diff --git a/app/workers/generic_worker.rb b/app/workers/generic_worker.rb
index 4915f97c2..012c9b06c 100644
--- a/app/workers/generic_worker.rb
+++ b/app/workers/generic_worker.rb
@@ -2,6 +2,8 @@ class GenericWorker
 
   include Sidekiq::Worker
 
+  sidekiq_options retry: 3
+
   def perform(klass_name, klass_method, *method_args)
     klass = klass_name.constantize
     options = method_args.extract_options!.with_indifferent_access