diff --git a/examples/blink/FreeRTOSConfig.h b/examples/blink/FreeRTOSConfig.h
index dba857b..69b65f2 100644
--- a/examples/blink/FreeRTOSConfig.h
+++ b/examples/blink/FreeRTOSConfig.h
@@ -4,8 +4,8 @@
    which are otherwise found in FreeRTOS/Source/include/FreeRTOSConfig.h
 */
 
-/* We sleep a lot, so pre-emptive multitasking is fine. */
-#define configUSE_PREEMPTION 1
+/* We sleep a lot, so cooperative multitasking is fine. */
+#define configUSE_PREEMPTION 0
 
 /* Blink doesn't really need a lot of stack space! */
 #define configMINIMAL_STACK_SIZE 128