diff --git a/lambdas/indexer/app.py b/lambdas/indexer/app.py
index 3445cd9fbe..4bdd8caab2 100644
--- a/lambdas/indexer/app.py
+++ b/lambdas/indexer/app.py
@@ -95,9 +95,11 @@ def log_forwarder(self, prefix: str):
             s3_decorator = self.on_s3_event(bucket=aws.logs_bucket,
                                             events=['s3:ObjectCreated:*'],
                                             prefix=prefix)
-            error_decorator = app.metric_alarm(metric=LambdaMetric.errors)
+            error_decorator = app.metric_alarm(metric=LambdaMetric.errors,
+                                               threshold=1,  # One alarm …
+                                               period=24 * 60 * 60)  # … per day.
             throttle_decorator = app.metric_alarm(metric=LambdaMetric.throttles)
-            retry_decorator = app.retry(times=0)
+            retry_decorator = app.retry(times=2)
 
             def decorator(f):
                 return throttle_decorator(error_decorator(retry_decorator(s3_decorator(f))))