diff --git a/manifests/config.pp b/manifests/config.pp
index f8703215..6ca0f6e7 100644
--- a/manifests/config.pp
+++ b/manifests/config.pp
@@ -72,6 +72,8 @@
       command     => '/usr/bin/gitlab-ctl reconfigure',
       refreshonly => true,
       timeout     => 1800,
+      logoutput   => true,
+      tries       => 5,
     }
 
     if is_hash($postgresql) {