diff --git a/processing/src/main/java/io/druid/query/RetryQueryRunnerConfig.java b/processing/src/main/java/io/druid/query/RetryQueryRunnerConfig.java
index 2b8bb730b68..3837389670e 100644
--- a/processing/src/main/java/io/druid/query/RetryQueryRunnerConfig.java
+++ b/processing/src/main/java/io/druid/query/RetryQueryRunnerConfig.java
@@ -24,10 +24,18 @@ import com.fasterxml.jackson.annotation.JsonProperty;
 public class RetryQueryRunnerConfig
 {
   @JsonProperty
-  private int numTries = 0;
+  private int numTries = 1;
+
   @JsonProperty
   private boolean returnPartialResults = false;
 
-  public int numTries() { return numTries; }
-  public boolean returnPartialResults() { return returnPartialResults; }
+  public int numTries()
+  {
+    return numTries;
+  }
+
+  public boolean returnPartialResults()
+  {
+    return returnPartialResults;
+  }
 }