diff --git a/src/database/mongo.js b/src/database/mongo.js
index 8e6494ffd7..dcf1f69e31 100644
--- a/src/database/mongo.js
+++ b/src/database/mongo.js
@@ -79,9 +79,10 @@
 		var connOptions = {
 			server: {
 				poolSize: parseInt(nconf.get('mongo:poolSize'), 10) || 10,
-				socketOptions: { autoReconnect: true, keepAlive: nconf.get('mongo:keepAlive') || 0 },
+				socketOptions: { keepAlive: nconf.get('mongo:keepAlive') || 0 },
 				reconnectTries: 3600,
 				reconnectInterval: 1000,
+				auto_reconnect: true,
 			},
 		};