diff --git a/core/uploader.go b/core/uploader.go
index aaf21ef..b07a1e9 100644
--- a/core/uploader.go
+++ b/core/uploader.go
@@ -5,7 +5,6 @@ import (
 	"bytes"
 	"context"
 	"fmt"
-	"golang.org/x/sync/errgroup"
 	"io"
 	"net/url"
 	"os"
@@ -14,6 +13,8 @@ import (
 	"strings"
 	"time"
 
+	"golang.org/x/sync/errgroup"
+
 	"github.com/cenkalti/backoff/v4"
 	"github.com/golang/glog"
 	"github.com/livepeer/go-tools/drivers"
@@ -38,7 +39,7 @@ func newExponentialBackOffExecutor() *backoff.ExponentialBackOff {
 }
 
 func UploadRetryBackoff() backoff.BackOff {
-	return backoff.WithMaxRetries(newExponentialBackOffExecutor(), 4)
+	return backoff.WithMaxRetries(newExponentialBackOffExecutor(), 1)
 }
 
 const segmentWriteTimeout = 5 * time.Minute