diff --git a/src/fsfw/osal/linux/PosixThread.cpp b/src/fsfw/osal/linux/PosixThread.cpp
index 811d58e2..9851876d 100644
--- a/src/fsfw/osal/linux/PosixThread.cpp
+++ b/src/fsfw/osal/linux/PosixThread.cpp
@@ -179,8 +179,8 @@ void PosixThread::createTask(void* (*fnc_)(void*), void* arg_) {
 #error "Please define FSFW_USE_REALTIME_FOR_LINUX with either 0 or 1"
 #endif
 #if FSFW_USE_REALTIME_FOR_LINUX == 1
-  // FIFO -> This needs root privileges for the process
-  status = pthread_attr_setschedpolicy(&attributes, SCHED_FIFO);
+  // RR -> This needs root privileges for the process
+  status = pthread_attr_setschedpolicy(&attributes, SCHED_RR);
   if (status != 0) {
     utility::printUnixErrorGeneric(CLASS_NAME, "createTask", "pthread_attr_setschedpolicy");
   }