diff --git a/configs/f2b.conf.in b/configs/f2b.conf.in
index 7eb54b0..d479894 100644
--- a/configs/f2b.conf.in
+++ b/configs/f2b.conf.in
@@ -8,6 +8,8 @@ logfile = /var/log/f2b.log
 user = root
 group = root
 daemon = yes
+coredumps = no
+nice = 0
 
 [defaults]
 state    = no
diff --git a/src/appconfig.c b/src/appconfig.c
index d20d721..6277c42 100644
--- a/src/appconfig.c
+++ b/src/appconfig.c
@@ -10,9 +10,11 @@
 #include "appconfig.h"
 
 f2b_appconfig_t appconfig = {
+  .coredumps = false,
   .daemon = false,
   .uid = 0,
   .gid = 0,
+  .nice = 0,
   .logdest = "file",
   .config_path   = "/etc/f2b/f2b.conf",
   .logfile_path  = "/var/log/f2b.log",
@@ -38,11 +40,18 @@ f2b_appconfig_update(f2b_config_section_t *section) {
     if ((grp = getgrnam(pa->value)) != NULL)
       appconfig.gid = grp->gr_gid;
   }
+  if ((pa = f2b_config_param_find(section->param, "nice")) != NULL) {
+    appconfig.nice = atoi(pa->value);
+  }
 
   if ((pa = f2b_config_param_find(section->param, "daemon")) != NULL) {
     appconfig.daemon = (strcmp(pa->value, "yes") == 0) ? true : false;
   }
 
+  if ((pa = f2b_config_param_find(section->param, "coredumps")) != NULL) {
+    appconfig.coredumps = (strcmp(pa->value, "yes") == 0) ? true : false;
+  }
+
   if ((pa = f2b_config_param_find(section->param, "pidfile")) != NULL)
     strlcpy(appconfig.pidfile_path, pa->value, sizeof(appconfig.pidfile_path));
 
diff --git a/src/appconfig.h b/src/appconfig.h
index 9967bb1..6b128b0 100644
--- a/src/appconfig.h
+++ b/src/appconfig.h
@@ -12,6 +12,8 @@
 
 typedef struct f2b_appconfig_t {
   bool daemon;
+  bool coredumps;
+  int nice;
   uid_t uid;
   gid_t gid;
   char logdest[CONFIG_KEY_MAX];
diff --git a/src/daemon.c b/src/daemon.c
index a4d077e..7f79582 100644
--- a/src/daemon.c
+++ b/src/daemon.c
@@ -5,6 +5,11 @@
  * published by the Free Software Foundation.
  */
 #include "common.h"
+
+#include <getopt.h>
+#include <signal.h>
+#include <sys/resource.h>
+
 #include "ipaddr.h"
 #include "config.h"
 #include "jail.h"
@@ -14,9 +19,6 @@
 #include "commands.h"
 #include "csocket.h"
 
-#include <getopt.h>
-#include <signal.h>
-
 /**
  * @def SA_REGISTER
  * Register signal handler
@@ -272,6 +274,22 @@ int main(int argc, char *argv[]) {
     }
   }
 
+  if (appconfig.nice != 0) {
+    errno = 0;
+    nice(appconfig.nice);
+    if (errno)
+      f2b_log_msg(log_warn, "can't set process priority: %s", strerror(errno));
+  }
+
+  if (appconfig.coredumps) {
+    struct rlimit rl;
+    if (getrlimit(RLIMIT_CORE, &rl) < 0)
+      f2b_log_msg(log_error, "can't get current coresize limit");
+    rl.rlim_cur = rl.rlim_max;
+    if (setrlimit(RLIMIT_CORE, &rl) < 0)
+      f2b_log_msg(log_error, "can't get current coresize limit");
+  }
+
   if (appconfig.pidfile_path[0] != '\0') {
     FILE *pidfile = NULL;
     if ((pidfile = fopen(appconfig.pidfile_path, "w")) != NULL) {