diff --git a/action.yaml b/action.yaml
index 6882aab..c9a3f87 100644
--- a/action.yaml
+++ b/action.yaml
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ inputs:
   max_retries:
     description: "Max retries on timeout error"
     required: false
-    default: 3
+    default: 0
 outputs:
   patched-image:
     description: 'Image reference of patched image'
diff --git a/entrypoint.sh b/entrypoint.sh
index 0d93801..5c71394 100755
--- a/entrypoint.sh
+++ b/entrypoint.sh
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ timeout=$4
 connection_format=$5
 format=$6
 output_file=$7
-max_retries=$8
+max_retries=${8:-0}
 
 # parse image into image name
 image_no_tag=$(echo "$image" | cut -d':' -f1)