diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index 2369c60682b835bc7e1400d5e1bf0a2aebae6a83..b117313d1d9e1d4b88558cc0a36a2d8c09b503d0 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,9 @@
+2005-08-03	Benedikt Meurer <benny@xfce.org>
+
+	* thunar-vfs/thunar-vfs-job.c(thunar_vfs_job_emit_valist): Lower the
+	  Job signal priority to increase the responsiveness of the user
+	  interface.
+
 2005-08-03	Benedikt Meurer <benny@xfce.org>
 
 	* thunar/thunar-details-view-text-renderer.{c,h}: Fast text cell
diff --git a/thunar-vfs/thunar-vfs-job.c b/thunar-vfs/thunar-vfs-job.c
index b83fa29d72e0bf38eeec1fbfcf9b2e4a7cc949df..5324bc91e84a60ce426bc0d3a99b9bb51569b65a 100644
--- a/thunar-vfs/thunar-vfs-job.c
+++ b/thunar-vfs/thunar-vfs-job.c
@@ -465,7 +465,7 @@ thunar_vfs_job_emit_valist (ThunarVfsJob *job,
   details.pending = TRUE;
 
   g_mutex_lock (job->mutex);
-  g_idle_add_full (G_PRIORITY_DEFAULT, thunar_vfs_job_idle, &details, NULL);
+  g_idle_add_full (G_PRIORITY_LOW, thunar_vfs_job_idle, &details, NULL);
   while (G_UNLIKELY (details.pending))
     g_cond_wait (job->cond, job->mutex);
   g_mutex_unlock (job->mutex);