diff --git a/host/platform/Windows/capture/DXGI/src/dxgi.c b/host/platform/Windows/capture/DXGI/src/dxgi.c
index c3f00613..f682d5c4 100644
--- a/host/platform/Windows/capture/DXGI/src/dxgi.c
+++ b/host/platform/Windows/capture/DXGI/src/dxgi.c
@@ -37,18 +37,6 @@
 
 #include "dxgi_extra.h"
 
-typedef enum _D3DKMT_SCHEDULINGPRIORITYCLASS
-{
-  D3DKMT_SCHEDULINGPRIORITYCLASS_IDLE,
-  D3DKMT_SCHEDULINGPRIORITYCLASS_BELOW_NORMAL,
-  D3DKMT_SCHEDULINGPRIORITYCLASS_NORMAL,
-  D3DKMT_SCHEDULINGPRIORITYCLASS_ABOVE_NORMAL,
-  D3DKMT_SCHEDULINGPRIORITYCLASS_HIGH,
-  D3DKMT_SCHEDULINGPRIORITYCLASS_REALTIME
-}
-D3DKMT_SCHEDULINGPRIORITYCLASS;
-typedef NTSTATUS WINAPI (*PD3DKMTSetProcessSchedulingPriorityClass)(HANDLE, D3DKMT_SCHEDULINGPRIORITYCLASS);
-
 #define LOCKED(x) INTERLOCKED_SECTION(this->deviceContextLock, x)
 
 enum TextureState
@@ -433,39 +421,6 @@ static bool dxgi_init(void)
   DEBUG_INFO("Capture Size     : %u x %u", this->width, this->height);
   DEBUG_INFO("AcquireLock      : %s"     , this->useAcquireLock ? "enabled" : "disabled");
 
-  // bump up our priority
-  {
-    HMODULE gdi32 = GetModuleHandleA("GDI32");
-    if (gdi32)
-    {
-      PD3DKMTSetProcessSchedulingPriorityClass fn =
-        (PD3DKMTSetProcessSchedulingPriorityClass)GetProcAddress(gdi32, "D3DKMTSetProcessSchedulingPriorityClass");
-
-      if (fn)
-      {
-        status = fn(GetCurrentProcess(), D3DKMT_SCHEDULINGPRIORITYCLASS_REALTIME);
-        if (FAILED(status))
-        {
-          DEBUG_WARN("Failed to set realtime GPU priority.");
-          DEBUG_INFO("This is not a failure, please do not report this as an issue.");
-          DEBUG_INFO("To fix this, install and run the Looking Glass host as a service.");
-          DEBUG_INFO("looking-glass-host.exe InstallService");
-        }
-      }
-    }
-
-    IDXGIDevice * dxgi;
-    status = ID3D11Device_QueryInterface(this->device, &IID_IDXGIDevice, (void **)&dxgi);
-    if (FAILED(status))
-    {
-      DEBUG_WINERROR("failed to query DXGI interface from device", status);
-      goto fail;
-    }
-
-    IDXGIDevice_SetGPUThreadPriority(dxgi, 7);
-    IDXGIDevice_Release(dxgi);
-  }
-
   // try to reduce the latency
   {
     IDXGIDevice1 * dxgi;
diff --git a/host/platform/Windows/src/platform.c b/host/platform/Windows/src/platform.c
index a3abf88c..9b291f32 100644
--- a/host/platform/Windows/src/platform.c
+++ b/host/platform/Windows/src/platform.c
@@ -467,6 +467,41 @@ finish:
   return result;
 }
 
+void boostPriority(void)
+{
+  typedef enum _D3DKMT_SCHEDULINGPRIORITYCLASS
+  {
+    D3DKMT_SCHEDULINGPRIORITYCLASS_IDLE,
+    D3DKMT_SCHEDULINGPRIORITYCLASS_BELOW_NORMAL,
+    D3DKMT_SCHEDULINGPRIORITYCLASS_NORMAL,
+    D3DKMT_SCHEDULINGPRIORITYCLASS_ABOVE_NORMAL,
+    D3DKMT_SCHEDULINGPRIORITYCLASS_HIGH,
+    D3DKMT_SCHEDULINGPRIORITYCLASS_REALTIME
+  }
+  D3DKMT_SCHEDULINGPRIORITYCLASS;
+  typedef NTSTATUS WINAPI (*PD3DKMTSetProcessSchedulingPriorityClass)
+    (HANDLE, D3DKMT_SCHEDULINGPRIORITYCLASS);
+
+  HMODULE gdi32 = GetModuleHandleA("GDI32");
+  if (!gdi32)
+    return;
+
+  PD3DKMTSetProcessSchedulingPriorityClass fn =
+    (PD3DKMTSetProcessSchedulingPriorityClass)
+    GetProcAddress(gdi32, "D3DKMTSetProcessSchedulingPriorityClass");
+
+  if (!fn)
+    return;
+
+  if (FAILED(fn(GetCurrentProcess(), D3DKMT_SCHEDULINGPRIORITYCLASS_REALTIME)))
+  {
+    DEBUG_WARN("Failed to set realtime GPU priority.");
+    DEBUG_INFO("This is not a failure, please do not report this as an issue.");
+    DEBUG_INFO("To fix this, install and run the Looking Glass host as a service.");
+    DEBUG_INFO("looking-glass-host.exe InstallService");
+  }
+}
+
 bool app_init(void)
 {
   const char * logFile   = option_get_string("os", "logFile"  );
@@ -490,6 +525,9 @@ bool app_init(void)
   // get the performance frequency for spinlocks
   QueryPerformanceFrequency(&app.perfFreq);
 
+  // try to boost the scheduler priority
+  boostPriority();
+
   return true;
 }