diff --git a/debian/control b/debian/control
index 45d6561..33d3201 100644
--- a/debian/control
+++ b/debian/control
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 Source: jackmeter
 Section: sound
-Priority: extra
+Priority: optional
 Maintainer: Debian Multimedia Maintainers <pkg-multimedia-maintainers@lists.alioth.debian.org>
 Uploaders: Alessio Treglia <alessio@debian.org>,
  Andrew Gee <andrew@andrewgee.org>