diff --git a/ts/src/cmd/worker.ts b/ts/src/cmd/worker.ts
index ec1a7ab..6bfc280 100644
--- a/ts/src/cmd/worker.ts
+++ b/ts/src/cmd/worker.ts
@@ -180,6 +180,11 @@ export class WorkerCommand extends Command {
       taskQueue: 'wynn-worker-ts',
       stickyQueueScheduleToStartTimeout: 5 * 1000,
       activities,
+      defaultActivityOptions: {
+        retry: {
+          maximumAttempts: 30,
+        },
+      },
     })
     logger.info({ taskQueue: 'wynn-worker-ts', namespace: config.TEMPORAL_NAMESPACE }, 'starting temporal worker')
     await worker.run()