diff --git a/EstateReportingAPI.BusinessLogic/QueryTimingInterceptor.cs b/EstateReportingAPI.BusinessLogic/QueryTimingInterceptor.cs
index 7c8835a..f07b6f5 100644
--- a/EstateReportingAPI.BusinessLogic/QueryTimingInterceptor.cs
+++ b/EstateReportingAPI.BusinessLogic/QueryTimingInterceptor.cs
@@ -84,7 +84,7 @@ public ResolvedDbContext<TContext> Resolve(String connectionStringKey,
             // Create an isolated service collection and provider
             ServiceCollection services = new();
             services.AddDbContext<TContext>(options => {
-                options.UseSqlServer(connectionString);
+                options.UseSqlServer(connectionString, sqlOptions => sqlOptions.EnableRetryOnFailure());
                 options.AddInterceptors(Interceptor); // attach here
             });
 
diff --git a/EstateReportingAPI.IntegrationTests/CustomWebApplicationFactory.cs b/EstateReportingAPI.IntegrationTests/CustomWebApplicationFactory.cs
index f09be04..4339b0b 100644
--- a/EstateReportingAPI.IntegrationTests/CustomWebApplicationFactory.cs
+++ b/EstateReportingAPI.IntegrationTests/CustomWebApplicationFactory.cs
@@ -52,7 +52,7 @@ protected override void ConfigureWebHost(IWebHostBuilder builder)
 
             containerBuilder.AddTransient<EstateManagementContext>(_ => context);
             var serviceProvider = containerBuilder.BuildServiceProvider();
-            
+
             var inMemorySettings = new Dictionary<string, string>
             {
                 { "ConnectionStrings:TransactionProcessorReadModel", DatabaseConnectionString }
@@ -71,8 +71,8 @@ protected override void ConfigureWebHost(IWebHostBuilder builder)
 
             containerBuilder.AddAuthentication(TestAuthHandler.AuthenticationScheme)
                             .AddScheme<TestAuthHandlerOptions, TestAuthHandler>(TestAuthHandler.AuthenticationScheme, options => { });
-            
-            
+
+
         });
 
     }
diff --git a/EstateReportingAPI.IntegrationTests/xunit.runner.json b/EstateReportingAPI.IntegrationTests/xunit.runner.json
index 29ceb58..a4c61e5 100644
--- a/EstateReportingAPI.IntegrationTests/xunit.runner.json
+++ b/EstateReportingAPI.IntegrationTests/xunit.runner.json
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
 {
-  "maxParallelThreads": 3,
-  "parallelizeTestCollections": true  
+  "maxParallelThreads": 1,
+  "parallelizeTestCollections": false 
 }
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