diff --git a/config.c b/config.c
index 87d944f..683eee5 100644
--- a/config.c
+++ b/config.c
@@ -125,6 +125,8 @@ struct config_item config_tab[] = {
 	GLOB_ITEM_DBL("pi_proportional_exponent", -0.3, -DBL_MAX, DBL_MAX),
 	GLOB_ITEM_DBL("pi_proportional_norm_max", 0.7, DBL_MIN, 1.0),
 	GLOB_ITEM_DBL("pi_proportional_scale", 0.0, 0.0, DBL_MAX),
+	GLOB_ITEM_INT("priority1", 128, 0, UINT8_MAX),
+	GLOB_ITEM_INT("priority2", 128, 0, UINT8_MAX),
 	GLOB_ITEM_INT("sanity_freq_limit", 200000000, 0, INT_MAX),
 	GLOB_ITEM_INT("slaveOnly", 0, 0, 1),
 	GLOB_ITEM_DBL("step_threshold", 0.0, 0.0, DBL_MAX),
@@ -396,19 +398,7 @@ static enum parser_result parse_global_setting(const char *option,
 	if (r != NOT_PARSED)
 		return r;
 
-	if (!strcmp(option, "priority1")) {
-		r = get_ranged_uint(value, &uval, 0, UINT8_MAX);
-		if (r != PARSED_OK)
-			return r;
-		dds->priority1 = uval;
-
-	} else if (!strcmp(option, "priority2")) {
-		r = get_ranged_uint(value, &uval, 0, UINT8_MAX);
-		if (r != PARSED_OK)
-			return r;
-		dds->priority2 = uval;
-
-	} else if (!strcmp(option, "domainNumber")) {
+	if (!strcmp(option, "domainNumber")) {
 		r = get_ranged_uint(value, &uval, 0, 127);
 		if (r != PARSED_OK)
 			return r;
diff --git a/ptp4l.c b/ptp4l.c
index 89a659d..de3af43 100644
--- a/ptp4l.c
+++ b/ptp4l.c
@@ -44,11 +44,9 @@ static struct config cfg_settings = {
 
 	.dds = {
 		.dds = {
-			.priority1 = 128,
 			.clockQuality.clockClass = 248,
 			.clockQuality.clockAccuracy = 0xfe,
 			.clockQuality.offsetScaledLogVariance = 0xffff,
-			.priority2 = 128,
 			.domainNumber = 0,
 		},
 		.clock_desc = {
@@ -232,6 +230,8 @@ int main(int argc, char *argv[])
 	if (config_get_int(cfg, NULL, "twoStepFlag")) {
 	    ds->flags |= DDS_TWO_STEP_FLAG;
 	}
+	ds->priority1 = config_get_int(cfg, NULL, "priority1");
+	ds->priority2 = config_get_int(cfg, NULL, "priority2");
 
 	if (!config_get_int(cfg, NULL, "gmCapable") &&
 	    ds->flags & DDS_SLAVE_ONLY) {