diff --git a/cfg/config.go b/cfg/config.go
index d1f16db..de5ec9a 100644
--- a/cfg/config.go
+++ b/cfg/config.go
@@ -20,9 +20,9 @@ const NodeNamePrefix = "marmot-node"
 const EmbeddedClusterName = "e-marmot"
 const (
 	Nats   SnapshotStoreType = "nats"
-	S3                       = "s3"
-	WebDAV                   = "webdav"
-	SFTP                     = "sftp"
+	S3     SnapshotStoreType = "s3"
+	WebDAV SnapshotStoreType = "webdav"
+	SFTP   SnapshotStoreType = "sftp"
 )
 
 type ReplicationLogConfiguration struct {
@@ -67,17 +67,19 @@ type SnapshotConfiguration struct {
 }
 
 type NATSConfiguration struct {
-	URLs             []string `toml:"urls"`
-	SubjectPrefix    string   `toml:"subject_prefix"`
-	StreamPrefix     string   `toml:"stream_prefix"`
-	ServerConfigFile string   `toml:"server_config"`
-	SeedFile         string   `toml:"seed_file"`
-	CredsUser        string   `toml:"user_name"`
-	CredsPassword    string   `toml:"user_password"`
-	CAFile           string   `toml:"ca_file"`
-	CertFile         string   `toml:"cert_file"`
-	KeyFile          string   `toml:"key_file"`
-	BindAddress      string   `toml:"bind_address"`
+	URLs                 []string `toml:"urls"`
+	SubjectPrefix        string   `toml:"subject_prefix"`
+	StreamPrefix         string   `toml:"stream_prefix"`
+	ServerConfigFile     string   `toml:"server_config"`
+	SeedFile             string   `toml:"seed_file"`
+	CredsUser            string   `toml:"user_name"`
+	CredsPassword        string   `toml:"user_password"`
+	CAFile               string   `toml:"ca_file"`
+	CertFile             string   `toml:"cert_file"`
+	KeyFile              string   `toml:"key_file"`
+	BindAddress          string   `toml:"bind_address"`
+	ConnectRetries       int      `toml:"connect_retries"`
+	ReconnectWaitSeconds int      `toml:"reconnect_wait_seconds"`
 }
 
 type LoggingConfiguration struct {
@@ -142,14 +144,16 @@ var Config = &Configuration{
 	},
 
 	NATS: NATSConfiguration{
-		URLs:             []string{},
-		SubjectPrefix:    "marmot-change-log",
-		StreamPrefix:     "marmot-changes",
-		ServerConfigFile: "",
-		SeedFile:         "",
-		CredsPassword:    "",
-		CredsUser:        "",
-		BindAddress:      "0.0.0.0:4222",
+		URLs:                 []string{},
+		SubjectPrefix:        "marmot-change-log",
+		StreamPrefix:         "marmot-changes",
+		ServerConfigFile:     "",
+		SeedFile:             "",
+		CredsPassword:        "",
+		CredsUser:            "",
+		BindAddress:          "0.0.0.0:4222",
+		ConnectRetries:       5,
+		ReconnectWaitSeconds: 2,
 	},
 
 	Logging: LoggingConfiguration{
diff --git a/config.toml b/config.toml
index 8cb0bd5..9169606 100644
--- a/config.toml
+++ b/config.toml
@@ -120,7 +120,7 @@ urls=[
 ]
 # Embedded server bind address
 bind_address="0.0.0.0:4222"
-# Embedded server config file (will be only used if URLs array is empty)
+# Embedded server config file (will only be used if URLs array is empty)
 server_config=""
 # Subject prefix used when publishing log entries, it's usually suffixed by shard number
 # to get the full subject name
@@ -137,6 +137,11 @@ seed_file=""
 # User credentials used for plain user password authentication
 user_name=""
 user_password=""
+# Number of retries when establishing the NATS server connection (will only be used if URLs array is not empty)
+connect_retries=5
+# Wait time between NATS reconnect attempts (will only be used if URLs array is not empty)
+reconnect_wait_seconds=2
+
 
 # Console STDOUT configurations
 [logging]
diff --git a/go.mod b/go.mod
index 4735b3f..798de33 100644
--- a/go.mod
+++ b/go.mod
@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@ require (
 	github.com/rs/zerolog v1.29.1
 	github.com/samber/lo v1.38.1
 	github.com/studio-b12/gowebdav v0.9.0
+	golang.org/x/crypto v0.11.0
 )
 
 require (
@@ -42,7 +43,6 @@ require (
 	github.com/sirupsen/logrus v1.9.3 // indirect
 	github.com/stretchr/objx v0.1.1 // indirect
 	github.com/x448/float16 v0.8.4 // indirect
-	golang.org/x/crypto v0.11.0 // indirect
 	golang.org/x/exp v0.0.0-20230713183714-613f0c0eb8a1 // indirect
 	golang.org/x/net v0.12.0 // indirect
 	golang.org/x/sys v0.10.0 // indirect
diff --git a/stream/nats.go b/stream/nats.go
index 66c3068..afc8734 100644
--- a/stream/nats.go
+++ b/stream/nats.go
@@ -6,13 +6,11 @@ import (
 
 	"github.com/maxpert/marmot/cfg"
 	"github.com/nats-io/nats.go"
+	"github.com/rs/zerolog/log"
 )
 
 func Connect() (*nats.Conn, error) {
-	opts := []nats.Option{
-		nats.Name(cfg.Config.NodeName()),
-		nats.Timeout(10 * time.Second),
-	}
+	opts := setupConnOptions()
 
 	creds, err := getNatsAuthFromConfig()
 	if err != nil {
@@ -35,10 +33,24 @@ func Connect() (*nats.Conn, error) {
 		return embedded.prepareConnection(opts...)
 	}
 
-	return nats.Connect(
-		strings.Join(cfg.Config.NATS.URLs, ", "),
-		opts...,
-	)
+	url := strings.Join(cfg.Config.NATS.URLs, ", ")
+
+	var conn *nats.Conn
+	for i := 0; i < cfg.Config.NATS.ConnectRetries; i++ {
+		conn, err = nats.Connect(url, opts...)
+		if err == nil && conn.Status() == nats.CONNECTED {
+			break
+		}
+
+		log.Warn().
+			Err(err).
+			Int("attempt", i+1).
+			Int("attempt_limit", cfg.Config.NATS.ConnectRetries).
+			Str("status", conn.Status().String()).
+			Msg("NATS connection failed")
+	}
+
+	return conn, err
 }
 
 func getNatsAuthFromConfig() ([]nats.Option, error) {
@@ -76,3 +88,27 @@ func getNatsTLSFromConfig() ([]nats.Option, error) {
 
 	return opts, nil
 }
+
+func setupConnOptions() []nats.Option {
+	return []nats.Option{
+		nats.Name(cfg.Config.NodeName()),
+		nats.RetryOnFailedConnect(true),
+		nats.ReconnectWait(time.Duration(cfg.Config.NATS.ReconnectWaitSeconds) * time.Second),
+		nats.MaxReconnects(cfg.Config.NATS.ConnectRetries),
+		nats.ClosedHandler(func(nc *nats.Conn) {
+			log.Fatal().
+				Err(nc.LastError()).
+				Msg("NATS client exiting")
+		}),
+		nats.DisconnectErrHandler(func(nc *nats.Conn, err error) {
+			log.Error().
+				Err(err).
+				Msg("NATS client disconnected")
+		}),
+		nats.ReconnectHandler(func(nc *nats.Conn) {
+			log.Info().
+				Str("url", nc.ConnectedUrl()).
+				Msg("NATS client reconnected")
+		}),
+	}
+}