--- src/forward.cc.orig	Tue May  7 08:08:31 2013
+++ src/forward.cc	Tue May  7 08:24:41 2013
@@ -514,7 +514,7 @@ FwdState::checkRetry()
     if (!entry->isEmpty())
         return false;
 
-    if (n_tries > 10)
+    if (n_tries > Config.forward_max_tries)
         return false;
 
     if (origin_tries > 2)