diff --git a/app/jobs/application_job.rb b/app/jobs/application_job.rb
index 856d1d570..1caa5b3ac 100644
--- a/app/jobs/application_job.rb
+++ b/app/jobs/application_job.rb
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 class ApplicationJob < ActiveJob::Base
   DEFAULT_MAX_ATTEMPTS_JOBS = 25
 
-  retry_on Excon::Error::BadRequest
+  retry_on ::Excon::Error::BadRequest
 
   before_perform do |job|
     Rails.logger.info("#{job.class.name} started at #{Time.zone.now}")
diff --git a/config/initializers/excon_setup.rb b/config/initializers/excon_setup.rb
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..d269bc477
--- /dev/null
+++ b/config/initializers/excon_setup.rb
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+# needed as ApplicationJob retry on excon error
+# and this lib is not explicity loaded by the Gemfile
+require 'excon'