diff --git a/src/core/hle/kernel/kernel.cpp b/src/core/hle/kernel/kernel.cpp
index 498b2ec98..6261b82b6 100644
--- a/src/core/hle/kernel/kernel.cpp
+++ b/src/core/hle/kernel/kernel.cpp
@@ -154,7 +154,7 @@ void Shutdown() {
  */
 bool LoadExec(u32 entry_point) {
     // 0x30 is the typical main thread priority I've seen used so far
-    g_main_thread = Kernel::SetupMainThread(Kernel::DEFAULT_STACK_SIZE, entry_point, 0x30);
+    g_main_thread = Kernel::SetupMainThread(Kernel::DEFAULT_STACK_SIZE, entry_point, THREADPRIO_DEFAULT);
 
     return true;
 }
diff --git a/src/core/hle/kernel/thread.h b/src/core/hle/kernel/thread.h
index cfd073a70..bde4eecf2 100644
--- a/src/core/hle/kernel/thread.h
+++ b/src/core/hle/kernel/thread.h
@@ -18,10 +18,9 @@
 #include "core/hle/result.h"
 
 enum ThreadPriority {
-    THREADPRIO_HIGHEST      = 0,    ///< Highest thread priority
-    THREADPRIO_DEFAULT      = 16,   ///< Default thread priority for userland apps
-    THREADPRIO_LOW          = 31,   ///< Low range of thread priority for userland apps
-    THREADPRIO_LOWEST       = 63,   ///< Thread priority max checked by svcCreateThread
+    THREADPRIO_HIGHEST      = 0x0,  ///< Highest thread priority
+    THREADPRIO_DEFAULT      = 0x30, ///< Default thread priority for userland apps
+    THREADPRIO_LOWEST       = 0x3F, ///< Lowest thread priority
 };
 
 enum ThreadProcessorId {