diff --git a/src/Ombi/Extensions/DatabaseExtensions.cs b/src/Ombi/Extensions/DatabaseExtensions.cs
index 4d82031ef..70bd8c70e 100644
--- a/src/Ombi/Extensions/DatabaseExtensions.cs
+++ b/src/Ombi/Extensions/DatabaseExtensions.cs
@@ -123,6 +123,7 @@ namespace Ombi.Extensions
             options.UseMySql(config.ConnectionString, b =>
             {
                 b.CharSetBehavior(Pomelo.EntityFrameworkCore.MySql.Infrastructure.CharSetBehavior.NeverAppend);
+                b.EnableRetryOnFailure();
             });
         }