diff --git a/Channel/Sources/EDOSocket.m b/Channel/Sources/EDOSocket.m
index 3f6246b..6dcb7fd 100644
--- a/Channel/Sources/EDOSocket.m
+++ b/Channel/Sources/EDOSocket.m
@@ -175,7 +175,8 @@ + (void)connectWithTCPPort:(UInt16)port
                      queue:(dispatch_queue_t)queue
             connectedBlock:(EDOSocketConnectedBlock)block {
   block = block ?: gNoOpHandlerBlock;
-  queue = queue ?: dispatch_queue_create("com.google.edo.connectSocket", DISPATCH_QUEUE_SERIAL);
+  dispatch_queue_attr_t queueAttributes = dispatch_queue_attr_make_with_qos_class( DISPATCH_QUEUE_SERIAL, QOS_CLASS_USER_INTERACTIVE, 0);
+  queue = queue ?: dispatch_queue_create("com.google.edo.connectSocket", queueAttributes);
 
   int socketErr = 0;
   dispatch_fd_t socketFD = edo_CreateSocket(&socketErr);
diff --git a/Channel/Sources/EDOSocketChannel.m b/Channel/Sources/EDOSocketChannel.m
index 5661cb3..2c01b61 100644
--- a/Channel/Sources/EDOSocketChannel.m
+++ b/Channel/Sources/EDOSocketChannel.m
@@ -62,8 +62,9 @@ - (instancetype)init {
   if (self) {
     // For internal IO and event handlers, it is equivalent to creating it as a serial queue as they
     // are not reentrant and only one block will be scheduled by dispatch io and dispatch source.
+    dispatch_queue_attr_t queueAttributes = dispatch_queue_attr_make_with_qos_class( DISPATCH_QUEUE_SERIAL, QOS_CLASS_USER_INTERACTIVE, 0);
     _handlerQueue =
-        dispatch_queue_create("com.google.edo.socketChannel.handler", DISPATCH_QUEUE_SERIAL);
+        dispatch_queue_create("com.google.edo.socketChannel.handler", queueAttributes);
   }
   return self;
 }