diff --git a/web/app/src/components/UpdateListener.vue b/web/app/src/components/UpdateListener.vue
index b9b966e7..68ff345e 100644
--- a/web/app/src/components/UpdateListener.vue
+++ b/web/app/src/components/UpdateListener.vue
@@ -92,6 +92,9 @@ export default {
       // console.log("connecting JobsListener to WS", websocketURL);
       const ws = io(websocketURL, {
         transports: ['websocket'],
+        reconnectionDelay: 250, // milliseconds
+        reconnectionDelayMax: 3000, // milliseconds
+        timeout: 1000, // milliseconds
       });
       this.socket = ws;