diff --git a/common/recipes-phosphor/chassis/obmc-control-chassis/org.openbmc.control.Chassis@.service b/common/recipes-phosphor/chassis/obmc-control-chassis/org.openbmc.control.Chassis@.service
index f57e9d8..aad06b1 100644
--- a/common/recipes-phosphor/chassis/obmc-control-chassis/org.openbmc.control.Chassis@.service
+++ b/common/recipes-phosphor/chassis/obmc-control-chassis/org.openbmc.control.Chassis@.service
@@ -8,6 +8,8 @@
 Type=dbus
 BusName={BUSNAME}
 Environment="PYTHONUNBUFFERED=1"
+Nice=19
+TimeoutStartSec=180s
 
 [Install]
 WantedBy={SYSTEMD_DEFAULT_TARGET}