diff --git a/src/main/java/fr/xephi/authme/datasource/MySQL.java b/src/main/java/fr/xephi/authme/datasource/MySQL.java
index b637259e..7ae8b6d5 100644
--- a/src/main/java/fr/xephi/authme/datasource/MySQL.java
+++ b/src/main/java/fr/xephi/authme/datasource/MySQL.java
@@ -108,6 +108,8 @@ public class MySQL implements DataSource {
         config.addDataSourceProperty("cachePrepStmts", "true");
         config.addDataSourceProperty("prepStmtCacheSize", "250");
         config.addDataSourceProperty("prepStmtCacheSqlLimit", "2048");
+        config.addDataSourceProperty("autoReconnect", true);
+        config.addDataSourceProperty("initializationFailFast", true);
         ds = new HikariDataSource(config);
         ConsoleLogger.info("Connection pool ready");
     }
@@ -896,6 +898,8 @@ public class MySQL implements DataSource {
         config.addDataSourceProperty("cachePrepStmts", "true");
         config.addDataSourceProperty("prepStmtCacheSize", "250");
         config.addDataSourceProperty("prepStmtCacheSqlLimit", "2048");
+        config.addDataSourceProperty("autoReconnect", true);
+        config.addDataSourceProperty("initializationFailFast", true);
         ds = new HikariDataSource(config);
         if (!reload)
             ConsoleLogger.info("ConnectionPool was unavailable... Reconnected!");