diff --git a/harbor/queue.py b/harbor/queue.py
index 2902608..62f0fea 100644
--- a/harbor/queue.py
+++ b/harbor/queue.py
@@ -32,6 +32,9 @@ class FunctionQueue:
         self.r = Reverse(self.config)
         self.cap = int(self.config.get("attempt_cap", 2))
         self.min_size = int(self.config.get("queue_min_size", 8))
+        # [[lo, hi, "label"], ...] ranked low, e.g. the compiler-generated static initializers at the end of .text
+        self.low_priority = [(int(str(lo), 0), int(str(hi), 0), label)
+                             for lo, hi, label in self.config.get("low_priority_ranges", [])]
 
     # ------------------------------------------------------------------ records
     def statuses(self):
@@ -139,6 +142,12 @@ class FunctionQueue:
         if self._category(addr) not in ("game", "unsorted"):
             score *= 0.6
         score *= 0.5 ** rejected.get(addr, 0)
+        low = next((label for lo, hi, label in self.low_priority if lo <= addr < hi), None)
+        if low:
+            score *= 0.2                                          # e.g. the compiler's static initializers
+            reasons_low = [low]
+        else:
+            reasons_low = []
         if addr in similar_readable:
             score *= 1.5                                          # a readable near-duplicate to start from
         reasons = [f"{size} bytes", f"{round(named_share * 100)}% of {len(calls)} callees named"]
@@ -148,6 +157,7 @@ class FunctionQueue:
             reasons.append(f"rejected {rejected[addr]}x")
         if addr in similar_readable:
             reasons.append("has a readable near-duplicate")
+        reasons += reasons_low
         return score, reasons
 
     def next_functions(self, agent, n=10, similar_readable=frozenset()):
@@ -173,6 +183,9 @@ class FunctionQueue:
                     re.match(r"(nullsub|thunk)_", self.r.name_of(addr) or "") or \
                     re.match(r"thunk_", (statuses.get(addr) or (None, ""))[1].split("_", 1)[-1]):
                 continue                                          # stubs and thunks are named in bulk, not decompiled
+            head = self.r.read(addr, 10) if int(facts[addr].get("size") or 0) == 10 else b""
+            if head[:1] and 0xB8 <= head[0] <= 0xBF and head[5:6] == b"\xe9":
+                continue        # mov reg, imm32; jmp: an at-exit destructor thunk or an SEH handler stub (compiler's)
             score, reasons = self.score(addr, facts, named, rejected, similar_readable)
             ranked.append((score, addr, reasons))
         ranked.sort(reverse=True)