diff --git a/go.mod b/go.mod
index 346184f..eff4080 100644
--- a/go.mod
+++ b/go.mod
@@ -9,7 +9,10 @@ require (
 	golang.org/x/net v0.14.0
 )
 
-require github.com/hashicorp/go-cleanhttp v0.5.2 // indirect
+require (
+	github.com/hashicorp/go-cleanhttp v0.5.2 // indirect
+	golang.org/x/sys v0.11.0 // indirect
+)
 
 require (
 	github.com/go-logr/logr v1.2.4
diff --git a/go.sum b/go.sum
index dde5b35..128417e 100644
--- a/go.sum
+++ b/go.sum
@@ -55,6 +55,8 @@ golang.org/x/sys v0.0.0-20190412213103-97732733099d/go.mod h1:h1NjWce9XRLGQEsW7w
 golang.org/x/sys v0.0.0-20201119102817-f84b799fce68/go.mod h1:h1NjWce9XRLGQEsW7wpKNCjG9DtNlClVuFLEZdDNbEs=
 golang.org/x/sys v0.0.0-20210330210617-4fbd30eecc44/go.mod h1:h1NjWce9XRLGQEsW7wpKNCjG9DtNlClVuFLEZdDNbEs=
 golang.org/x/sys v0.0.0-20210510120138-977fb7262007/go.mod h1:oPkhp1MJrh7nUepCBck5+mAzfO9JrbApNNgaTdGDITg=
+golang.org/x/sys v0.11.0 h1:eG7RXZHdqOJ1i+0lgLgCpSXAp6M3LYlAo6osgSi0xOM=
+golang.org/x/sys v0.11.0/go.mod h1:oPkhp1MJrh7nUepCBck5+mAzfO9JrbApNNgaTdGDITg=
 golang.org/x/term v0.0.0-20201126162022-7de9c90e9dd1/go.mod h1:bj7SfCRtBDWHUb9snDiAeCFNEtKQo2Wmx5Cou7ajbmo=
 golang.org/x/text v0.3.0/go.mod h1:NqM8EUOU14njkJ3fqMW+pc6Ldnwhi/IjpwHt7yyuwOQ=
 golang.org/x/text v0.3.3/go.mod h1:5Zoc/QRtKVWzQhOtBMvqHzDpF6irO9z98xDceosuGiQ=
diff --git a/internal/gameServer/udp.go b/internal/gameServer/udp.go
index 3370275..176cd97 100644
--- a/internal/gameServer/udp.go
+++ b/internal/gameServer/udp.go
@@ -7,6 +7,9 @@ import (
 	"math"
 	"net"
 	"time"
+
+	"golang.org/x/net/ipv4"
+	"golang.org/x/net/ipv6"
 )
 
 type GameData struct {
@@ -37,6 +40,7 @@ const (
 	DisconnectTimeoutS        = 30
 	NoRegID                   = 255
 	InputDataMax       uint32 = 5000
+	CS4                       = 32
 )
 
 // returns true if v is bigger than w (accounting for uint32 wrap around).
@@ -198,6 +202,12 @@ func (g *GameServer) createUDPServer() error {
 	if err != nil {
 		return err //nolint:wrapcheck
 	}
+	if err := ipv4.NewConn(g.UDPListener).SetTOS(CS4 << 2); err != nil { //nolint:gomnd
+		g.Logger.Error(err, "could not set IPv4 DSCP")
+	}
+	if err := ipv6.NewConn(g.UDPListener).SetTrafficClass(CS4 << 2); err != nil { //nolint:gomnd
+		g.Logger.Error(err, "could not set IPv6 DSCP")
+	}
 	g.Logger.Info("Created UDP server", "port", g.Port)
 
 	g.GameData.PlayerAddresses = make([]*net.UDPAddr, 4) //nolint:gomnd