diff --git a/backend/src/config.ts b/backend/src/config.ts
index fed1fdb2..232ef703 100644
--- a/backend/src/config.ts
+++ b/backend/src/config.ts
@@ -33,7 +33,9 @@ export default {
     org: () => process.env.INFLUXDB_ORG ?? 'xl',
     bucket: () => process.env.INFLUXDB_BUCKET ?? 'ad',
     token: () => process.env.INFLUXDB_TOKEN,
-    timeout: () => parseInt(process.env.INFLUXDB_TIMEOUT_MS ?? '20500'),
-    isFlushEnabled: () => process.env.INFLUXDB_FLUSH_ENABLED === 'true' ?? false
+    timeout: () => parseInt(process.env.INFLUXDB_TIMEOUT_MS ?? '3500'),
+    isFlushEnabled: () =>
+      process.env.INFLUXDB_FLUSH_ENABLED === 'true' ?? false,
+    maxRetries: () => parseInt(process.env.INFLUXDB_MAX_RETRIES ?? '3')
   }
 }
diff --git a/backend/src/utils/persistence.ts b/backend/src/utils/persistence.ts
index 57b42a1c..c840eb03 100644
--- a/backend/src/utils/persistence.ts
+++ b/backend/src/utils/persistence.ts
@@ -123,7 +123,11 @@ async function initInfluxWriter() {
 
   return new InfluxDB({
     url: config.influx.url(),
-    token
+    token,
+    timeout: config.influx.timeout(),
+    writeOptions: {
+      maxRetries: config.influx.maxRetries()
+    }
   }).getWriteApi(config.influx.org(), config.influx.bucket())
 }