diff --git a/app/workers/base.rb b/app/workers/base.rb
index d7752ffde..1e6d4718e 100644
--- a/app/workers/base.rb
+++ b/app/workers/base.rb
@@ -5,8 +5,8 @@
 module Workers
   class Base
     include Sidekiq::Worker
-    sidekiq_options backtrace: ((bt = AppConfig.environment.sidekiq.backtrace.get) && bt.to_i),
-                    retry:  AppConfig.environment.sidekiq.retry.to_i
+    sidekiq_options backtrace: (bt = AppConfig.environment.sidekiq.backtrace.get) && bt.to_i,
+                    retry:  (rt = AppConfig.environment.sidekiq.retry.get) && rt.to_i
 
     # In the long term we need to eliminate the cause of these
     def suppress_annoying_errors(&block)