diff --git a/src/lego_monitoring/alerting/alerts.py b/src/lego_monitoring/alerting/alerts.py
index 2241b6e..dfa61a4 100644
--- a/src/lego_monitoring/alerting/alerts.py
+++ b/src/lego_monitoring/alerting/alerts.py
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ class Alert:
 async def get_client() -> TelegramClient:
     config = cvars.config.get()
     api_id, api_hash, bot_token = config.telegram.creds.split(",")
-    client = await TelegramClient(MemorySession(), api_id, api_hash).start(bot_token=bot_token)
+    client = await TelegramClient(MemorySession(), api_id, api_hash, connection_retries=None).start(bot_token=bot_token)
     client.parse_mode = "html"
     return client