diff --git a/docs/setup/setup.md b/docs/setup/setup.md
index f7e7a794b..53cac5562 100644
--- a/docs/setup/setup.md
+++ b/docs/setup/setup.md
@@ -148,7 +148,16 @@ username, password, IP address/hostname, and port.
   "ConnectionStrings": {
     "Type": "mongodb",
     "InformaticsGatewayDatabase": "mongodb://username:password@IP:port",
-    "DatabaseName": "InformaticsGateway"
+    "DatabaseOptions": {
+      "DatabaseName": "InformaticsGateway",
+      "retries": {
+        "delays": [
+          "750",
+          "1201",
+          "2500"
+        ]
+      }
+    }
   }
 }
 ```
diff --git a/src/InformaticsGateway/appsettings.Development.json b/src/InformaticsGateway/appsettings.Development.json
index 6c6e82c55..c37228d88 100755
--- a/src/InformaticsGateway/appsettings.Development.json
+++ b/src/InformaticsGateway/appsettings.Development.json
@@ -5,7 +5,16 @@
   "ConnectionStrings": {
     "Type": "mongodb",
     "InformaticsGatewayDatabase": "mongodb://root:rootpassword@localhost:27017",
-    "DatabaseName": "InformaticsGateway"
+    "DatabaseOptions": {
+      "DatabaseName": "InformaticsGateway",
+      "retries": {
+        "delays": [
+          "750",
+          "1201",
+          "2500"
+        ]
+      }
+    }
   },
   "InformaticsGateway": {
     "dicom": {
diff --git a/tests/Integration.Test/appsettings.mongodb.json b/tests/Integration.Test/appsettings.mongodb.json
index 93e9973e5..59d8b044c 100644
--- a/tests/Integration.Test/appsettings.mongodb.json
+++ b/tests/Integration.Test/appsettings.mongodb.json
@@ -2,6 +2,15 @@
   "ConnectionStrings": {
     "Type": "mongodb",
     "InformaticsGatewayDatabase": "mongodb://root:rootpassword@localhost:27017",
-    "DatabaseName": "InformaticsGateway"
+    "DatabaseOptions": {
+      "DatabaseName": "InformaticsGateway",
+      "retries": {
+        "delays": [
+          "750",
+          "1201",
+          "2500"
+        ]
+      }
+    }
   }
 }
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