diff --git a/DigitalData.Auth.Client/AuthClient.cs b/DigitalData.Auth.Client/AuthClient.cs
index ffa3d65..5e2f9e3 100644
--- a/DigitalData.Auth.Client/AuthClient.cs
+++ b/DigitalData.Auth.Client/AuthClient.cs
@@ -17,15 +17,19 @@ public class AuthClient : IAuthClient, IAsyncDisposable
 
     public AuthClient(IOptions<ClientParams> paramsOptions, HubConnectionBuilder connectionBuilder, ILogger<AuthClient>? logger = null)
     {
-        _connection = connectionBuilder
-            .WithUrl(paramsOptions.Value.Url)
-            .Build();
+        _params = paramsOptions.Value;
+
+        var cnnBuilder = connectionBuilder.WithUrl(_params.Url);
+
+        // set RetryPolicy if it exists
+        if (_params.RetryPolicy is not null)
+            cnnBuilder = cnnBuilder.WithAutomaticReconnect(_params.RetryPolicy);
+
+        _connection = cnnBuilder.Build();
 
         _connection.On<string, string>(nameof(ReceiveKeyAsync), ReceiveKeyAsync);
 
-        _logger = logger;
-
-        _params = paramsOptions.Value;
+        _logger = logger;               
         
         _lazyInitiator = new(async () =>
         {
diff --git a/DigitalData.Auth.Client/ClientParams.cs b/DigitalData.Auth.Client/ClientParams.cs
index de69ec1..fa78d1a 100644
--- a/DigitalData.Auth.Client/ClientParams.cs
+++ b/DigitalData.Auth.Client/ClientParams.cs
@@ -1,10 +1,39 @@
-namespace DigitalData.Auth.Client;
+using Microsoft.AspNetCore.SignalR.Client;
+
+namespace DigitalData.Auth.Client;
 
 public class ClientParams
 {
-#pragma warning disable CS8618 // throw exception in DI extension if it not set
-    public string Url { get; set; }
-#pragma warning restore CS8618
+    public string Url { get; set; } = string.Empty;
+
+    private readonly Lazy<IRetryPolicy?> _lazyRetryPolicy;
+
+    /// <summary>
+    /// Controls when the client attempts to reconnect and how many times it does so.
+    /// </summary>
+    public IRetryPolicy? RetryPolicy => _lazyRetryPolicy.Value;
+
+    /// <summary>
+    /// To simplify the assignment of <seealso cref="RetryPolicy"/>
+    /// </summary>
+    public Func<RetryContext, TimeSpan?>? NextRetryDelay { get; set; }
+
+    /// <summary>
+    /// To be able to serilize the simple <seealso cref="RetryPolicy"/>
+    /// </summary>
+    public TimeSpan? RetryDelay { get; set; }
 
     public readonly ClientEvents Events = new();
+
+    public ClientParams()
+    {
+        _lazyRetryPolicy = new(() =>
+        {
+            if (RetryDelay is not null)
+                return new RetryPolicy(ctx => RetryDelay);
+            else if(NextRetryDelay is not null)
+                return new RetryPolicy(NextRetryDelay);
+            return null;
+        });
+    }
 }
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/DigitalData.Auth.Client/RetryPolicy.cs b/DigitalData.Auth.Client/RetryPolicy.cs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..ad56e33
--- /dev/null
+++ b/DigitalData.Auth.Client/RetryPolicy.cs
@@ -0,0 +1,17 @@
+using Microsoft.AspNetCore.SignalR.Client;
+
+namespace DigitalData.Auth.Client;
+
+public class RetryPolicy : IRetryPolicy
+{
+    private readonly TimeSpan _retryDelay;
+
+    private readonly Func<RetryContext, TimeSpan?> _nextRetryDelay;
+
+    public RetryPolicy(Func<RetryContext, TimeSpan?> nextRetryDelay)
+    {
+        _nextRetryDelay = nextRetryDelay;
+    }
+
+    public TimeSpan? NextRetryDelay(RetryContext retryContext) => _nextRetryDelay(retryContext);
+}