diff --git a/app/audio/audiomanager.cpp b/app/audio/audiomanager.cpp
index e3c897606..3ce9abd8a 100644
--- a/app/audio/audiomanager.cpp
+++ b/app/audio/audiomanager.cpp
@@ -59,7 +59,7 @@ void AudioManager::RefreshDevices()
   QThread* thread = new QThread();
   connect(thread, &QThread::finished, thread, &QThread::deleteLater);
 
-  thread->start(QThread::LowPriority);
+  thread->start(QThread::IdlePriority);
 
   AudioRefreshDevicesObject* refresher = new AudioRefreshDevicesObject();
   connect(refresher, &AudioRefreshDevicesObject::ListsReady, this, &AudioManager::RefreshThreadDone);
diff --git a/app/dialog/task/task.cpp b/app/dialog/task/task.cpp
index 88ded60bc..15ba2eb2c 100644
--- a/app/dialog/task/task.cpp
+++ b/app/dialog/task/task.cpp
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@ void TaskDialog::open()
   }
 
   // Create a separate thread to run this task in
-  thread_->start(QThread::LowPriority);
+  thread_->start();
 
   // Move the task to this thread
   task_->moveToThread(thread_);
diff --git a/app/render/backend/opengl/openglbackend.cpp b/app/render/backend/opengl/openglbackend.cpp
index 5d40cba10..f286023de 100644
--- a/app/render/backend/opengl/openglbackend.cpp
+++ b/app/render/backend/opengl/openglbackend.cpp
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ bool OpenGLBackend::InitInternal()
   proxy_ = new OpenGLProxy();
   proxy_->SetParameters(params());
   QThread* proxy_thread = new QThread();
-  proxy_thread->start(QThread::LowPriority);
+  proxy_thread->start(QThread::IdlePriority);
   proxy_->moveToThread(proxy_thread);
 
   if (!proxy_->Init()) {
diff --git a/app/render/backend/renderbackend.cpp b/app/render/backend/renderbackend.cpp
index 1113a3b3a..bbdeff699 100644
--- a/app/render/backend/renderbackend.cpp
+++ b/app/render/backend/renderbackend.cpp
@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@ bool RenderBackend::Init()
     threads_.replace(i, thread);
 
     // We use low priority to keep the app responsive at all times (GUI thread should always prioritize over this one)
-    thread->start(QThread::LowPriority);
+    thread->start(QThread::IdlePriority);
   }
 
   cancel_dialog_->SetWorkerCount(threads_.size());
diff --git a/app/task/taskmanager.cpp b/app/task/taskmanager.cpp
index 024d5f18f..e7903e6f2 100644
--- a/app/task/taskmanager.cpp
+++ b/app/task/taskmanager.cpp
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@ TaskManager::TaskManager() :
 
   for (int i=0;i<threads_.size();i++) {
     QThread* t = new QThread(this);
-    t->start(QThread::LowPriority);
+    t->start(QThread::IdlePriority);
     threads_.replace(i, {t, false});
   }
 }