diff --git a/packages/basic.gblib/services/GBVMService.ts b/packages/basic.gblib/services/GBVMService.ts
index 4dd43cde..b3b0c987 100644
--- a/packages/basic.gblib/services/GBVMService.ts
+++ b/packages/basic.gblib/services/GBVMService.ts
@@ -314,7 +314,7 @@ export class GBVMService extends GBService {
           const sequelizeOptions = {
             define: {
               charset: 'utf8',
-              collate: 'utf8_general_ci', 
+              collate: 'utf8_general_ci',
               freezeTableName: true,
               timestamps: false
             },
@@ -326,7 +326,8 @@ export class GBVMService extends GBService {
             dialectOptions: {
               options: {
                 trustServerCertificate: true,
-                encrypt: encrypt
+                encrypt: encrypt,
+                requestTimeout: 120 * 1000
               }
             },
             pool: {
diff --git a/packages/basic.gblib/services/SystemKeywords.ts b/packages/basic.gblib/services/SystemKeywords.ts
index 038623b2..9baad92c 100644
--- a/packages/basic.gblib/services/SystemKeywords.ts
+++ b/packages/basic.gblib/services/SystemKeywords.ts
@@ -659,7 +659,7 @@ export class SystemKeywords {
   */
   public async saveToStorageBatch({ pid, table, rows }): Promise<void> {
     const { min } = await DialogKeywords.getProcessInfo(pid);
-    GBLog.info(`BASIC: Saving to storage '${table}' (SAVE).`);
+    GBLog.info(`BASIC: Saving batch to storage '${table}' (SAVE).`);
 
     const definition = this.getTableFromName(table, min);
 
@@ -2056,7 +2056,16 @@ export class SystemKeywords {
 
       header = Object.keys(t.fieldRawAttributesMap);
       if (!this.cachedMerge[pid][file]) {
-          rows = await t.findAll({});
+        await retry(
+          async (bail) => {
+            rows = await t.findAll({});
+          },
+          {
+            retries: 5,
+            onRetry: (err) => { GBLog.error(`MERGE: Retrying SELECT ALL on table: ${err.message}.`); }
+          }
+        );   
+
       }
       else {
           rows = this.cachedMerge[pid][file];