diff --git a/config/shoryuken.yml b/config/shoryuken.yml
index 11b7d2b23..f831d6ee0 100644
--- a/config/shoryuken.yml
+++ b/config/shoryuken.yml
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+polling_strategy: StrictPriority
 concurrency: 10
 delay: 0
 pidfile: tmp/pids/shoryuken.pid