diff --git a/examples/mp3_demo/main/audio.c b/examples/mp3_demo/main/audio.c
index d3e4323..80ade49 100644
--- a/examples/mp3_demo/main/audio.c
+++ b/examples/mp3_demo/main/audio.c
@@ -427,7 +427,7 @@ esp_err_t mp3_player_start(char *file_path)
         (const char * const)    "Audio Task",
         (const uint32_t)        4 * 1024,
         (void * const)          file_path,
-        (UBaseType_t)           1,
+        (UBaseType_t)           configMAX_PRIORITIES - 1,
         (TaskHandle_t * const)  NULL,
         (const BaseType_t)      0);