diff --git a/app/jobs/application_job.rb b/app/jobs/application_job.rb
index 60ba1d59..bef39599 100644
--- a/app/jobs/application_job.rb
+++ b/app/jobs/application_job.rb
@@ -6,6 +6,4 @@ class ApplicationJob < ActiveJob::Base
 
   # Most jobs are safe to ignore if the underlying records are no longer available
   # discard_on ActiveJob::DeserializationError
-
-  sidekiq_options retry: 3
 end
diff --git a/config/initializers/sidekiq.rb b/config/initializers/sidekiq.rb
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..c3c84827
--- /dev/null
+++ b/config/initializers/sidekiq.rb
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+# frozen_string_literal: true
+
+Sidekiq.default_job_options = { retry: 3 }