1 files changed, 7 insertions, 7 deletions

diff --git a/joblib.py b/joblib.py
index 6891e11..a0ce985 100644
--- a/joblib.py
+++ b/joblib.py
@@ -36,29 +36,29 @@ class JobQueue(object):
             """, jobtype, json.dumps(payload), priority)
 
     async def acquire(self, jobtype):
-        """Mark a job as running, return payload and return id.
-        Return (None, None) if no job is available."""
+        """Mark a job as running, return id, payload and priority.
+        Return (None, None, None) if no job is available."""
         async with self._pool.acquire() as con:
             while True:
                 try:
                     # do not allow async access
                     async with con.transaction(isolation="serializable"):
                         result = await con.fetchrow("""
-                            SELECT id, payload
+                            SELECT id, payload, priority
                             FROM jobs WHERE
                             type=$1 AND status='open'
-                            ORDER BY priority ASC
+                            ORDER BY priority DESC
                         """, jobtype)
                         if result is None:
                             # no jobs available
-                            return None, None
-                        jobid, payload = result
+                            return None, None, None
+                        jobid, payload, priority = result
                         await con.execute("""
                             UPDATE jobs
                             SET status='running'
                             WHERE id=$1
                         """, jobid)
-                        return jobid, json.loads(payload)
+                        return jobid, json.loads(payload), priority
                 except asyncpg.exceptions.SerializationError:
                     # job is being picked up by another worker, try again
                     pass