diff --git a/code/controllers/subsystem/processing/priority_effects.dm b/code/controllers/subsystem/processing/priority_effects.dm
index ee4fb7f7f6d..f3be081ec50 100644
--- a/code/controllers/subsystem/processing/priority_effects.dm
+++ b/code/controllers/subsystem/processing/priority_effects.dm
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 PROCESSING_SUBSYSTEM_DEF(priority_effects)
 	name = "Priority Status Effects"
-	flags = SS_TICKER | SS_KEEP_TIMING | SS_NO_INIT
-	wait = 2 // Not seconds - we're running on SS_TICKER, so this is ticks.
+	flags = SS_KEEP_TIMING | SS_NO_INIT
+	wait = 0.2 SECONDS // Same as SSfastprocess, but can be anything, assuming you refactor all high-priority status effect intervals and durations to be a multiple of it.
 	priority = FIRE_PRIORITY_PRIORITY_EFFECTS
 	stat_tag = "PEFF"