diff --git a/src/modules/commander/commander.cpp b/src/modules/commander/commander.cpp
index 17d3d3dcdc..f92c7fc313 100644
--- a/src/modules/commander/commander.cpp
+++ b/src/modules/commander/commander.cpp
@@ -249,7 +249,7 @@ int commander_main(int argc, char *argv[])
 		daemon_task = task_spawn_cmd("commander",
 					     SCHED_DEFAULT,
 					     SCHED_PRIORITY_MAX - 40,
-					     3000,
+					     2800,
 					     commander_thread_main,
 					     (argv) ? (const char **)&argv[2] : (const char **)NULL);