diff --git a/user-config.py b/user-config.py
index 74b9076..507e488 100644
--- a/user-config.py
+++ b/user-config.py
@@ -9,3 +9,11 @@
 console_encoding = 'utf-8'
 
 password_file = 'user-password.py'
+
+# https://doc.wikimedia.org/pywikibot/stable/api_ref/pywikibot.config.html#settings-to-avoid-server-overload
+# Maximum number of times to retry an API request before quitting.
+max_retries = 1
+# Minimum time to wait before resubmitting a failed API request.
+retry_wait = 5
+# Maximum time to wait before resubmitting a failed API request.
+retry_max = 10