diff --git a/taskwarrior/.config/task/taskrc b/taskwarrior/.config/task/taskrc
index 1077e86..3af855e 100644
--- a/taskwarrior/.config/task/taskrc
+++ b/taskwarrior/.config/task/taskrc
@@ -60,6 +60,12 @@ urgency.annotations.coefficient=0
 urgency.user.tag.maybe.coefficient=-100.0
 urgency.user.tag.next.coefficient=5.0
 
+# things that are blocking simply have to be done before
+# being able to do the blocked thing. This ensures that.
+urgency.blocked.coefficient=0.0
+urgency.blocking.coefficient=0.0
+urgency.inherit=1
+
 # Holidays for calendar
 include /usr/share/doc/task/rc/holidays.de-DE.rc