diff --git a/server/initializers/constants.ts b/server/initializers/constants.ts
index 37a963760..d390fd95e 100644
--- a/server/initializers/constants.ts
+++ b/server/initializers/constants.ts
@@ -188,10 +188,7 @@ const REPEAT_JOBS: { [ id: string ]: EveryRepeatOptions | CronRepeatOptions } =
   }
 }
 const JOB_PRIORITY = {
-  TRANSCODING: {
-    OPTIMIZER: 10,
-    NEW_RESOLUTION: 100
-  }
+  TRANSCODING: 100
 }
 
 const BROADCAST_CONCURRENCY = 30 // How many requests in parallel we do in activitypub-http-broadcast job
diff --git a/server/lib/job-queue/handlers/video-transcoding.ts b/server/lib/job-queue/handlers/video-transcoding.ts
index 4ee2b2df2..dbf412fbb 100644
--- a/server/lib/job-queue/handlers/video-transcoding.ts
+++ b/server/lib/job-queue/handlers/video-transcoding.ts
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 import * as Bull from 'bull'
 import { TranscodeOptionsType } from '@server/helpers/ffmpeg-utils'
 import { JOB_PRIORITY } from '@server/initializers/constants'
-import { getJobTranscodingPriorityMalus, publishAndFederateIfNeeded } from '@server/lib/video'
+import { getTranscodingJobPriority, publishAndFederateIfNeeded } from '@server/lib/video'
 import { getVideoFilePath } from '@server/lib/video-paths'
 import { UserModel } from '@server/models/account/user'
 import { MUser, MUserId, MVideoFullLight, MVideoUUID, MVideoWithFile } from '@server/types/models'
@@ -215,7 +215,7 @@ async function createHlsJobIfEnabled (user: MUserId, payload: {
   if (!payload || CONFIG.TRANSCODING.HLS.ENABLED !== true) return false
 
   const jobOptions = {
-    priority: JOB_PRIORITY.TRANSCODING.NEW_RESOLUTION + await getJobTranscodingPriorityMalus(user)
+    priority: await getTranscodingJobPriority(user)
   }
 
   const hlsTranscodingPayload: HLSTranscodingPayload = {
@@ -272,7 +272,7 @@ async function createLowerResolutionsJobs (
     resolutionCreated.push(resolution)
 
     const jobOptions = {
-      priority: JOB_PRIORITY.TRANSCODING.NEW_RESOLUTION + await getJobTranscodingPriorityMalus(user)
+      priority: await getTranscodingJobPriority(user)
     }
 
     JobQueue.Instance.createJob({ type: 'video-transcoding', payload: dataInput }, jobOptions)
diff --git a/server/lib/video.ts b/server/lib/video.ts
index e381e0a69..9469b8178 100644
--- a/server/lib/video.ts
+++ b/server/lib/video.ts
@@ -121,19 +121,19 @@ async function addOptimizeOrMergeAudioJob (video: MVideo, videoFile: MVideoFile,
   }
 
   const jobOptions = {
-    priority: JOB_PRIORITY.TRANSCODING.OPTIMIZER + await getJobTranscodingPriorityMalus(user)
+    priority: await getTranscodingJobPriority(user)
   }
 
   return JobQueue.Instance.createJobWithPromise({ type: 'video-transcoding', payload: dataInput }, jobOptions)
 }
 
-async function getJobTranscodingPriorityMalus (user: MUserId) {
+async function getTranscodingJobPriority (user: MUserId) {
   const now = new Date()
   const lastWeek = new Date(now.getFullYear(), now.getMonth(), now.getDate() - 7)
 
   const videoUploadedByUser = await VideoModel.countVideosUploadedByUserSince(user.id, lastWeek)
 
-  return videoUploadedByUser
+  return JOB_PRIORITY.TRANSCODING + videoUploadedByUser
 }
 
 // ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
@@ -144,5 +144,5 @@ export {
   buildVideoThumbnailsFromReq,
   setVideoTags,
   addOptimizeOrMergeAudioJob,
-  getJobTranscodingPriorityMalus
+  getTranscodingJobPriority
 }
diff --git a/server/tests/api/videos/video-transcoder.ts b/server/tests/api/videos/video-transcoder.ts
index 1058baaa3..1c99f26df 100644
--- a/server/tests/api/videos/video-transcoder.ts
+++ b/server/tests/api/videos/video-transcoder.ts
@@ -721,12 +721,7 @@ describe('Test video transcoding', function () {
       expect(webtorrentJobs).to.have.lengthOf(6)
       expect(optimizeJobs).to.have.lengthOf(1)
 
-      for (const j of optimizeJobs) {
-        expect(j.priority).to.be.greaterThan(11)
-        expect(j.priority).to.be.lessThan(50)
-      }
-
-      for (const j of hlsJobs.concat(webtorrentJobs)) {
+      for (const j of optimizeJobs.concat(hlsJobs.concat(webtorrentJobs))) {
         expect(j.priority).to.be.greaterThan(100)
         expect(j.priority).to.be.lessThan(150)
       }