diff --git a/lib/services/bitcoind/index.js b/lib/services/bitcoind/index.js
index e812e272..d5043c51 100644
--- a/lib/services/bitcoind/index.js
+++ b/lib/services/bitcoind/index.js
@@ -25,6 +25,9 @@ function Bitcoin(options) {
   this.subscriptions.rawtransaction = [];
   this.subscriptions.hashblock = [];
 
+  this.startRetryTimes = this.options.startRetryTimes || 120;
+  this.startRetryInterval = this.options.startRetryInterval || 1000;
+
   this._initClients();
 
   this._process = options.process || process;
@@ -317,7 +320,7 @@ Bitcoin.prototype._connectProcess = function(config, callback) {
   var node = {};
   var exitShutdown = false;
 
-  async.retry({times: 60, interval: self.startRetryInterval}, function(done) {
+  async.retry({times: self.startRetryTimes, interval: self.startRetryInterval}, function(done) {
     if (self.node.stopping) {
       exitShutdown = true;
       return done();