diff --git a/logmngr/files/lib/logmngr/fluent-bit.sh b/logmngr/files/lib/logmngr/fluent-bit.sh
index a991c8928..877105451 100644
--- a/logmngr/files/lib/logmngr/fluent-bit.sh
+++ b/logmngr/files/lib/logmngr/fluent-bit.sh
@@ -544,6 +544,11 @@ logmngr_init() {
 		procd_set_param command $PROG -c ${CONF_FILE}
 		procd_set_param file ${CONF_FILE}
 	fi
-	procd_set_param respawn
+
+	# if process finishes later than respawn_threshold, it is restarted unconditionally, regardless of error code
+	# wait 5 seconds before respawning
+	# for example, if proto is udp in syslog output and url is not resolved then fluent-bit stops
+	# this is done to make sure that eventually when the url can be resolved then logging resumes
+	procd_set_param respawn ${respawn_threshold:-1} ${respawn_timeout:-5}
 	procd_close_instance
 }