diff --git a/swarmlab-app/src/run/app.js b/swarmlab-app/src/run/app.js
index 5b69564..e2d1c8c 100755
--- a/swarmlab-app/src/run/app.js
+++ b/swarmlab-app/src/run/app.js
@@ -369,7 +369,13 @@ io.origins('*:*') // for latest version
 
 
 function onCollection(err, collection) {
-    var cursor = collection.find({}, { tailable: true, awaitdata: true }),
+  let options = { tailable: true,
+                awaitData: true,
+                numberOfRetries: -1,
+                tailableRetryInterval: 500
+              };
+    //collection.find().cursor(options);
+    var cursor = collection.find({}, options),
         cursorStream = cursor.stream(),
         itemsProcessed = 0;