diff --git a/.travis.yml b/.travis.yml
index 6e945f15..1651caaa 100644
--- a/.travis.yml
+++ b/.travis.yml
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ language: node_js
 sudo: false
 
 node_js:
-  - "6.11.3"
+  - 10
 
 services:
   - mongodb
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index f90f0fbd..139f5dbb 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "podcloud-feeds",
-  "version": "1.1.2",
+  "version": "1.1.3",
   "description": "GraphQL API for podcloud",
   "scripts": {
     "test": "NODE_ENV=test mocha --opts test/mocha.opts",
diff --git a/src/connectors/connection.js b/src/connectors/connection.js
index 58fef4bd..130d00d1 100644
--- a/src/connectors/connection.js
+++ b/src/connectors/connection.js
@@ -5,7 +5,10 @@ function mongo_connect(conn_str) {
   const mongo = Mongoose.connect(
     conn_str,
     {
-      useMongoClient: true
+      useMongoClient: true,
+      autoReconnect: true,
+      reconnectTries: Number.MAX_VALUE,
+      bufferMaxEntries: 0
     },
     err => {
       if (err) {