diff --git a/src/start.sh b/src/start.sh
index 37a8e304..7844b23d 100644
--- a/src/start.sh
+++ b/src/start.sh
@@ -98,7 +98,7 @@ start() {
     # Get the line number
     startFrom=$(grep -n '########## FTL started' /var/log/pihole/FTL.log | tail -1 | cut -d: -f1)
     # Start the tail from the line number and background it
-    tail --follow=name -n +${startFrom} /var/log/pihole/FTL.log &
+    tail --follow=name --retry -n +${startFrom} /var/log/pihole/FTL.log &
   else
     echo "  [i] FTL log output is disabled. Remove the Environment variable TAIL_FTL_LOG, or set it to 1 to enable FTL log output."
   fi