diff --git a/src/database.js b/src/database.js
index 68dc606cd..167a16a2c 100644
--- a/src/database.js
+++ b/src/database.js
@@ -76,8 +76,8 @@ function reconnect(callback) {
 
     gConnectionPool.getConnection(function (error, connection) {
         if (error) {
-            console.error('Unable to reestablish connection to database. Try again in a bit.', error.message);
-            return setTimeout(reconnect.bind(null, callback), 1000);
+            console.error('Unable to reestablish connection to database. Try again in 10 seconds.', error.message);
+            return setTimeout(reconnect.bind(null, callback), 10000);
         }
 
         connection.on('error', function (error) {
@@ -85,10 +85,10 @@ function reconnect(callback) {
             // this function should be invoked only when we have no callbacks pending and we have a fatal error
             assert(error.fatal, 'Non-fatal error on connection object');
 
-            console.error('Unhandled mysql connection error.', error);
+            console.error('Unhandled mysql connection error. Will reconnect in 10 seconds', error);
 
             // This is most likely an issue an can cause double callbacks from reconnect()
-            setTimeout(reconnect.bind(null, callback), 1000);
+            setTimeout(reconnect.bind(null, callback), 10000);
         });
 
         gDefaultConnection = connection;