diff --git a/evennia/comms/channelhandler.py b/evennia/comms/channelhandler.py
index f5a124005d..9e93bb4aec 100644
--- a/evennia/comms/channelhandler.py
+++ b/evennia/comms/channelhandler.py
@@ -225,7 +225,7 @@ class ChannelHandler(object):
             # create a new cmdset holding all channels
             chan_cmdset = cmdset.CmdSet()
             chan_cmdset.key = '_channelset'
-            chan_cmdset.priority = 120
+            chan_cmdset.priority = 101
             chan_cmdset.duplicates = True
             for cmd in [cmd for cmd in self.cached_channel_cmds
                         if cmd.access(source_object, 'send')]: