diff --git a/direct/src/showbase/PhysicsWalker.py b/direct/src/showbase/PhysicsWalker.py
index d8e23599f9..2cc19ff60c 100755
--- a/direct/src/showbase/PhysicsWalker.py
+++ b/direct/src/showbase/PhysicsWalker.py
@@ -349,9 +349,9 @@ class PhysicsWalker(DirectObject.DirectObject):
         # remove any old
         taskMgr.remove(taskName)
         # spawn the new task
-        taskMgr.add(self.handleAvatarControls, taskName)
+        taskMgr.add(self.handleAvatarControls, taskName, 10)
         if self.physVelocityIndicator:
-            taskMgr.add(self.avatarPhysicsIndicator, "AvatarControlsIndicator%s"%(id(self),), 47)
+            taskMgr.add(self.avatarPhysicsIndicator, "AvatarControlsIndicator%s"%(id(self),), 35)
 
     def disableAvatarControls(self):
         """
diff --git a/direct/src/showbase/ShowBase.py b/direct/src/showbase/ShowBase.py
index 6b90390665..e5c7e54012 100644
--- a/direct/src/showbase/ShowBase.py
+++ b/direct/src/showbase/ShowBase.py
@@ -838,16 +838,16 @@ class ShowBase(DirectObject.DirectObject):
         # give the igloop task a reasonably "late" priority,
         # so that it will get run after most tasks
         self.taskMgr.add(self.igloop, 'igloop', priority = 50)
-        # make the collisionloop task run shortly before igloop,
+        # make the collisionloop task run before igloop,
         # but leave enough room for the app to insert tasks
         # between collisionloop and igloop
-        self.taskMgr.add(self.collisionloop, 'collisionloop', priority = 45)
+        self.taskMgr.add(self.collisionloop, 'collisionloop', priority = 30)
         # give the dataloop task a reasonably "early" priority,
         # so that it will get run before most tasks
         self.taskMgr.add(self.dataloop, 'dataloop', priority = -50)
         # spawn the ivalloop with a later priority, so that it will
         # run after most tasks, but before igloop.
-        self.taskMgr.add(self.ivalloop, 'ivalloop', priority = 10)
+        self.taskMgr.add(self.ivalloop, 'ivalloop', priority = 20)
         self.eventMgr.restart()
 
     def shutdown(self):
diff --git a/direct/src/task/Task.py b/direct/src/task/Task.py
index c961b1eb9b..9aa8338edf 100644
--- a/direct/src/task/Task.py
+++ b/direct/src/task/Task.py
@@ -339,7 +339,7 @@ class TaskManager:
         self.fVerbose = 0
         # Dictionary of task name to list of tasks with that name
         self.nameDict = {}
-        self.add(self.__doLaterProcessor, "doLaterProcessor")
+        self.add(self.__doLaterProcessor, "doLaterProcessor", -10)
 
     def stepping(self, value):
         self.stepping = value
@@ -548,7 +548,6 @@ class TaskManager:
 
         Removes tasks whose names match the pattern, which can include
         standard shell globbing characters like *, ?, and [].
-
         """
         if TaskManager.notify.getDebug():
             TaskManager.notify.debug('removing tasks matching: ' + taskPattern)