diff --git a/app/client/api-client/types.gen.ts b/app/client/api-client/types.gen.ts
index 6b92a662..3d7be795 100644
--- a/app/client/api-client/types.gen.ts
+++ b/app/client/api-client/types.gen.ts
@@ -2712,6 +2712,8 @@ export type CreateBackupScheduleData = {
         oneFileSystem?: boolean;
         tags?: Array<string>;
         customResticParams?: Array<string>;
+        maxRetries?: number;
+        retryDelay?: number;
     };
     path?: never;
     query?: never;
@@ -3091,6 +3093,8 @@ export type UpdateBackupScheduleData = {
         oneFileSystem?: boolean;
         tags?: Array<string>;
         customResticParams?: Array<string>;
+        maxRetries?: number;
+        retryDelay?: number;
     };
     path: {
         shortId: string;
diff --git a/app/client/modules/backups/components/create-schedule-form/advanced-section.tsx b/app/client/modules/backups/components/create-schedule-form/advanced-section.tsx
index a383e1f1..a7282ab6 100644
--- a/app/client/modules/backups/components/create-schedule-form/advanced-section.tsx
+++ b/app/client/modules/backups/components/create-schedule-form/advanced-section.tsx
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ export const AdvancedSection = ({ form }: AdvancedSectionProps) => {
 								onChange={(e) => field.onChange(e.target.value ? Number(e.target.value) : undefined)}
 							/>
 						</FormControl>
-						<FormDescription>Maximum number of retry attempts if a backup fails (default: 0).</FormDescription>
+						<FormDescription>Maximum number of retry attempts if a backup fails (default: 3).</FormDescription>
 						<FormMessage />
 					</FormItem>
 				)}
@@ -43,7 +43,7 @@ export const AdvancedSection = ({ form }: AdvancedSectionProps) => {
 							<Input
 								{...field}
 								type="number"
-								min={0}
+								min={1}
 								max={1440}
 								step={1}
 								placeholder="e.g., 60"
diff --git a/app/client/modules/backups/components/create-schedule-form/index.tsx b/app/client/modules/backups/components/create-schedule-form/index.tsx
index 907b8c3c..d1779027 100644
--- a/app/client/modules/backups/components/create-schedule-form/index.tsx
+++ b/app/client/modules/backups/components/create-schedule-form/index.tsx
@@ -62,7 +62,7 @@ export const CreateScheduleForm = ({ initialValues, formId, onSubmit, volume }:
 				excludeIfPresent,
 				customResticParams,
 				maxRetries,
-				retryDelay: retryDelay ? retryDelay * 60 * 1000 : 3600000,
+				retryDelay,
 			});
 		},
 		[onSubmit],
diff --git a/app/client/modules/backups/components/create-schedule-form/types.ts b/app/client/modules/backups/components/create-schedule-form/types.ts
index d8e3c5d5..c5f80dff 100644
--- a/app/client/modules/backups/components/create-schedule-form/types.ts
+++ b/app/client/modules/backups/components/create-schedule-form/types.ts
@@ -44,6 +44,4 @@ export type BackupScheduleFormValues = Omit<
 	excludeIfPresent?: string[];
 	includePatterns?: string[];
 	customResticParams?: string[];
-	maxRetries?: number;
-	retryDelay?: number;
 };
diff --git a/app/client/modules/backups/components/create-schedule-form/utils.ts b/app/client/modules/backups/components/create-schedule-form/utils.ts
index 3830a817..f8bbd036 100644
--- a/app/client/modules/backups/components/create-schedule-form/utils.ts
+++ b/app/client/modules/backups/components/create-schedule-form/utils.ts
@@ -26,8 +26,8 @@ export const backupScheduleToFormValues = (schedule?: BackupSchedule): InternalF
 		excludeIfPresentText: schedule.excludeIfPresent?.join("\n") || undefined,
 		oneFileSystem: schedule.oneFileSystem ?? false,
 		customResticParamsText: schedule.customResticParams?.join("\n") ?? "",
-		maxRetries: schedule.maxRetries ?? 5,
-		retryDelay: schedule.retryDelay ? schedule.retryDelay / (60 * 60 * 1000) : 1, // Convert ms to hours
+		maxRetries: schedule.maxRetries,
+		retryDelay: schedule.retryDelay ? schedule.retryDelay / (60 * 1000) : undefined, // Convert ms to minutes
 		...cronValues,
 		...schedule.retentionPolicy,
 	};
diff --git a/app/client/modules/backups/routes/create-backup.tsx b/app/client/modules/backups/routes/create-backup.tsx
index c8d54226..571ac99b 100644
--- a/app/client/modules/backups/routes/create-backup.tsx
+++ b/app/client/modules/backups/routes/create-backup.tsx
@@ -75,6 +75,8 @@ export function CreateBackupPage() {
 				excludeIfPresent: formValues.excludeIfPresent,
 				oneFileSystem: formValues.oneFileSystem,
 				customResticParams: formValues.customResticParams,
+				maxRetries: formValues.maxRetries,
+				retryDelay: formValues.retryDelay,
 			},
 		});
 	};
diff --git a/app/server/modules/backups/backups.dto.ts b/app/server/modules/backups/backups.dto.ts
index 2870d18b..eb7b6bb0 100644
--- a/app/server/modules/backups/backups.dto.ts
+++ b/app/server/modules/backups/backups.dto.ts
@@ -130,6 +130,8 @@ export const createBackupScheduleBody = z.object({
 	oneFileSystem: z.boolean().optional(),
 	tags: z.array(z.string()).optional(),
 	customResticParams: z.array(z.string()).optional(),
+	maxRetries: z.number().optional(),
+	retryDelay: z.number().optional(),
 });
 
 export type CreateBackupScheduleBody = z.infer<typeof createBackupScheduleBody>;
@@ -167,6 +169,8 @@ export const updateBackupScheduleBody = z.object({
 	oneFileSystem: z.boolean().optional(),
 	tags: z.array(z.string()).optional(),
 	customResticParams: z.array(z.string()).optional(),
+	maxRetries: z.number().optional(),
+	retryDelay: z.number().optional(),
 });
 
 export type UpdateBackupScheduleBody = z.infer<typeof updateBackupScheduleBody>;
diff --git a/app/server/modules/backups/backups.service.ts b/app/server/modules/backups/backups.service.ts
index 3b9ff793..99cc574c 100644
--- a/app/server/modules/backups/backups.service.ts
+++ b/app/server/modules/backups/backups.service.ts
@@ -111,6 +111,8 @@ const createSchedule = async (data: CreateBackupScheduleBody) => {
 			customResticParams: data.customResticParams ?? [],
 			nextBackupAt: nextBackupAt,
 			shortId: generateShortId(),
+			maxRetries: data.maxRetries,
+			retryDelay: data.retryDelay ? data.retryDelay * 60 * 1000 : undefined,
 			organizationId,
 		})
 		.returning();
@@ -163,10 +165,11 @@ const updateSchedule = async (scheduleIdOrShortId: number | string, data: Update
 	const cronExpression = data.cronExpression ?? schedule.cronExpression;
 	const nextBackupAt =
 		data.cronExpression === "" ? null : data.cronExpression ? calculateNextRun(cronExpression) : schedule.nextBackupAt;
+	const retryDelay = data.retryDelay ? data.retryDelay * 60 * 1000 : schedule.retryDelay;
 
 	const [updated] = await db
 		.update(backupSchedulesTable)
-		.set({ ...data, repositoryId: repository.id, nextBackupAt, updatedAt: Date.now() })
+		.set({ ...data, repositoryId: repository.id, nextBackupAt, updatedAt: Date.now(), retryDelay })
 		.where(and(eq(backupSchedulesTable.id, schedule.id), eq(backupSchedulesTable.organizationId, organizationId)))
 		.returning();