diff --git a/yahoofinancials/cache.py b/yahoofinancials/cache.py
index 5623356..9d99f2e 100644
--- a/yahoofinancials/cache.py
+++ b/yahoofinancials/cache.py
@@ -348,7 +348,7 @@ def initialise(self):
             self.initialised = 0  # failure
             return
         i = 0
-        while i < 100:
+        while i < 150:
             try:
                 db.connect()
                 Cookie_db_proxy.initialize(db)
@@ -356,7 +356,7 @@ def initialise(self):
                 self.initialised = 1  # success
                 return
             except _peewee.OperationalError:
-                time.sleep(random.randint(3, 10))
+                time.sleep(random.randint(3, 15))
                 continue