diff --git a/rialto_airflow/harvest/openalex.py b/rialto_airflow/harvest/openalex.py
index 54ee9bc..269f3d4 100644
--- a/rialto_airflow/harvest/openalex.py
+++ b/rialto_airflow/harvest/openalex.py
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@
 from rialto_airflow.utils import invert_dict
 
 config.email = os.environ.get("AIRFLOW_VAR_OPENALEX_EMAIL")
-config.max_retries = 0
+config.max_retries = 5
 config.retry_backoff_factor = 0.1
 config.retry_http_codes = [429, 500, 503]