diff --git a/app/org/thp/cortex/services/K8sJobRunnerSrv.scala b/app/org/thp/cortex/services/K8sJobRunnerSrv.scala
index 1b0a6f68a..d333ea17a 100644
--- a/app/org/thp/cortex/services/K8sJobRunnerSrv.scala
+++ b/app/org/thp/cortex/services/K8sJobRunnerSrv.scala
@@ -23,6 +23,7 @@ class K8sJobRunnerSrv(
     persistentVolumeClaimName: Option[String], // if not provided k8s runner is unavailable
     extraLabels: Map[String, String],
     podSecurityContext: Option[PodSecurityContext],
+    backoffLimit: Int,
     implicit val system: ActorSystem
 ) {
 
@@ -34,6 +35,7 @@ class K8sJobRunnerSrv(
       config.getOptional[String]("job.kubernetes.persistentVolumeClaimName"),
       K8sJobRunnerSrv.parseLabels(config),
       K8sJobRunnerSrv.parsePodSecurityContext(config),
+      config.getOptional[Int]("job.kubernetes.backoffLimit").getOrElse(0),
       system: ActorSystem
     )
 
@@ -93,6 +95,7 @@ class K8sJobRunnerSrv(
       .withLabels(allLabels.asJava)
       .endMetadata()
       .withNewSpec()
+      .withBackoffLimit(backoffLimit)
       .withNewTemplate()
       .withNewMetadata()
       .withLabels(allLabels.asJava)