diff --git a/debian/changelog b/debian/changelog
index cc03460d..84140776 100644
--- a/debian/changelog
+++ b/debian/changelog
@@ -4,14 +4,15 @@ screen-profiles (1.45) unreleased; urgency=low
   * bin/cpu-freq: fix for powerpc, fix for arm
   * bin/uptime: don't print seconds, since we don't update often enough
   * screen-profiles-status: use home bin scripts, if available first,
-    then fallback to system-wide, allows for local overrides
+    then fallback to system-wide, allows for local overrides; comment
+    out nice and ionice calls;  this *really* slows down startup
   * bin/*: route and ifconfig are in /sbin, fully qualify
   * bin/release: eliminate one expensive lsb_release call
 
   [ Jon Bernard <bernardj@gmail.com> ]
   * debian/control: fix typo in screen-profiles-extras description
 
- -- Dustin Kirkland <kirkland@ubuntu.com>  Thu, 16 Apr 2009 12:42:52 -0500
+ -- Dustin Kirkland <kirkland@ubuntu.com>  Thu, 16 Apr 2009 12:51:38 -0500
 
 screen-profiles (1.44-0ubuntu1) jaunty; urgency=low
 
diff --git a/screen-profiles-status b/screen-profiles-status
index 9b923de1..8a6ff579 100755
--- a/screen-profiles-status
+++ b/screen-profiles-status
@@ -17,9 +17,14 @@
 #    You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
 #    along with this program.  If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
 
-# Let's try to be really "nice" about gathering status:
-renice 10 $$ >/dev/null 2>&1 || true
-ionice -c3 -p $$ >/dev/null 2>&1 || true
+###########################################################
+# We should be really "nice" about gathering status:
+#renice 10 $$ >/dev/null 2>&1 || true
+#ionice -c3 -p $$ >/dev/null 2>&1 || true
+# However, this *really* slows down startup.
+# We need a good way of only doing this for updates,
+# but not at screen startup.
+###########################################################
 
 if [ -d "$HOME/.screen-profiles/bin" ]; then
 	DIR="$HOME/.screen-profiles/bin"