diff --git a/nix/home/programs/qbittorrent/default.nix b/nix/home/programs/qbittorrent/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..af87fe5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/nix/home/programs/qbittorrent/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,21 @@
+{ pkgs }:
+{
+  environment.systemPackages = with pkgs; [ qbittorrent-nox ];
+
+  systemd = {
+    packages = [ pkgs.qbittorrent-nox ];
+
+    services."qbittorrent-nox@fc" = {
+      enable = true;
+      serviceConfig = {
+        Type = "simple";
+        User = "rtorrent";
+        ExecStart = "${pkgs.qbittorrent-nox}/bin/qbittorrent-nox";
+      };
+      wantedBy = [ "multi-user.target" ];
+    };
+  };
+
+  networking.firewall.allowedTCPPorts = [ 8080 ];
+
+}
diff --git a/nix/home/programs/rtorrent/default.nix b/nix/home/programs/rtorrent/default.nix
index 1322248..25b8c7b 100644
--- a/nix/home/programs/rtorrent/default.nix
+++ b/nix/home/programs/rtorrent/default.nix
@@ -1,6 +1,8 @@
 { pkgs, finalDir, downloadDir, watchDir }:
 let
-  dhtPort = 40000;
+  # this needs to be configured in mullvad's settings
+  dhtPort = 55358;
+  rtorrentPort = 54945;
 in
 {
 
@@ -10,6 +12,8 @@ in
 
   services.rtorrent = {
     enable = true;
+    port = rtorrentPort;
+    openFirewall = true;
     downloadDir = downloadDir;
     # flood needs to be able to access the datadir
     dataDir = downloadDir;
@@ -24,11 +28,11 @@ in
 
   networking.firewall = {
     allowedTCPPorts = [
-      # rtorrent default
-      50000
+      dhtPort
     ];
     allowedUDPPorts = [
       dhtPort
+      rtorrentPort
     ];
   };
 }
diff --git a/nix/home/programs/rtorrent/rtorrent.rc b/nix/home/programs/rtorrent/rtorrent.rc
index acb7210..70bb0f5 100644
--- a/nix/home/programs/rtorrent/rtorrent.rc
+++ b/nix/home/programs/rtorrent/rtorrent.rc
@@ -24,6 +24,15 @@ trackers.use_udp.set = 1
 dht.mode.set = auto
 dht.port.set = @dhtPort@
 
+throttle.max_uploads.set = 100
+throttle.max_uploads.global.set = 250
+
+throttle.min_peers.normal.set = 1
+throttle.max_peers.normal.set = 1024
+throttle.min_peers.seed.set = 1
+throttle.max_peers.seed.set = 1024
+trackers.numwant.set = 80
+
 # Adding public DHT servers for easy bootstrapping
 schedule2 = dht_node_1, 5, 0, "dht.add_node=router.utorrent.com:6881"
 schedule2 = dht_node_2, 5, 0, "dht.add_node=dht.transmissionbt.com:6881"
diff --git a/nix/system/svalbard/configuration.nix b/nix/system/svalbard/configuration.nix
index 6cfcc2d..f776c85 100644
--- a/nix/system/svalbard/configuration.nix
+++ b/nix/system/svalbard/configuration.nix
@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@
         finalDir = "/storage";
         watchDir = "/storage/torrents";
       })
+      (import ../../home/programs/qbittorrent { pkgs = pkgs; })
     ];
 
   # Bootloader.