diff --git a/client/src/main/java/com/metamx/druid/query/ChainedExecutionQueryRunner.java b/client/src/main/java/com/metamx/druid/query/ChainedExecutionQueryRunner.java
index cf4e31a0f1c..0dd878c7aad 100644
--- a/client/src/main/java/com/metamx/druid/query/ChainedExecutionQueryRunner.java
+++ b/client/src/main/java/com/metamx/druid/query/ChainedExecutionQueryRunner.java
@@ -24,7 +24,6 @@ import com.google.common.base.Throwables;
 import com.google.common.collect.Iterables;
 import com.google.common.collect.Lists;
 import com.google.common.collect.Ordering;
-import com.google.common.primitives.Ints;
 import com.metamx.common.guava.BaseSequence;
 import com.metamx.common.guava.MergeIterable;
 import com.metamx.common.guava.Sequence;
@@ -83,7 +82,8 @@ public class ChainedExecutionQueryRunner<T> implements QueryRunner<T>
   @Override
   public Sequence<T> run(final Query<T> query)
   {
-    final int priority = Ints.tryParse(query.getContextValue("priority", "0"));
+    final int priority = Integer.parseInt(query.getContextValue("priority", "0"));
+
     return new BaseSequence<T, Iterator<T>>(
         new BaseSequence.IteratorMaker<T, Iterator<T>>()
         {
@@ -100,14 +100,8 @@ public class ChainedExecutionQueryRunner<T> implements QueryRunner<T>
                       public Future<List<T>> apply(final QueryRunner<T> input)
                       {
                         return exec.submit(
-                            new PrioritizedCallable<List<T>>()
+                            new PrioritizedCallable<List<T>>(priority)
                             {
-                              @Override
-                              public int getPriority()
-                              {
-                                return priority;
-                              }
-
                               @Override
                               public List<T> call() throws Exception
                               {
diff --git a/client/src/main/java/com/metamx/druid/query/PrioritizedCallable.java b/client/src/main/java/com/metamx/druid/query/PrioritizedCallable.java
index fea78256b59..3771b8a03c2 100644
--- a/client/src/main/java/com/metamx/druid/query/PrioritizedCallable.java
+++ b/client/src/main/java/com/metamx/druid/query/PrioritizedCallable.java
@@ -23,7 +23,17 @@ import java.util.concurrent.Callable;
 
 /**
  */
-public interface PrioritizedCallable<T> extends Callable<T>
+public abstract class PrioritizedCallable<T> implements Callable<T>
 {
-  public int getPriority();
+  final int priority;
+
+  public PrioritizedCallable(int priority)
+  {
+    this.priority = priority;
+  }
+
+  public int getPriority()
+  {
+    return priority;
+  }
 }
diff --git a/client/src/main/java/com/metamx/druid/query/PrioritizedExecutorService.java b/client/src/main/java/com/metamx/druid/query/PrioritizedExecutorService.java
index 46a7e07486e..5e13184de8b 100644
--- a/client/src/main/java/com/metamx/druid/query/PrioritizedExecutorService.java
+++ b/client/src/main/java/com/metamx/druid/query/PrioritizedExecutorService.java
@@ -122,14 +122,8 @@ public class PrioritizedExecutorService extends AbstractExecutorService
   {
     Callable<T> theCallable = tCallable;
     if (!(tCallable instanceof PrioritizedCallable)) {
-      theCallable = new PrioritizedCallable<T>()
+      theCallable = new PrioritizedCallable<T>(DEFAULT_PRIORITY)
       {
-        @Override
-        public int getPriority()
-        {
-          return DEFAULT_PRIORITY;
-        }
-
         @Override
         public T call() throws Exception
         {
diff --git a/client/src/test/java/com/metamx/druid/query/PrioritizedExecutorServiceTest.java b/client/src/test/java/com/metamx/druid/query/PrioritizedExecutorServiceTest.java
index b0ac2ab2ae2..b6ce2a9ee1c 100644
--- a/client/src/test/java/com/metamx/druid/query/PrioritizedExecutorServiceTest.java
+++ b/client/src/test/java/com/metamx/druid/query/PrioritizedExecutorServiceTest.java
@@ -76,14 +76,8 @@ public class PrioritizedExecutorServiceTest
     final ConcurrentLinkedQueue<Integer> order = new ConcurrentLinkedQueue<Integer>();
 
     exec.submit(
-        new PrioritizedCallable<Void>()
+        new PrioritizedCallable<Void>(0)
         {
-          @Override
-          public int getPriority()
-          {
-            return 0;
-          }
-
           @Override
           public Void call() throws Exception
           {
@@ -94,14 +88,8 @@ public class PrioritizedExecutorServiceTest
     );
 
     exec.submit(
-        new PrioritizedCallable<Void>()
+        new PrioritizedCallable<Void>(-1)
         {
-          @Override
-          public int getPriority()
-          {
-            return -1;
-          }
-
           @Override
           public Void call() throws Exception
           {
@@ -112,14 +100,8 @@ public class PrioritizedExecutorServiceTest
         }
     );
     exec.submit(
-        new PrioritizedCallable<Void>()
+        new PrioritizedCallable<Void>(0)
         {
-          @Override
-          public int getPriority()
-          {
-            return 0;
-          }
-
           @Override
           public Void call() throws Exception
           {
@@ -130,14 +112,8 @@ public class PrioritizedExecutorServiceTest
         }
     );
     exec.submit(
-        new PrioritizedCallable<Void>()
+        new PrioritizedCallable<Void>(2)
         {
-          @Override
-          public int getPriority()
-          {
-            return 2;
-          }
-
           @Override
           public Void call() throws Exception
           {
diff --git a/server/src/main/java/com/metamx/druid/http/ComputeNode.java b/server/src/main/java/com/metamx/druid/http/ComputeNode.java
index dd124aabcf2..44abd781931 100644
--- a/server/src/main/java/com/metamx/druid/http/ComputeNode.java
+++ b/server/src/main/java/com/metamx/druid/http/ComputeNode.java
@@ -101,7 +101,7 @@ public class ComputeNode extends BaseServerNode<ComputeNode>
         getLifecycle(),
         getConfigFactory().buildWithReplacements(
             ExecutorServiceConfig.class, ImmutableMap.of("base_path", "druid.processing")
-        ), callable2
+        )
     );
 
     final ExecutorService executorService = new MetricsEmittingExecutorService(