diff --git a/lib/rabbit_carrots/configuration.rb b/lib/rabbit_carrots/configuration.rb
index 410561a..f1e4d92 100644
--- a/lib/rabbit_carrots/configuration.rb
+++ b/lib/rabbit_carrots/configuration.rb
@@ -9,6 +9,15 @@ module RabbitCarrots
   end
 
   class Configuration
-    attr_accessor :rabbitmq_host, :rabbitmq_port, :rabbitmq_user, :rabbitmq_password, :rabbitmq_vhost, :routing_key_mappings, :rabbitmq_exchange_name
+    attr_accessor :rabbitmq_host,
+                  :rabbitmq_port,
+                  :rabbitmq_user,
+                  :rabbitmq_password,
+                  :rabbitmq_vhost,
+                  :routing_key_mappings,
+                  :rabbitmq_exchange_name,
+                  :automatically_recover,
+                  :network_recovery_interval,
+                  :recovery_attempts
   end
 end
diff --git a/lib/rabbit_carrots/connection.rb b/lib/rabbit_carrots/connection.rb
index 8a1b246..81dfc95 100644
--- a/lib/rabbit_carrots/connection.rb
+++ b/lib/rabbit_carrots/connection.rb
@@ -11,7 +11,11 @@ module RabbitCarrots
         port: RabbitCarrots.configuration.rabbitmq_port,
         user: RabbitCarrots.configuration.rabbitmq_user,
         password: RabbitCarrots.configuration.rabbitmq_password,
-        vhost: RabbitCarrots.configuration.rabbitmq_vhost
+        vhost: RabbitCarrots.configuration.rabbitmq_vhost,
+        automatically_recover: RabbitCarrots.configuration.automatically_recover || true,
+        network_recovery_interval: RabbitCarrots.configuration.network_recovery_interval || 5,
+        recovery_attempts: RabbitCarrots.configuration.recovery_attempts || 5,
+        recovery_attempts_exhausted: -> { Process.kill('TERM', Process.pid) }
       )
 
       @connection.start