diff --git a/packages/nodes-base/nodes/Bannerbear/Bannerbear.node.ts b/packages/nodes-base/nodes/Bannerbear/Bannerbear.node.ts
index d5e6f44fd5f..ea1ac20289a 100644
--- a/packages/nodes-base/nodes/Bannerbear/Bannerbear.node.ts
+++ b/packages/nodes-base/nodes/Bannerbear/Bannerbear.node.ts
@@ -148,23 +148,22 @@ export class Bannerbear implements INodeType {
 					}
 					responseData = await bannerbearApiRequest.call(this, 'POST', '/images', body);
 					if (additionalFields.waitForImage && responseData.status !== 'completed') {
-						let maxIntents = 2;
+						let maxTries = (additionalFields.waitForImageMaxTries as number) || 3;
+
 						const promise = (uid: string) => {
 							let data: IDataObject = {};
 							return new Promise((resolve, reject) => {
 								const timeout = setInterval(async () => {
-									if (!maxIntents) {
-										clearInterval(timeout);
-										reject(new Error('Image did not finish procesing after 2 intents'));
-									}
-
 									data = await bannerbearApiRequest.call(this, 'GET', `/images/${uid}`);
 
 									if (data.status === 'completed') {
 										clearInterval(timeout);
 										resolve(data);
 									}
-									maxIntents--;
+									if (--maxTries === 0) {
+										clearInterval(timeout);
+										reject(new Error('Image did not finish processing after multiple tries.'));
+									}
 								}, 2000);
 							});
 						};
diff --git a/packages/nodes-base/nodes/Bannerbear/ImageDescription.ts b/packages/nodes-base/nodes/Bannerbear/ImageDescription.ts
index 00cc1f64444..223368d924b 100644
--- a/packages/nodes-base/nodes/Bannerbear/ImageDescription.ts
+++ b/packages/nodes-base/nodes/Bannerbear/ImageDescription.ts
@@ -81,6 +81,33 @@ export const imageFields = [
 				default: '',
 				description: 'Metadata that you need to store e.g. ID of a record in your DB',
 			},
+			{
+				displayName: 'Wait for Image',
+				name: 'waitForImage',
+				type: 'boolean',
+				default: false,
+				description: `Wait for the image to be proccesed before returning.<br />
+				If after three tries the images is not ready, an error will be thrown.<br />
+				Number of tries can be increased by setting "Wait Max Tries".`,
+			},
+			{
+				displayName: 'Wait Max Tries',
+				name: 'waitForImageMaxTries',
+				type: 'number',
+				typeOptions: {
+					minValue: 1,
+					maxValue: 10,
+				},
+				displayOptions: {
+					show: {
+						waitForImage: [
+							true,
+						],
+					},
+				},
+				default: 3,
+				description: `How often it should check if the image is available before it fails.`,
+			},
 			{
 				displayName: 'Webhook URL',
 				name: 'webhookUrl',
@@ -88,14 +115,6 @@ export const imageFields = [
 				default: '',
 				description: 'A url to POST the Image object to upon rendering completed',
 			},
-			{
-				displayName: 'Wait for Image',
-				name: 'waitForImage',
-				type: 'boolean',
-				default: false,
-				description: `Wait for the image to be proccesed before returning.</br>
-				If after two tries the images is not ready an error will be thrown`,
-			},
 		],
 	},
 	{