diff --git a/installers/mgmt-cluster/gitea/admin/api.sh b/installers/mgmt-cluster/gitea/admin/api.sh
index 2c635cc878037726d464cc298819f0d4620c4a2c..50b46e6559cbddf348176cf6960d4833479ff280 100755
--- a/installers/mgmt-cluster/gitea/admin/api.sh
+++ b/installers/mgmt-cluster/gitea/admin/api.sh
@@ -51,8 +51,12 @@ function gitea_api_operation() {
     fi
 }
 
+# Disable immediate exit during retries of API operations
+set +e
 monitor_condition gitea_api_operation "Gitea API operation did not succeed yet...\n" 120 5
 RET=$?
+set -e
+
 if [[ $RET -ne 0 ]]
 then
     echo -e "\nFATAL: Gitea API operation did not succeed after several retries. ABORTED.\n"