allows setting max retries on the settings

django_dbconn_retry/apps.py

@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@
 from django.db import utils as django_db_utils
 from django.db.backends.base import base as django_db_base
 from django.dispatch import Signal
+from django.conf import settings
 
 from typing import Union, Tuple, Callable, List  # noqa. flake8 #118
 
@@ -51,7 +52,7 @@ def ensure_connection_with_retries(self: django_db_base.BaseDatabaseWrapper) ->
                     self.connect()
                 except Exception as e:
                     if isinstance(e, _operror_types):
-                        if hasattr(self, "_connection_retries") and self._connection_retries >= 1:
+                        if hasattr(self, "_connection_retries") and self._connection_retries >= getattr(settings, "MAX_DBCONN_RETRIES", 1):
                             _log.error("Reconnecting to the database didn't help %s", str(e))
                             del self._in_connecting
                             post_reconnect.send(self.__class__, dbwrapper=self)