diff --git a/swiss_locator/core/filters/swiss_locator_filter.py b/swiss_locator/core/filters/swiss_locator_filter.py
index 54485f6..ade4e3c 100644
--- a/swiss_locator/core/filters/swiss_locator_filter.py
+++ b/swiss_locator/core/filters/swiss_locator_filter.py
@@ -31,7 +31,6 @@
 from qgis.PyQt.QtNetwork import QNetworkRequest, QNetworkReply, QNetworkAccessManager
 
 from qgis.core import (
-    metaEnumFromType,
     Qgis,
     QgsLocatorFilter,
     QgsLocatorResult,
@@ -121,7 +120,6 @@ def __init__(
         self.result_found = False
         self.access_managers = {}
         self.minimum_search_length = 2
-        self.me = metaEnumFromType(QgsLocatorFilter.Priority)
 
         self.nam = QNetworkAccessManager()
         self.nam.setRedirectPolicy(
@@ -163,13 +161,7 @@ def name(self):
         return self.__class__.__name__
 
     def priority(self):
-        (value, ok) = self.me.keyToValue(
-            self.settings.filters[self.type.value]["priority"].value()
-        )
-        if ok:
-            return QgsLocatorFilter.Priority(value)
-        else:
-            return QgsLocatorFilter.Priority.Medium
+        return self.settings.filters[self.type.value]["priority"].value()
 
     def displayName(self):
         # this should be re-implemented
diff --git a/swiss_locator/core/settings.py b/swiss_locator/core/settings.py
index c3cd400..e8a2252 100644
--- a/swiss_locator/core/settings.py
+++ b/swiss_locator/core/settings.py
@@ -25,10 +25,10 @@
 # ---------------------------------------------------------------------
 
 from qgis.core import (
-    metaEnumFromType,
     QgsLocatorFilter,
     QgsSettingsTree,
     QgsSettingsEntryBool,
+    QgsSettingsEntryEnumFlag,
     QgsSettingsEntryString,
     QgsSettingsEntryInteger,
     QgsSettingsEntryStringList,
@@ -61,59 +61,58 @@ def __new__(cls):
                 "feature_search_layers_list", settings_node, []
             )
 
-            me = metaEnumFromType(QgsLocatorFilter.Priority)
-
-            cls.filters = {
+            filters = {
                 FilterType.Location.value: {
-                    "priority": QgsSettingsEntryString(
+                    "priority": QgsSettingsEntryEnumFlag(
                         f"{FilterType.Location.value}_priority",
                         settings_node,
-                        me.valueToKey(QgsLocatorFilter.Priority.Highest),
+                        QgsLocatorFilter.Priority.Highest,
                     ),
                     "limit": QgsSettingsEntryInteger(
                         f"{FilterType.Location.value}_limit", settings_node, 8
                     ),
                 },
                 FilterType.WMTS.value: {
-                    "priority": QgsSettingsEntryString(
+                    "priority": QgsSettingsEntryEnumFlag(
                         f"{FilterType.WMTS.value}_priority",
                         settings_node,
-                        me.valueToKey(QgsLocatorFilter.Priority.Medium),
+                        QgsLocatorFilter.Priority.Medium,
                     ),
                     "limit": QgsSettingsEntryInteger(
                         f"{FilterType.WMTS.value}_limit", settings_node, 8
                     ),
                 },
                 FilterType.VectorTiles.value: {
-                    "priority": QgsSettingsEntryString(
+                    "priority": QgsSettingsEntryEnumFlag(
                         f"{FilterType.VectorTiles.value}_priority",
                         settings_node,
-                        me.valueToKey(QgsLocatorFilter.Priority.Highest),
+                        QgsLocatorFilter.Priority.Highest,
                     ),
                     "limit": QgsSettingsEntryInteger(
                         f"{FilterType.VectorTiles.value}_limit", settings_node, 8
                     ),
                 },
                 FilterType.Feature.value: {
-                    "priority": QgsSettingsEntryString(
+                    "priority": QgsSettingsEntryEnumFlag(
                         f"{FilterType.Feature.value}_priority",
                         settings_node,
-                        me.valueToKey(QgsLocatorFilter.Priority.High),
+                        QgsLocatorFilter.Priority.High,
                     ),
                     "limit": QgsSettingsEntryInteger(
                         f"{FilterType.Feature.value}_limit", settings_node, 8
                     ),
                 },
                 FilterType.Layers.value: {
-                    "priority": QgsSettingsEntryString(
+                    "priority": QgsSettingsEntryEnumFlag(
                         f"{FilterType.Layers.value}_priority",
                         settings_node,
-                        me.valueToKey(QgsLocatorFilter.Priority.High),
+                        QgsLocatorFilter.Priority.High,
                     ),
                     "limit": QgsSettingsEntryInteger(
                         f"{FilterType.Layers.value}_limit", settings_node, 5
                     ),
                 },
             }
+            cls.filters = filters
 
         return cls.instance
diff --git a/swiss_locator/gui/config_dialog.py b/swiss_locator/gui/config_dialog.py
index 8396452..dc1c8df 100644
--- a/swiss_locator/gui/config_dialog.py
+++ b/swiss_locator/gui/config_dialog.py
@@ -25,11 +25,12 @@
 from qgis.PyQt.QtCore import Qt, pyqtSlot
 from qgis.PyQt.QtWidgets import QDialog, QTableWidgetItem, QAbstractItemView, QComboBox
 from qgis.PyQt.uic import loadUiType
-from qgis.core import QgsLocatorFilter, metaEnumFromType
+from qgis.core import QgsLocatorFilter
 from qgis.gui import (
-    QgsSettingsEditorWidgetWrapper,
     QgsSettingsStringComboBoxWrapper,
     QgsSettingsBoolCheckBoxWrapper,
+    QgsSettingsEnumEditorWidgetWrapper,
+    QgsSettingsEditorWidgetWrapper,
 )
 
 from ..core.settings import Settings
@@ -87,31 +88,23 @@ def __init__(self, parent=None):
             )
         )
 
-        me = metaEnumFromType(QgsLocatorFilter.Priority)
+        display_strings = {
+            QgsLocatorFilter.Priority.Highest: self.tr("Highest"),
+            QgsLocatorFilter.Priority.High: self.tr("High"),
+            QgsLocatorFilter.Priority.Medium: self.tr("Medium"),
+            QgsLocatorFilter.Priority.Low: self.tr("Low"),
+            QgsLocatorFilter.Priority.Lowest: self.tr("Lowest"),
+        }
+
         for filter_type in FilterType:
             cb = self.findChild(QComboBox, "{}_priority".format(filter_type.value))
             if cb is not None:  # Some filters might not have a config dialog
-                cb.addItem(
-                    self.tr("Highest"), me.valueToKey(QgsLocatorFilter.Priority.Highest)
-                )
-                cb.addItem(
-                    self.tr("High"), me.valueToKey(QgsLocatorFilter.Priority.High)
-                )
-                cb.addItem(
-                    self.tr("Medium"), me.valueToKey(QgsLocatorFilter.Priority.Medium)
-                )
-                cb.addItem(self.tr("Low"), me.valueToKey(QgsLocatorFilter.Priority.Low))
-                cb.addItem(
-                    self.tr("Lowest"), me.valueToKey(QgsLocatorFilter.Priority.Lowest)
-                )
-
-                self.wrappers.append(
-                    QgsSettingsStringComboBoxWrapper(
-                        cb,
-                        self.settings.filters[filter_type.value]["priority"],
-                        QgsSettingsStringComboBoxWrapper.Mode.Data,
-                    )
+                ew = QgsSettingsEnumEditorWidgetWrapper(
+                    editor=cb,
+                    setting=self.settings.filters[filter_type.value]["priority"],
+                    displayStrings=display_strings,
                 )
+                self.wrappers.append(ew)
 
         self.search_line_edit.textChanged.connect(self.filter_rows)
         self.select_all_button.pressed.connect(self.select_all)