diff --git a/lib/perfdata/elasticsearchwriter.ti b/lib/perfdata/elasticsearchwriter.ti
index 7cf604fb9..c3e7fc046 100644
--- a/lib/perfdata/elasticsearchwriter.ti
+++ b/lib/perfdata/elasticsearchwriter.ti
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ namespace icinga
 
 class ElasticsearchWriter : ConfigObject
 {
-	activation_priority 100;
+	activation_priority 80;
 
 	[config, required] String host {
 		default {{{ return "127.0.0.1"; }}}
diff --git a/lib/perfdata/gelfwriter.ti b/lib/perfdata/gelfwriter.ti
index d13ee55d2..92d4a2176 100644
--- a/lib/perfdata/gelfwriter.ti
+++ b/lib/perfdata/gelfwriter.ti
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ namespace icinga
 
 class GelfWriter : ConfigObject
 {
-	activation_priority 100;
+	activation_priority 80;
 
 	[config] String host {
 		default {{{ return "127.0.0.1"; }}}
diff --git a/lib/perfdata/graphitewriter.ti b/lib/perfdata/graphitewriter.ti
index b28ba87a9..4475eb184 100644
--- a/lib/perfdata/graphitewriter.ti
+++ b/lib/perfdata/graphitewriter.ti
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ namespace icinga
 
 class GraphiteWriter : ConfigObject
 {
-	activation_priority 100;
+	activation_priority 80;
 
 	[config] String host {
 		default {{{ return "127.0.0.1"; }}}
diff --git a/lib/perfdata/influxdbwriter.ti b/lib/perfdata/influxdbwriter.ti
index d2f1ba6d2..a26af6d55 100644
--- a/lib/perfdata/influxdbwriter.ti
+++ b/lib/perfdata/influxdbwriter.ti
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ namespace icinga
 
 class InfluxdbWriter : ConfigObject
 {
-	activation_priority 100;
+	activation_priority 80;
 
 	[config, required] String host {
 		default {{{ return "127.0.0.1"; }}}
diff --git a/lib/perfdata/opentsdbwriter.ti b/lib/perfdata/opentsdbwriter.ti
index 3418e1606..09d5f3ede 100644
--- a/lib/perfdata/opentsdbwriter.ti
+++ b/lib/perfdata/opentsdbwriter.ti
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ namespace icinga
 
 class OpenTsdbWriter : ConfigObject
 {
-	activation_priority 100;
+	activation_priority 80;
 
 	[config] String host {
 		default {{{ return "127.0.0.1"; }}}
diff --git a/lib/perfdata/perfdatawriter.ti b/lib/perfdata/perfdatawriter.ti
index d2ceb6899..dbd303c75 100644
--- a/lib/perfdata/perfdatawriter.ti
+++ b/lib/perfdata/perfdatawriter.ti
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ namespace icinga
 
 class PerfdataWriter : ConfigObject
 {
-	activation_priority 100;
+	activation_priority 80;
 
 	[config] String host_perfdata_path {
 		default {{{ return Configuration::SpoolDir + "/perfdata/host-perfdata"; }}}