diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index b291fc6..11488ed 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -84,12 +84,6 @@
         <scope>test</scope>
     </dependency>
     
-     <dependency>
-        <groupId>org.springframework</groupId>
-        <artifactId>spring-asm</artifactId>
-        <version>${spring.version}</version>
-        <scope>test</scope>
-    </dependency>
     
     <dependency>
         <groupId>org.springframework</groupId>
diff --git a/src/main/java/com/libzter/a/A.java b/src/main/java/com/libzter/a/A.java
index 7c43d80..0ee9f7f 100644
--- a/src/main/java/com/libzter/a/A.java
+++ b/src/main/java/com/libzter/a/A.java
@@ -77,6 +77,7 @@ public void output(Object... args) {
 	public static String CMD_USER = "U";
 	public static String CMD_PASS = "P";
 	public static String CMD_SET_HEADER = "H";
+	public static String CMD_PRIORITY = "i";
 	
 	public static String DEFAULT_COUNT_GET = "1";
 	public static String DEFAULT_COUNT_ALL = "0";
@@ -109,6 +110,7 @@ public void run(String[] args) throws InterruptedException{
 		opts.addOption(CMD_WAIT,"wait",true,"Time to wait on get operation. Default 50. 0 equals infinity");
 		opts.addOption(CMD_USER,"user",true,"Username to connect to broker");
 		opts.addOption(CMD_PASS,"pass",true,"Password to connect to broker");
+		opts.addOption(CMD_PRIORITY,"priority",true,"sets JMSPriority");
 		@SuppressWarnings("static-access")
 		Option property = OptionBuilder.withArgName("property=value" )
                 .hasArgs(2)
@@ -277,6 +279,7 @@ protected void executePut(CommandLine cmdLine) throws IOException, JMSException
 		Properties props = cmdLine.getOptionProperties(CMD_SET_HEADER);
 		String type = cmdLine.getOptionValue(CMD_TYPE,DEFAULT_TYPE);
 		String encoding = cmdLine.getOptionValue(CMD_ENCODING, Charset.defaultCharset().name());
+		
 		Message outMsg = null;
 		// figure out input data
 		String data = cmdLine.getOptionValue(CMD_PUT);
@@ -295,7 +298,7 @@ protected void executePut(CommandLine cmdLine) throws IOException, JMSException
 			TextMessage textMsg = sess.createTextMessage(data);
 			outMsg = textMsg;
 		}
-
+		
 		MessageProducer mp = sess.createProducer(createDestination(cmdLine.getArgs()[0]));
 		if( cmdLine.hasOption("n")){;
 			mp.setDeliveryMode(DeliveryMode.NON_PERSISTENT);
@@ -309,6 +312,16 @@ protected void executePut(CommandLine cmdLine) throws IOException, JMSException
 		if( cmdLine.hasOption("r")){
 			outMsg.setJMSReplyTo(createDestination(cmdLine.getOptionValue("r")));
 		}
+		
+		if( cmdLine.hasOption(CMD_PRIORITY)){
+			try{
+				int priority = Integer.parseInt(cmdLine.getOptionValue(CMD_PRIORITY));
+				mp.setPriority(priority);
+			}catch(NumberFormatException nfe){
+				throw new NumberFormatException("JMSPriority has to be an integer value");
+			}
+		}
+		
 		// send multiple messages?
 		if( cmdLine.hasOption("c")){
 			int count = Integer.parseInt(cmdLine.getOptionValue("c"));
diff --git a/src/test/java/com/libzter/a/ATestCases.java b/src/test/java/com/libzter/a/ATestCases.java
index bce995e..9f6d61c 100644
--- a/src/test/java/com/libzter/a/ATestCases.java
+++ b/src/test/java/com/libzter/a/ATestCases.java
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@
 import static com.libzter.a.A.CMD_GET;
 import static com.libzter.a.A.CMD_PUT;
 import static com.libzter.a.A.CMD_WAIT;
+import static com.libzter.a.A.CMD_PRIORITY;
 import static org.junit.Assert.assertEquals;
 import static org.junit.Assert.assertTrue;
 
@@ -113,6 +114,18 @@ public void testPutQueue() throws Exception{
     	assertEquals("test",msg.getText());
     }
     
+    @Test
+    public void testPutWithPriority() throws Exception{
+    	final int priority = 6;
+    	String cmdLine = CMD_LINE_COMMON + "-" + CMD_PRIORITY +" " + priority + " -" + CMD_PUT + "\"test\"" 
+    			+ " TEST.QUEUE";
+    	a.run(cmdLine.split(" "));
+    	MessageConsumer mc = session.createConsumer(testQueue);
+    	TextMessage msg = (TextMessage)mc.receive(TEST_TIMEOUT);
+    	assertEquals("test",msg.getText());
+    	assertEquals(priority,msg.getJMSPriority());
+    }
+    
     @Test
     public void testPutTopic() throws Exception{
     	String cmdLine = CMD_LINE_COMMON + "-" + CMD_PUT + "\"test\"" + " topic://TEST.TOPIC";