diff --git a/pype/plugins/nuke/publish/submit_nuke_deadline.py b/pype/plugins/nuke/publish/submit_nuke_deadline.py
index 3731cd25f0..2b8efb4640 100644
--- a/pype/plugins/nuke/publish/submit_nuke_deadline.py
+++ b/pype/plugins/nuke/publish/submit_nuke_deadline.py
@@ -120,7 +120,7 @@ class NukeSubmitDeadline(pyblish.api.InstancePlugin):
             chunk_size = self.deadline_chunk_size
 
         priority = instance.data.get("deadlinePriority")
-        if priority != 50:
+        if not priority:
             priority = self.deadline_priority
 
         payload = {