diff --git a/capi/__init__.py b/capi/__init__.py
index b240b23..717601b 100644
--- a/capi/__init__.py
+++ b/capi/__init__.py
@@ -114,7 +114,7 @@ class CAPIAuthorizer:
 
         return row
 
-    def refresh_by_state(self, state: str, force_refresh=False, failure_tolerance=True) -> dict:
+    def refresh_by_state(self, state: str, force_refresh=False, failure_tolerance=config.default_failure_tolerance) -> dict:
         """
 
         :param state:
diff --git a/config.py b/config.py
index 3a2c86c..9480f59 100644
--- a/config.py
+++ b/config.py
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ log_level = os.getenv('LOG_LEVEL', 'DEBUG').upper()
 access_key = os.getenv('access_key')
 
 db_location = os.getenv('db_location', 'companion-api.sqlite')
-
+default_failure_tolerance = os.getenv('default_failure_tolerance', 'True').lower() == 'true'
 REDIRECT_URL = requests.utils.quote(os.getenv('REDIRECT_URL', ''))
 AUTH_URL = 'https://auth.frontierstore.net/auth'
 TOKEN_URL = 'https://auth.frontierstore.net/token'