diff --git a/gitlab2github_daemon.fish b/gitlab2github_daemon.fish
index 6db878cbb03da35ad63ba9078e3abc7a752ec56d..d477ae084d2e93a37c068963479dfe52f95c521d 100755
--- a/gitlab2github_daemon.fish
+++ b/gitlab2github_daemon.fish
@@ -1,6 +1,10 @@
 #!/usr/bin/fish
 
 while true
+    # git.recolic.net and gitsync located on the same machine. If the machine is rebooted, this script will fail and retry again and again. 
+    # sleep 60 to avoid deadly crazy retry loop
+    sleep 60
+
     fish ./gitlab2github_sync.fish
     echo "Sleeping 3600s..." 1>&2
     sleep 3600