diff --git a/quasar-core/src/main/java/co/paralleluniverse/fibers/Fiber.java b/quasar-core/src/main/java/co/paralleluniverse/fibers/Fiber.java
index 42f646e282..bd553de469 100644
--- a/quasar-core/src/main/java/co/paralleluniverse/fibers/Fiber.java
+++ b/quasar-core/src/main/java/co/paralleluniverse/fibers/Fiber.java
@@ -140,7 +140,7 @@ private static long nextFiberId() {
     // private int preemptionCredits;
     private transient Thread runningThread;
     private final SuspendableCallable<V> target;
-    private byte priority;
+    private int priority;
     private transient ClassLoader contextClassLoader;
     private transient AccessControlContext inheritedAccessControlContext;
     // These are typed as Object because they store JRE-internal ThreadLocalMap objects, which is a package private
@@ -176,7 +176,7 @@ public Fiber(String name, FiberScheduler scheduler, int stackSize, SuspendableCa
         this.task = scheduler != null ? scheduler.newFiberTask(this) : new FiberForkJoinTask(this);
         this.initialStackSize = stackSize;
         this.stack = new Stack(this, stackSize > 0 ? stackSize : DEFAULT_STACK_SIZE);
-        this.priority = (byte)NORM_PRIORITY;
+        this.priority = NORM_PRIORITY;
 
         if (Debug.isDebug())
             record(1, "Fiber", "<init>", "Creating fiber name: %s, scheduler: %s, parent: %s, target: %s, task: %s, stackSize: %s", name, scheduler, parent, target, task, stackSize);
@@ -230,6 +230,21 @@ public Fiber(String name, int stackSize, SuspendableCallable<V> target) {
         this(name, defaultScheduler(), stackSize, target);
     }
 
+    /**
+     * The minimum priority that a fiber can have.
+     */
+    public final static int MIN_PRIORITY = Integer.MIN_VALUE;
+
+    /**
+     * The default priority that is assigned to a fiber.
+     */
+    public final static int NORM_PRIORITY = 0;
+
+    /**
+     * The maximum priority that a fiber can have.
+     */
+    public final static int MAX_PRIORITY = Integer.MAX_VALUE;
+
     private static FiberScheduler defaultScheduler() {
         final Fiber parent = currentFiber();
         if (parent == null)
@@ -310,7 +325,7 @@ public final Fiber<V> setName(String name) {
     public Fiber setPriority(int newPriority) {
         if (newPriority > MAX_PRIORITY || newPriority < MIN_PRIORITY)
             throw new IllegalArgumentException();
-        this.priority = (byte) newPriority;
+        this.priority = newPriority;
         return this;
     }
 
diff --git a/quasar-core/src/main/java/co/paralleluniverse/strands/Strand.java b/quasar-core/src/main/java/co/paralleluniverse/strands/Strand.java
index 491118a089..967450e698 100644
--- a/quasar-core/src/main/java/co/paralleluniverse/strands/Strand.java
+++ b/quasar-core/src/main/java/co/paralleluniverse/strands/Strand.java
@@ -55,21 +55,6 @@ public static Strand of(Fiber fiber) {
         return fiber;
     }
 
-    /**
-     * The minimum priority that a strand can have.
-     */
-    public final static int MIN_PRIORITY = 1;
-
-    /**
-     * The default priority that is assigned to a strand.
-     */
-    public final static int NORM_PRIORITY = 5;
-
-    /**
-     * The maximum priority that a strand can have.
-     */
-    public final static int MAX_PRIORITY = 10;
-
     /**
      * A strand's running state
      */
diff --git a/quasar-core/src/test/java/co/paralleluniverse/fibers/FiberTest.java b/quasar-core/src/test/java/co/paralleluniverse/fibers/FiberTest.java
index 161c4f58f6..4edb4b007f 100644
--- a/quasar-core/src/test/java/co/paralleluniverse/fibers/FiberTest.java
+++ b/quasar-core/src/test/java/co/paralleluniverse/fibers/FiberTest.java
@@ -114,20 +114,22 @@ public void run() throws SuspendExecution {
             }
         });
 
-        assertThat(fiber.getPriority(), is(Strand.NORM_PRIORITY));
+        assertThat(fiber.getPriority(), is(Fiber.NORM_PRIORITY));
         
         fiber.setPriority(3);
         assertThat(fiber.getPriority(), is(3));
         
         try {
-            fiber.setPriority(Strand.MAX_PRIORITY + 1);
-            fail();
+            fiber.setPriority(Fiber.MAX_PRIORITY + 1);
+            if (Fiber.MAX_PRIORITY + 1 != Integer.MIN_VALUE) // Ignore overflow
+                fail();
         } catch (IllegalArgumentException e) {
         }
 
         try {
-            fiber.setPriority(Strand.MIN_PRIORITY - 1);
-            fail();
+            fiber.setPriority(Fiber.MIN_PRIORITY - 1);
+            if (Fiber.MIN_PRIORITY - 1 != Integer.MAX_VALUE) // Ignore underflow
+                fail();
         } catch (IllegalArgumentException e) {
         }
     }