diff --git a/frontend/src/index.tsx b/frontend/src/index.tsx
index b95631c107..570db8c1da 100644
--- a/frontend/src/index.tsx
+++ b/frontend/src/index.tsx
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@ import 'styles.scss';
 
 import * as Sentry from '@sentry/react';
 import AppRoutes from 'AppRoutes';
+import { AxiosError } from 'axios';
 import { ThemeProvider } from 'hooks/useDarkMode';
 import ErrorBoundaryFallback from 'pages/ErrorBoundaryFallback/ErrorBoundaryFallback';
 import { createRoot } from 'react-dom/client';
@@ -16,6 +17,17 @@ const queryClient = new QueryClient({
 	defaultOptions: {
 		queries: {
 			refetchOnWindowFocus: false,
+			retry(failureCount, error): boolean {
+				if (
+					// in case of manually throwing errors please make sure to send error.response.status
+					error instanceof AxiosError &&
+					error.response?.status &&
+					(error.response?.status >= 400 || error.response?.status <= 499)
+				) {
+					return false;
+				}
+				return failureCount < 2;
+			},
 		},
 	},
 });