diff --git a/app.py b/app.py
index abf3499..6d7ae65 100644
--- a/app.py
+++ b/app.py
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@
 # app init
 app = Flask(__name__)
 app.rdb = rdb = RedisIO(config.REDIS_URL)
-app.mdb = mdb = PyMongo(app, config.MONGO_URL + "?retryWrites=false").db
+app.mdb = mdb = PyMongo(app, config.MONGO_URL).db
 
 CORS(app)
 
diff --git a/docker/config-production.py b/docker/config-production.py
index f980a9f..916a687 100644
--- a/docker/config-production.py
+++ b/docker/config-production.py
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 TESTING = True if os.environ.get("TESTING") else False
 ENVIRONMENT = "Production"
 
-MONGO_URL = os.environ["MONGO_URL"]
+MONGO_URL = os.environ["MONGO_URL"] + "&retryWrites=false"
 REDIS_URL = os.environ["REDIS_URL"]
 SENTRY_DSN = os.getenv("SENTRY_DSN")
 
diff --git a/docker/config-staging.py b/docker/config-staging.py
index 51a6523..d755e48 100644
--- a/docker/config-staging.py
+++ b/docker/config-staging.py
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 TESTING = True if os.environ.get("TESTING") else False
 ENVIRONMENT = "Staging"
 
-MONGO_URL = os.environ["MONGO_URL"]
+MONGO_URL = os.environ["MONGO_URL"] + "&retryWrites=false"
 REDIS_URL = os.environ["REDIS_URL"]
 SENTRY_DSN = os.getenv("SENTRY_DSN")