diff --git a/src/Tgstation.Server.Host/Database/PostgresSqlDatabaseContext.cs b/src/Tgstation.Server.Host/Database/PostgresSqlDatabaseContext.cs
index bcd6cc5e4a..ea7cc6014d 100644
--- a/src/Tgstation.Server.Host/Database/PostgresSqlDatabaseContext.cs
+++ b/src/Tgstation.Server.Host/Database/PostgresSqlDatabaseContext.cs
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ namespace Tgstation.Server.Host.Database
 		protected override void OnConfiguring(DbContextOptionsBuilder options)
 		{
 			base.OnConfiguring(options);
-			options.UseNpgsql(DatabaseConfiguration.ConnectionString);
+			options.UseNpgsql(DatabaseConfiguration.ConnectionString, x => x.EnableRetryOnFailure());
 		}
 
 		/// <inheritdoc />
diff --git a/src/Tgstation.Server.Host/Database/SqlServerDatabaseContext.cs b/src/Tgstation.Server.Host/Database/SqlServerDatabaseContext.cs
index 77826e7dbe..be2a4b4876 100644
--- a/src/Tgstation.Server.Host/Database/SqlServerDatabaseContext.cs
+++ b/src/Tgstation.Server.Host/Database/SqlServerDatabaseContext.cs
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ namespace Tgstation.Server.Host.Database
 		protected override void OnConfiguring(DbContextOptionsBuilder options)
 		{
 			base.OnConfiguring(options);
-			options.UseSqlServer(DatabaseConfiguration.ConnectionString);
+			options.UseSqlServer(DatabaseConfiguration.ConnectionString, x => x.EnableRetryOnFailure());
 		}
 
 		/// <inheritdoc />