diff --git a/app/jobs/populate_saved_search_job.rb b/app/jobs/populate_saved_search_job.rb
index a67681d69..8a93a45a4 100644
--- a/app/jobs/populate_saved_search_job.rb
+++ b/app/jobs/populate_saved_search_job.rb
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@
 # `search:all` or `search:<label>`.
 class PopulateSavedSearchJob < ApplicationJob
   queue_as :default
+  queue_with_priority 20
 
   def perform(query)
     SavedSearch.populate(query)