diff --git a/runtime/include/runtime.h b/runtime/include/runtime.h
index df9eb4c..455ce13 100644
--- a/runtime/include/runtime.h
+++ b/runtime/include/runtime.h
@@ -29,6 +29,7 @@
 #define RUNTIME_MAX_WORKER_COUNT          32 /* Static buffer size for per-worker globals */
 #define RUNTIME_READ_WRITE_VECTOR_LENGTH  16
 #define RUNTIME_RELATIVE_DEADLINE_US_MAX  3600000000 /* One Hour. Fits in uint32_t */
+#define RUNTIME_RUNQUEUE_SIZE             256        /* Minimum guaranteed size. Might grow! */
 
 enum RUNTIME_SIGALRM_HANDLER
 {
diff --git a/runtime/src/local_runqueue_minheap.c b/runtime/src/local_runqueue_minheap.c
index 8ba3c29..d0b9181 100644
--- a/runtime/src/local_runqueue_minheap.c
+++ b/runtime/src/local_runqueue_minheap.c
@@ -13,8 +13,6 @@
 #include "sandbox_functions.h"
 #include "runtime.h"
 
-#define INITIAL_LOCAL_RUNQUEUE_MINHEAP_CAPACITY 256
-
 thread_local static struct priority_queue *local_runqueue_minheap;
 
 /**
@@ -85,8 +83,7 @@ void
 local_runqueue_minheap_initialize()
 {
 	/* Initialize local state */
-	local_runqueue_minheap = priority_queue_initialize(INITIAL_LOCAL_RUNQUEUE_MINHEAP_CAPACITY, false,
-	                                                   sandbox_get_priority);
+	local_runqueue_minheap = priority_queue_initialize(RUNTIME_RUNQUEUE_SIZE, false, sandbox_get_priority);
 
 	/* Register Function Pointers for Abstract Scheduling API */
 	struct local_runqueue_config config = { .add_fn      = local_runqueue_minheap_add,