diff --git a/server/src/com/cloud/storage/StorageManagerImpl.java b/server/src/com/cloud/storage/StorageManagerImpl.java
index 831042001d8..4760105532a 100755
--- a/server/src/com/cloud/storage/StorageManagerImpl.java
+++ b/server/src/com/cloud/storage/StorageManagerImpl.java
@@ -1082,7 +1082,7 @@ public class StorageManagerImpl implements StorageManager, StorageService, Manag
             _overProvisioningFactor = Integer.parseInt(overProvisioningFactorStr);
         }
 
-        _retry = NumbersUtil.parseInt(configs.get(Config.StartRetry.key()), 2);
+        _retry = NumbersUtil.parseInt(configs.get(Config.StartRetry.key()), 10);
         _pingInterval = NumbersUtil.parseInt(configs.get("ping.interval"), 60);
         _hostRetry = NumbersUtil.parseInt(configs.get("host.retry"), 2);
         _storagePoolAcquisitionWaitSeconds = NumbersUtil.parseInt(configs.get("pool.acquisition.wait.seconds"), 1800);
diff --git a/server/src/com/cloud/vm/MauriceMoss.java b/server/src/com/cloud/vm/MauriceMoss.java
index a435d05e83d..716db3cf07b 100644
--- a/server/src/com/cloud/vm/MauriceMoss.java
+++ b/server/src/com/cloud/vm/MauriceMoss.java
@@ -260,7 +260,7 @@ public class MauriceMoss implements VmManager, ClusterManagerListener {
         ConfigurationDao configDao = locator.getDao(ConfigurationDao.class);
         Map<String, String> params = configDao.getConfiguration(xmlParams);
         
-        _retry = NumbersUtil.parseInt(params.get(Config.StartRetry.key()), 2);
+        _retry = NumbersUtil.parseInt(params.get(Config.StartRetry.key()), 10);
         
         ReservationContextImpl.setComponents(_userDao, _domainDao, _accountDao);
         VirtualMachineProfileImpl.setComponents(_offeringDao, _templateDao, _accountDao);