diff --git a/cmd/controller/main.go b/cmd/controller/main.go
index 0d6f8500b..5d37754e9 100644
--- a/cmd/controller/main.go
+++ b/cmd/controller/main.go
@@ -53,6 +53,7 @@ func main() {
 
 	flags := cmd.Flags()
 	flags.Bool("verbose", false, "Enable verbose logging")
+	flags.IntVar(&config.BackoffLimit, "backoff-limit", 1, "The number of times we are willing to allow a terraform job to error before marking as a failure")
 	flags.BoolVar(&config.EnableContextInjection, "enable-context-injection", false, "Indicates the controller should inject Configuration context into the terraform variables")
 	flags.BoolVar(&config.EnableNamespaceProtection, "enable-namespace-protection", false, "Indicates the controller should protect the controller namespace from being deleted")
 	flags.BoolVar(&config.EnableRevisionUpdateProtection, "enable-revision-update-protection", false, "Indicates we should protect the revisions in use from being updated")
diff --git a/pkg/assets/job.yaml.tpl b/pkg/assets/job.yaml.tpl
index 6a4627e12..49e3f478c 100644
--- a/pkg/assets/job.yaml.tpl
+++ b/pkg/assets/job.yaml.tpl
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ metadata:
     {{ $key }}: "{{ $value }}"
     {{- end }}
 spec:
-  backoffLimit: 2
+  backoffLimit: {{ default 1 .BackoffLimit }}
   completions: 1
   parallelism: 1
   # retain the jobs for 6 hours
diff --git a/pkg/controller/configuration/controller.go b/pkg/controller/configuration/controller.go
index 4bff909e8..3ef294862 100644
--- a/pkg/controller/configuration/controller.go
+++ b/pkg/controller/configuration/controller.go
@@ -65,6 +65,9 @@ type Controller struct {
 	// BackendTemplate is the name of the secret in the controller namespace which holds a
 	// template used to generate the state backend
 	BackendTemplate string
+	// BackoffLimit is the amount of times we are allowing a job to failed before deeming
+	// it a failure
+	BackoffLimit int
 	// EnableContextInjection enables the injection of the context into the terraform configuration
 	// variables. This means we shall inject an number of default variables into the configuration
 	// such as namespace, name and labels
diff --git a/pkg/controller/configuration/delete.go b/pkg/controller/configuration/delete.go
index db5353901..18b52ea35 100644
--- a/pkg/controller/configuration/delete.go
+++ b/pkg/controller/configuration/delete.go
@@ -86,6 +86,7 @@ func (c *Controller) ensureTerraformDestroy(configuration *terraformv1alpha1.Con
 				map[string]string{
 					terraformv1alpha1.RetryAnnotation: configuration.GetAnnotations()[terraformv1alpha1.RetryAnnotation],
 				}),
+			BackoffLimit:     c.BackoffLimit,
 			EnableInfraCosts: c.EnableInfracosts,
 			ExecutorImage:    c.ExecutorImage,
 			ExecutorSecrets:  c.ExecutorSecrets,
diff --git a/pkg/controller/configuration/ensure.go b/pkg/controller/configuration/ensure.go
index c8fabb6ed..174ea54bd 100644
--- a/pkg/controller/configuration/ensure.go
+++ b/pkg/controller/configuration/ensure.go
@@ -712,6 +712,7 @@ func (c *Controller) ensureTerraformPlan(configuration *terraformv1alpha1.Config
 					terraformv1alpha1.DriftAnnotation: configuration.GetAnnotations()[terraformv1alpha1.DriftAnnotation],
 					terraformv1alpha1.RetryAnnotation: configuration.GetAnnotations()[terraformv1alpha1.RetryAnnotation],
 				}),
+			BackoffLimit:       c.BackoffLimit,
 			EnableInfraCosts:   c.EnableInfracosts,
 			ExecutorImage:      c.ExecutorImage,
 			ExecutorSecrets:    c.ExecutorSecrets,
@@ -1149,6 +1150,7 @@ func (c *Controller) ensureTerraformApply(configuration *terraformv1alpha1.Confi
 				state.provider.JobLabels(),
 				configuration.GetLabels(),
 			),
+			BackoffLimit:       c.BackoffLimit,
 			EnableInfraCosts:   c.EnableInfracosts,
 			ExecutorImage:      c.ExecutorImage,
 			ExecutorSecrets:    c.ExecutorSecrets,
diff --git a/pkg/controller/configuration/reconcile_test.go b/pkg/controller/configuration/reconcile_test.go
index 120d6eed6..c60d76e7e 100644
--- a/pkg/controller/configuration/reconcile_test.go
+++ b/pkg/controller/configuration/reconcile_test.go
@@ -60,6 +60,7 @@ func makeFakeController(cc client.Client) *Controller {
 		kc:                  kfake.NewSimpleClientset(),
 		cache:               cache.New(5*time.Minute, 10*time.Minute),
 		recorder:            recorder,
+		BackoffLimit:        2,
 		EnableInfracosts:    false,
 		EnableWatchers:      true,
 		ExecutorImage:       "ghcr.io/appvia/terranetes-executor",
diff --git a/pkg/server/server.go b/pkg/server/server.go
index 569089655..d39c19914 100644
--- a/pkg/server/server.go
+++ b/pkg/server/server.go
@@ -171,6 +171,8 @@ func New(cfg *rest.Config, config Config) (*Server, error) {
 	// @step: ensure the configuration controller is enabled
 	if err := (&configuration.Controller{
 		BackendTemplate:         config.BackendTemplate,
+		BackoffLimit:            config.BackoffLimit,
+		ControllerJobLabels:     jobLabels,
 		ControllerNamespace:     config.Namespace,
 		EnableInfracosts:        (config.InfracostsSecretName != ""),
 		EnableTerraformVersions: config.EnableTerraformVersions,
@@ -181,7 +183,6 @@ func New(cfg *rest.Config, config Config) (*Server, error) {
 		InfracostsImage:         config.InfracostsImage,
 		InfracostsSecretName:    config.InfracostsSecretName,
 		JobTemplate:             config.JobTemplate,
-		ControllerJobLabels:     jobLabels,
 		PolicyImage:             config.PolicyImage,
 		TerraformImage:          config.TerraformImage,
 	}).Add(mgr); err != nil {
diff --git a/pkg/server/types.go b/pkg/server/types.go
index 5c7b6728f..023b4b4a9 100644
--- a/pkg/server/types.go
+++ b/pkg/server/types.go
@@ -27,6 +27,8 @@ type Config struct {
 	// contains an optional template to use for the backend state - unless this
 	// is set we use the default backend state i.e. kubernetes state
 	BackendTemplate string
+	// BackoffLimit is the number of times we are willing to allow a job to fail
+	BackoffLimit int
 	// DriftControllerInterval is the interval for the controller to check for drift
 	DriftControllerInterval time.Duration
 	// DriftInterval is the minimum interval between drift checks
diff --git a/pkg/utils/jobs/jobs.go b/pkg/utils/jobs/jobs.go
index 71ed601d4..a003db82c 100644
--- a/pkg/utils/jobs/jobs.go
+++ b/pkg/utils/jobs/jobs.go
@@ -48,6 +48,9 @@ type Options struct {
 	AdditionalJobSecrets []string
 	// AdditionalJobLabels are additional labels added to the job
 	AdditionalJobLabels map[string]string
+	// BackoffLimit is the number of times we are willing to allow a job to fail
+	// before we give up
+	BackoffLimit int
 	// EnableInfraCosts is the flag to enable cost analysis
 	EnableInfraCosts bool
 	// ExecutorImage is the image to use for the terraform jobs