diff --git a/cmd/ncro/main.go b/cmd/ncro/main.go
index 5b49192..bbf529b 100644
--- a/cmd/ncro/main.go
+++ b/cmd/ncro/main.go
@@ -157,7 +157,7 @@ func main() {
 
 	srv := &http.Server{
 		Addr:         cfg.Server.Listen,
-		Handler:      server.New(r, p, db, cfg.Upstreams, 30),
+		Handler:      server.New(r, p, db, cfg.Upstreams, cfg.Server.CachePriority),
 		ReadTimeout:  cfg.Server.ReadTimeout.Duration,
 		WriteTimeout: cfg.Server.WriteTimeout.Duration,
 	}
diff --git a/internal/config/config.go b/internal/config/config.go
index bc68fb8..2fd4c78 100644
--- a/internal/config/config.go
+++ b/internal/config/config.go
@@ -43,9 +43,10 @@ type UpstreamConfig struct {
 }
 
 type ServerConfig struct {
-	Listen       string   `yaml:"listen"`
-	ReadTimeout  Duration `yaml:"read_timeout"`
-	WriteTimeout Duration `yaml:"write_timeout"`
+	Listen        string   `yaml:"listen"`
+	ReadTimeout   Duration `yaml:"read_timeout"`
+	WriteTimeout  Duration `yaml:"write_timeout"`
+	CachePriority int      `yaml:"cache_priority"`
 }
 
 type CacheConfig struct {
@@ -86,9 +87,10 @@ type Config struct {
 func defaults() Config {
 	return Config{
 		Server: ServerConfig{
-			Listen:       ":8080",
-			ReadTimeout:  Duration{30 * time.Second},
-			WriteTimeout: Duration{30 * time.Second},
+			Listen:        ":8080",
+			ReadTimeout:   Duration{30 * time.Second},
+			WriteTimeout:  Duration{30 * time.Second},
+			CachePriority: 30,
 		},
 		Upstreams: []UpstreamConfig{
 			{URL: "https://cache.nixos.org", Priority: 10},
@@ -130,6 +132,9 @@ func (c *Config) Validate() error {
 	if c.Server.Listen == "" {
 		return fmt.Errorf("server.listen is empty")
 	}
+	if c.Server.CachePriority < 1 {
+		return fmt.Errorf("server.cache_priority must be >= 1, got %d", c.Server.CachePriority)
+	}
 	if c.Cache.LatencyAlpha <= 0 || c.Cache.LatencyAlpha >= 1 {
 		return fmt.Errorf("cache.latency_alpha must be between 0 and 1 exclusive, got %f", c.Cache.LatencyAlpha)
 	}
diff --git a/internal/config/config_test.go b/internal/config/config_test.go
index 10b74fe..b71801e 100644
--- a/internal/config/config_test.go
+++ b/internal/config/config_test.go
@@ -178,6 +178,24 @@ func TestValidateUpstreamBadPublicKey(t *testing.T) {
 	}
 }
 
+func TestCachePriorityDefault(t *testing.T) {
+	cfg, err := config.Load("")
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Fatal(err)
+	}
+	if cfg.Server.CachePriority != 30 {
+		t.Errorf("default CachePriority = %d, want 30", cfg.Server.CachePriority)
+	}
+}
+
+func TestCachePriorityValidation(t *testing.T) {
+	cfg, _ := config.Load("")
+	cfg.Server.CachePriority = 0
+	if err := cfg.Validate(); err == nil {
+		t.Error("expected error for CachePriority = 0")
+	}
+}
+
 func TestInvalidDuration(t *testing.T) {
 	yamlContent := `
 server: