diff --git a/decisionmaker/domain/pod.go b/decisionmaker/domain/pod.go
index 859f8ef..4b62e72 100644
--- a/decisionmaker/domain/pod.go
+++ b/decisionmaker/domain/pod.go
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ type Intent struct {
 }
 
 type SchedulingIntents struct {
-	Priority      bool            `json:"priority"`                // If true, set vtime to minimum vtime
+	Priority      int             `json:"priority"`                // Priority value; higher value means higher priority
 	ExecutionTime uint64          `json:"execution_time"`          // Time slice for this process in nanoseconds
 	PID           int             `json:"pid,omitempty"`           // Process ID to apply this strategy to
 	Selectors     []LabelSelector `json:"selectors,omitempty"`     // Label selectors to match pods
diff --git a/decisionmaker/rest/intent_handler.go b/decisionmaker/rest/intent_handler.go
index d4438e9..f513810 100644
--- a/decisionmaker/rest/intent_handler.go
+++ b/decisionmaker/rest/intent_handler.go
@@ -54,7 +54,7 @@ func (h *Handler) HandleIntents(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request) {
 
 // SchedulingStrategy represents a strategy for process scheduling
 type SchedulingIntents struct {
-	Priority      bool            `json:"priority"`                // If true, set vtime to minimum vtime
+	Priority      int             `json:"priority"`                // Priority value; higher value means higher priority
 	ExecutionTime uint64          `json:"execution_time"`          // Time slice for this process in nanoseconds
 	PID           int             `json:"pid,omitempty"`           // Process ID to apply this strategy to
 	Selectors     []LabelSelector `json:"selectors,omitempty"`     // Label selectors to match pods
diff --git a/decisionmaker/service/service.go b/decisionmaker/service/service.go
index 5aa3b95..0daa5a2 100644
--- a/decisionmaker/service/service.go
+++ b/decisionmaker/service/service.go
@@ -113,7 +113,7 @@ func (svc *Service) ProcessIntents(ctx context.Context, intents []*domain.Intent
 					continue
 				}
 				schedulingIntent := &domain.SchedulingIntents{
-					Priority:      intent.Priority > 0,
+					Priority:      intent.Priority,
 					ExecutionTime: uint64(intent.ExecutionTime),
 					PID:           process.PID,
 					CommandRegex:  intent.CommandRegex,