diff --git a/packages/backend-core/src/cache/docWritethrough.ts b/packages/backend-core/src/cache/docWritethrough.ts
index cee272cef6..c8b28b3877 100644
--- a/packages/backend-core/src/cache/docWritethrough.ts
+++ b/packages/backend-core/src/cache/docWritethrough.ts
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ class DocWritethroughProcessor {
     docWritethroughProcessorQueue.process(async message => {
       const result = await locks.doWithLock(
         {
-          type: LockType.DEFAULT,
+          type: LockType.TRY_ONCE,
           name: LockName.PERSIST_DOC_WRITETHROUGH,
           resource: `${message.data.dbName}:${message.data.docId}`,
           ttl: Duration.fromSeconds(60).toMs(),
diff --git a/packages/backend-core/src/queue/inMemoryQueue.ts b/packages/backend-core/src/queue/inMemoryQueue.ts
index 985501bcbe..afb5592562 100644
--- a/packages/backend-core/src/queue/inMemoryQueue.ts
+++ b/packages/backend-core/src/queue/inMemoryQueue.ts
@@ -1,8 +1,9 @@
 import events from "events"
-import { timeout } from "../utils"
+import { newid, timeout } from "../utils"
 import { Queue, QueueOptions, JobOptions } from "./queue"
 
 interface JobMessage {
+  id: string
   timestamp: number
   queue: string
   data: any
@@ -20,6 +21,7 @@ interface JobMessage {
  */
 function newJob(queue: string, message: any, opts?: JobOptions): JobMessage {
   return {
+    id: newid(),
     timestamp: Date.now(),
     queue: queue,
     data: message,
@@ -74,8 +76,23 @@ class InMemoryQueue implements Partial<Queue> {
       let msg = this._messages.shift()
 
       let resp = func(msg)
+
+      async function retryFunc(fnc: any) {
+        try {
+          await fnc
+        } catch (e: any) {
+          await new Promise<void>(r => setTimeout(() => r(), 50))
+
+          await retryFunc(func(msg))
+        }
+      }
+
       if (resp.then != null) {
-        await resp
+        try {
+          await retryFunc(resp)
+        } catch (e: any) {
+          console.error(e)
+        }
       }
       this._runCount++
       const jobId = msg?.opts?.jobId?.toString()