diff --git a/ansible_ppa/defaults/main.yml b/ansible_ppa/defaults/main.yml
index 610ac994..021793dc 100644
--- a/ansible_ppa/defaults/main.yml
+++ b/ansible_ppa/defaults/main.yml
@@ -39,5 +39,8 @@ ansible_config_options:
   - { section: 'defaults', option: 'fact_caching', value: 'memory', state: 'present' }
   - { section: 'defaults', option: 'retry_files_enabled', value: True, state: 'present' }
   - { section: 'defaults', option: 'retry_files_save_path', value: '~/.ansible_retry', state: 'present' }
+  - { section: 'defaults', option: 'callback_whitelist', value: 'timer', state: 'present' }
   - { section: 'ssh_connection', option: 'control_path', value: '{{ ansible_control_path }}', state: 'present' }
   - { section: 'ssh_connection', option: 'pipelining', value: '{{ ansible_pipelining }}', state: 'present' }
+  - { section: 'ssh_connection', option: 'retries', value: '3', state: 'present' }
+