diff --git a/common/recipes-phosphor/chassis/obmc-mgr-inventory/org.openbmc.Inventory.service b/common/recipes-phosphor/chassis/obmc-mgr-inventory/org.openbmc.Inventory.service
index 4a9232b..442ed84 100644
--- a/common/recipes-phosphor/chassis/obmc-mgr-inventory/org.openbmc.Inventory.service
+++ b/common/recipes-phosphor/chassis/obmc-mgr-inventory/org.openbmc.Inventory.service
@@ -8,6 +8,8 @@
 Type=dbus
 BusName={BUSNAME}
 Environment="PYTHONUNBUFFERED=1"
+Nice=19
+TimeoutStartSec=180s
 
 [Install]
 WantedBy={SYSTEMD_DEFAULT_TARGET}