diff --git a/lib/splitclient-rb/engine/sync_manager.rb b/lib/splitclient-rb/engine/sync_manager.rb
index 8bb78b4b..167981cc 100644
--- a/lib/splitclient-rb/engine/sync_manager.rb
+++ b/lib/splitclient-rb/engine/sync_manager.rb
@@ -6,14 +6,8 @@ class SyncManager
       SYNC_MODE_STREAMING = 0
       SYNC_MODE_POLLING = 1
 
-      def initialize(config,
-                     synchronizer,
-                     telemetry_runtime_producer,
-                     telemetry_synchronizer,
-                     status_manager,
-                     sse_handler,
-                     push_manager,
-                     status_queue)
+      def initialize(config, synchronizer, telemetry_runtime_producer, telemetry_synchronizer,
+                     status_manager, sse_handler, push_manager, status_queue)
         @config = config
         @synchronizer = synchronizer
         @telemetry_runtime_producer = telemetry_runtime_producer
@@ -23,6 +17,7 @@ def initialize(config,
         @push_manager = push_manager
         @status_queue = status_queue
         @sse_connected = Concurrent::AtomicBoolean.new(false)
+        @back_off = Engine::BackOff.new(5, 3)
       end
 
       def start
@@ -119,7 +114,7 @@ def process_forced_stop
       end
 
       def process_disconnect(reconnect)
-        unless @sse_connected.value
+        unless @sse_connected.value || reconnect
           @config.logger.debug('Streaming already disconnected.') if @config.debug_enabled
           return
         end
@@ -130,6 +125,9 @@ def process_disconnect(reconnect)
         record_telemetry(Telemetry::Domain::Constants::SYNC_MODE, SYNC_MODE_POLLING)
 
         if reconnect
+          wait_interval = @back_off.interval
+          @config.logger.debug("Retrying streaming connection in: #{wait_interval} seconds")
+          sleep(wait_interval)
           @push_manager.stop_sse
           @synchronizer.sync_all
           @push_manager.start_sse
@@ -155,6 +153,7 @@ def incoming_push_status_handler
 
           case status
           when Constants::PUSH_CONNECTED
+            @back_off.reset
             process_connected
           when Constants::PUSH_RETRYABLE_ERROR
             process_disconnect(true)
diff --git a/lib/splitclient-rb/sse/event_source/client.rb b/lib/splitclient-rb/sse/event_source/client.rb
index 5190ad6e..92dc7255 100644
--- a/lib/splitclient-rb/sse/event_source/client.rb
+++ b/lib/splitclient-rb/sse/event_source/client.rb
@@ -86,7 +86,7 @@ def connect_thread(latch)
         end
 
         def connect_stream(latch)
-          return Constants::PUSH_NONRETRYABLE_ERROR unless socket_write(latch)
+          return Constants::PUSH_RETRYABLE_ERROR unless socket_write(latch)
           while connected? || @first_event.value
             begin 
               if IO.select([@socket], nil, nil, @read_timeout)
diff --git a/spec/integrations/push_client_spec.rb b/spec/integrations/push_client_spec.rb
index 9420861f..ca3a317f 100644
--- a/spec/integrations/push_client_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/integrations/push_client_spec.rb
@@ -84,6 +84,38 @@
       end
     end
 
+    it 'Retry streaming connection' do
+      mock_splits_request(splits, -1)
+      mock_splits_request(splits2, 1_585_948_850_109)
+      mock_splits_request(splits3, 1_585_948_850_110)
+      mock_segment_changes('segment3', segment3, '-1')
+
+      mock_server do |server|
+        server.setup_response('/') do |_, res|
+          send_content(res, event_split_kill_must_not_fetch, 500)
+        end
+
+        stub_request(:get, auth_service_url + "?s=1.3").to_return(status: 200, body: auth_body_response)
+
+        streaming_service_url = server.base_uri
+        factory = SplitIoClient::SplitFactory.new(
+          'test_api_key',
+          streaming_enabled: true,
+          streaming_service_url: streaming_service_url,
+          auth_service_url: auth_service_url
+        )
+
+        client = factory.client
+        client.block_until_ready(1)
+        server.setup_response('/') do |_, res|
+          send_content(res, event_split_update_must_fetch)
+        end
+        sleep(2)
+        expect(client.get_treatment('admin', 'push_test')).to eq('after_fetch')
+        client.destroy
+      end
+    end
+
     it 'processing split update event without fetch' do
       mock_splits_request(splits, -1)
       mock_splits_request(splits2, 1_585_948_850_109)
@@ -587,14 +619,14 @@
         expect(client.get_treatment('admin', 'push_test')).to eq('after_fetch')
         client.destroy
       end
-    end
+    end    
   end
 
   private
 
-  def send_content(res, content)
+  def send_content(res, content, status=200)
     res.content_type = 'text/event-stream'
-    res.status = 200
+    res.status = status
     res.chunked = true
     rd, wr = IO.pipe
     wr.write(content)
diff --git a/spec/sse/event_source/client_spec.rb b/spec/sse/event_source/client_spec.rb
index ce4cccdd..e2665fa4 100644
--- a/spec/sse/event_source/client_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/sse/event_source/client_spec.rb
@@ -357,6 +357,30 @@
         stop_workers
       end
     end
+
+    it 'test retry with first event error' do
+      log2 = StringIO.new
+      config2 = SplitIoClient::SplitConfig.new(logger: Logger.new(log2), debug_enabled: true)
+
+      mock_server do |server|
+        server.setup_response('/') do |_, res|
+          send_stream_content(res, event_occupancy, 500)
+        end
+        start_workers
+
+        sse_client2 = subject.new(config2, api_token, telemetry_runtime_producer, event_parser, notification_manager_keeper, notification_processor, push_status_queue)
+
+        sse_client2.instance_variable_set(:@uri, URI(server.base_uri))
+        latch = Concurrent::CountDownLatch.new(1)
+
+        thr2 = Thread.new do
+          res = sse_client2.send(:connect_stream, latch)
+          expect(res).to eq(SplitIoClient::Constants::PUSH_RETRYABLE_ERROR)
+        end        
+
+        stop_workers
+      end
+    end
   end
 
   private