diff --git a/backend/go.mod b/backend/go.mod
index 857dd1c..284eab4 100644
--- a/backend/go.mod
+++ b/backend/go.mod
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@ module github.com/wigit-ng/webapp/backend
 go 1.20
 
 require (
+	github.com/cenkalti/backoff v2.2.1+incompatible
 	github.com/cristalhq/jwt/v5 v5.1.0
 	github.com/gin-contrib/cors v1.4.0
 	github.com/gin-gonic/gin v1.9.1
diff --git a/backend/go.sum b/backend/go.sum
index 7e72cfb..e87fbbf 100644
--- a/backend/go.sum
+++ b/backend/go.sum
@@ -5,6 +5,8 @@ github.com/bsm/gomega v1.27.10 h1:yeMWxP2pV2fG3FgAODIY8EiRE3dy0aeFYt4l7wh6yKA=
 github.com/bytedance/sonic v1.5.0/go.mod h1:ED5hyg4y6t3/9Ku1R6dU/4KyJ48DZ4jPhfY1O2AihPM=
 github.com/bytedance/sonic v1.9.1 h1:6iJ6NqdoxCDr6mbY8h18oSO+cShGSMRGCEo7F2h0x8s=
 github.com/bytedance/sonic v1.9.1/go.mod h1:i736AoUSYt75HyZLoJW9ERYxcy6eaN6h4BZXU064P/U=
+github.com/cenkalti/backoff v2.2.1+incompatible h1:tNowT99t7UNflLxfYYSlKYsBpXdEet03Pg2g16Swow4=
+github.com/cenkalti/backoff v2.2.1+incompatible/go.mod h1:90ReRw6GdpyfrHakVjL/QHaoyV4aDUVVkXQJJJ3NXXM=
 github.com/cespare/xxhash/v2 v2.2.0 h1:DC2CZ1Ep5Y4k3ZQ899DldepgrayRUGE6BBZ/cd9Cj44=
 github.com/cespare/xxhash/v2 v2.2.0/go.mod h1:VGX0DQ3Q6kWi7AoAeZDth3/j3BFtOZR5XLFGgcrjCOs=
 github.com/chenzhuoyu/base64x v0.0.0-20211019084208-fb5309c8db06/go.mod h1:DH46F32mSOjUmXrMHnKwZdA8wcEefY7UVqBKYGjpdQY=
diff --git a/backend/internal/api/v1/middlewares/redis.go b/backend/internal/api/v1/middlewares/redis.go
index d769c9d..db1c52c 100644
--- a/backend/internal/api/v1/middlewares/redis.go
+++ b/backend/internal/api/v1/middlewares/redis.go
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ import (
 	"net/http"
 	"strconv"
 
+	"github.com/cenkalti/backoff"
 	"github.com/gin-gonic/gin"
 	"github.com/redis/go-redis/v9"
 	"github.com/wigit-ng/webapp/backend/internal/config"
@@ -25,20 +26,24 @@ func NewRedis(cnf config.Config) error {
 		return err
 	}
 
-	client := redis.NewClient(
-		&redis.Options{
-			Addr:     fmt.Sprintf("%s:%s", cnf.RedisHost, cnf.RedisPort),
-			Password: cnf.RedisPass,
-			DB:       db,
-		},
-	)
+	operation := func() error {
+		client := redis.NewClient(
+			&redis.Options{
+				Addr:     fmt.Sprintf("%s:%s", cnf.RedisHost, cnf.RedisPort),
+				Password: cnf.RedisPass,
+				DB:       db,
+			},
+		)
 
-	if client == nil {
-		return fmt.Errorf("failed to initialize redis client")
+		if client == nil {
+			return fmt.Errorf("failed to initialize redis client")
+		}
+
+		RedisClient = client
+		return nil
 	}
 
-	RedisClient = client
-	return nil
+	return backoff.Retry(operation, backoff.NewExponentialBackOff())
 }
 
 // Redis is a Gin middleware that checks if the requested URL is
diff --git a/backend/internal/db/database.go b/backend/internal/db/database.go
index 108fc88..185bf74 100644
--- a/backend/internal/db/database.go
+++ b/backend/internal/db/database.go
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ import (
 	"fmt"
 	// _ "time/tzdata" if we make use of select time zone we may have to uncomment this and move to main
 
+	"github.com/cenkalti/backoff"
 	"github.com/rs/zerolog/log"
 	"github.com/wigit-ng/webapp/backend/internal/config"
 	"github.com/wigit-ng/webapp/backend/internal/logger"
@@ -90,7 +91,19 @@ func createDBConnection(dsn string) (*gorm.DB, error) {
 
 // GetConnector returns a ready connector to the database.
 func GetConnector(conf config.Config) *DB {
-	dbConnector, err := NewDB(NewDatabaseDSN(conf))
+	var dbConnector *DB
+	var err error
+
+	operation := func() error {
+		dbConnector, err = NewDB(NewDatabaseDSN(conf))
+		if err != nil {
+			return err
+		}
+
+		return nil
+	}
+
+	err = backoff.Retry(operation, backoff.NewExponentialBackOff())
 	if err != nil {
 		log.Panic().Err(err).Msg("failed to get db connector")
 	}