diff --git a/ananicy.d/00-cgroups.cgroups b/ananicy.d/00-cgroups.cgroups
index 3c93f386..63fdf3a0 100644
--- a/ananicy.d/00-cgroups.cgroups
+++ b/ananicy.d/00-cgroups.cgroups
@@ -5,3 +5,7 @@
 # only difference is - meaning of N% is all CPUs, not one core.
 { "cgroup": "cpu90", "CPUQuota": 90 }
 { "cgroup": "cpu80", "CPUQuota": 80 }
+
+# group for high priority processes with fairly low cpu usage.
+# This limits their cpu usage to avoid hungups, if they crash
+{ "cgroup": "cpu30", "CPUQuota": 30 }
diff --git a/ananicy.d/00-default/audio-effects-realtime/easyeffects.rules b/ananicy.d/00-default/audio-effects-realtime/easyeffects.rules
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..dfeb9702
--- /dev/null
+++ b/ananicy.d/00-default/audio-effects-realtime/easyeffects.rules
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+{"name": "easyeffects", "type": "audio-effect"}
diff --git a/ananicy.d/00-types.types b/ananicy.d/00-types.types
index 687ed895..05bd6f40 100644
--- a/ananicy.d/00-types.types
+++ b/ananicy.d/00-types.types
@@ -35,6 +35,8 @@
 
 {"type":"audio-server"}
 
+{"type":"audio-effect", "nice":-10, "cgroup":"cpu30"}
+
 {"type":"chat"}
 
 {"type":"common-utility"}