThread.cpp
index 154a2641a..2d6327759 100644
--- a/fileservplugin/CUDPThread.cpp
+++ b/fileservplugin/CUDPThread.cpp
@@ -251,6 +251,10 @@ void CUDPThread::operator()(void)
 	{
 		delete this;
 	}
+
+#ifdef _WIN32
+	SetThreadPriority(GetCurrentThread(), THREAD_PRIORITY_NORMAL);
+#endif
 }
 
 bool CUDPThread::UdpStep(void)