diff --git a/extra/docker/clamp/clamp.env b/extra/docker/clamp/clamp.env
index 9c72474..47ec08f 100644
--- a/extra/docker/clamp/clamp.env
+++ b/extra/docker/clamp/clamp.env
@@ -1 +1,2 @@
-SPRING_APPLICATION_JSON={"spring.datasource.cldsdb.url":"jdbc:mariadb:sequential://db:3306/cldsdb4?verifyServerCertificate=false&useSSL=false&requireSSL=false&autoReconnect=true&retriesAllDown=2147483647&failoverLoopRetries=2147483647","org.onap.clamp.config.files.cldsPolicyConfig":"classpath:/clds/clds-policy-config.properties","org.onap.clamp.config.files.cldsReference":"classpath:/clds/clds-reference.properties"}
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+### Be careful, this must be in one line only ###
+SPRING_APPLICATION_JSON={"spring.datasource.cldsdb.url":"jdbc:mariadb:sequential://db:3306/cldsdb4?autoReconnect=true&connectTimeout=10000&socketTimeout=10000&retriesAllDown=3","org.onap.clamp.config.files.cldsPolicyConfig":"classpath:/clds/clds-policy-config.properties","org.onap.clamp.config.files.cldsReference":"classpath:/clds/clds-reference.properties"}
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diff --git a/src/main/resources/application.properties b/src/main/resources/application.properties
index dd4ea6d..38a719d 100644
--- a/src/main/resources/application.properties
+++ b/src/main/resources/application.properties
@@ -88,7 +88,7 @@
 
 #clds datasource connection details
 spring.datasource.cldsdb.driverClassName=org.mariadb.jdbc.Driver
-spring.datasource.cldsdb.url=jdbc:mariadb:sequential://localhost:${docker.mariadb.port.host}/cldsdb4?autoReconnect=true&retriesAllDown=2147483647&failoverLoopRetries=2147483647
+spring.datasource.cldsdb.url=jdbc:mariadb:sequential://localhost:${docker.mariadb.port.host}/cldsdb4?autoReconnect=true&connectTimeout=10000&socketTimeout=10000&retriesAllDown=3
 spring.datasource.cldsdb.username=clds
 spring.datasource.cldsdb.password=4c90a0b48204383f4283448d23e0b885a47237b2a23588e7c4651604f51c1067
 spring.datasource.cldsdb.validationQuery=SELECT 1