diff --git a/cmd/postgres_exporter/postgres_exporter.go b/cmd/postgres_exporter/postgres_exporter.go
index 3a20c7b3..5e4387dc 100644
--- a/cmd/postgres_exporter/postgres_exporter.go
+++ b/cmd/postgres_exporter/postgres_exporter.go
@@ -1046,7 +1046,7 @@ func (s *Servers) GetServer(dsn string) (*Server, error) {
 	var err error
 	var ok bool
 	errCount := 0 // start at zero because we increment before doing work
-	retries := 3
+	retries := 1
 	var server *Server
 	for {
 		if errCount++; errCount > retries {