diff --git a/roles/backups/templates/backup.sh b/roles/backups/templates/backup.sh
index 06f17af..347ebc3 100644
--- a/roles/backups/templates/backup.sh
+++ b/roles/backups/templates/backup.sh
@@ -56,7 +56,7 @@ done
 s3bucket="{{ aws_backup_bucket }}"
 if command -v aws > /dev/null 2>&1 && aws s3 ls "s3://$s3bucket" > /dev/null 2>&1; then
 	log "Moving files to S3 bucket $s3bucket"
-	aws s3 mv "$BACKUPSDIR" "s3://$s3bucket" \
+	nice -n 10 aws s3 mv "$BACKUPSDIR" "s3://$s3bucket" \
 		--recursive \
 		--only-show-errors \
 		--exclude "*.log" \