diff --git a/copyparty/httpcli.py b/copyparty/httpcli.py
index 4d0f6702..5ca64247 100644
--- a/copyparty/httpcli.py
+++ b/copyparty/httpcli.py
@@ -1295,7 +1295,7 @@ class HttpCli(object):
                     tags[k] = v
 
         if icur:
-            taglist = [k for k in self.args.mte.split(",") if k in taglist]
+            taglist = [k for k in vn.flags["mte"].split(",") if k in taglist]
             for f in dirs:
                 f["tags"] = {}
 
@@ -1368,7 +1368,7 @@ class HttpCli(object):
             ts=ts,
             perms=json.dumps(perms),
             taglist=taglist,
-            tag_order=json.dumps(self.args.mte.split(",")),
+            tag_order=json.dumps(vn.flags["mte"].split(",")),
             have_up2k_idx=("e2d" in vn.flags),
             have_tags_idx=("e2t" in vn.flags),
             logues=logues,
diff --git a/copyparty/mtag.py b/copyparty/mtag.py
index 5fa1b79a..2b112be8 100644
--- a/copyparty/mtag.py
+++ b/copyparty/mtag.py
@@ -324,11 +324,15 @@ class MTag(object):
         for tagname, (binpath, timeout) in parsers.items():
             try:
                 cmd = [sys.executable, binpath, abspath]
-                if not WINDOWS:
+                args = {"env": env, "timeout": timeout}
+
+                if WINDOWS:
+                    args["creationflags"] = 0x4000
+                else:
                     cmd = ["nice"] + cmd
 
                 cmd = [fsenc(x) for x in cmd]
-                v = sp.check_output(cmd, env=env, timeout=timeout).strip()
+                v = sp.check_output(cmd, **args).strip()
                 if v:
                     ret[tagname] = v.decode("utf-8")
             except:
diff --git a/copyparty/up2k.py b/copyparty/up2k.py
index 567c06da..652054b7 100644
--- a/copyparty/up2k.py
+++ b/copyparty/up2k.py
@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@ import base64
 import hashlib
 import threading
 import traceback
+import subprocess as sp
 from copy import deepcopy
 
 from .__init__ import WINDOWS
@@ -223,8 +224,9 @@ class Up2k(object):
 
             _, flags = self._expr_idx_filter(flags)
 
-            a = ["\033[36m{}:\033[0m{}".format(k, v) for k, v in sorted(flags.items())]
-            self.log(" ".join(a))
+            a = "\033[0;36m{}:\033[1;30m{}"
+            a = [a.format(k, v) for k, v in sorted(flags.items())]
+            self.log(" ".join(a) + "\033[0m")
 
             reg = {}
             path = os.path.join(ptop, ".hist", "up2k.snap")
@@ -622,6 +624,12 @@ class Up2k(object):
         self.log("mtp finished")
 
     def _start_mpool(self):
+        if WINDOWS and False:
+            nah = open(os.devnull, "wb")
+            wmic = f"processid={os.getpid()}"
+            wmic = ["wmic", "process", "where", wmic, "call", "setpriority"]
+            sp.call(wmic + ["below normal"], stdout=nah, stderr=nah)
+
         # mp.pool.ThreadPool and concurrent.futures.ThreadPoolExecutor
         # both do crazy runahead so lets reinvent another wheel
         nw = os.cpu_count() if hasattr(os, "cpu_count") else 4
@@ -646,6 +654,11 @@ class Up2k(object):
 
         mpool.join()
         self._flush_mpool(wcur)
+        if WINDOWS and False:
+            nah = open(os.devnull, "wb")
+            wmic = f"processid={os.getpid()}"
+            wmic = ["wmic", "process", "where", wmic, "call", "setpriority"]
+            sp.call(wmic + ["below normal"], stdout=nah, stderr=nah)
 
     def _tag_thr(self, q):
         while True: