diff --git a/src/scrobbler/audioscrobbler.cpp b/src/scrobbler/audioscrobbler.cpp
index 1d772f658..1022c6497 100644
--- a/src/scrobbler/audioscrobbler.cpp
+++ b/src/scrobbler/audioscrobbler.cpp
@@ -195,7 +195,7 @@ void AudioScrobbler::Submit() {
 
   for (ScrobblerService *service : scrobbler_services_->List()) {
     if (!service->IsEnabled() || !service->IsAuthenticated() || service->IsSubmitted()) continue;
-    service->DoSubmit();
+    service->StartSubmit();
   }
 
 }
diff --git a/src/scrobbler/listenbrainzscrobbler.cpp b/src/scrobbler/listenbrainzscrobbler.cpp
index d94bd326d..3e5d2532f 100644
--- a/src/scrobbler/listenbrainzscrobbler.cpp
+++ b/src/scrobbler/listenbrainzscrobbler.cpp
@@ -19,6 +19,8 @@
 
 #include "config.h"
 
+#include <algorithm>
+
 #include <QtGlobal>
 #include <QDesktopServices>
 #include <QVariant>
@@ -73,7 +75,8 @@ ListenBrainzScrobbler::ListenBrainzScrobbler(Application *app, QObject *parent)
       login_time_(0),
       submitted_(false),
       scrobbled_(false),
-      timestamp_(0) {
+      timestamp_(0),
+      submit_error_(false) {
 
   refresh_login_timer_.setSingleShot(true);
   QObject::connect(&refresh_login_timer_, &QTimer::timeout, this, &ListenBrainzScrobbler::RequestNewAccessToken);
@@ -339,7 +342,7 @@ void ListenBrainzScrobbler::AuthenticateReplyFinished(QNetworkReply *reply) {
 
   qLog(Debug) << "ListenBrainz: Authentication was successful, login expires in" << expires_in_;
 
-  DoSubmit();
+  StartSubmit();
 
 }
 
@@ -509,25 +512,22 @@ void ListenBrainzScrobbler::Scrobble(const Song &song) {
 
   if (app_->scrobbler()->IsOffline() || !IsAuthenticated()) return;
 
-  if (!submitted_) {
-    submitted_ = true;
-    if (app_->scrobbler()->SubmitDelay() <= 0) {
-      Submit();
-    }
-    else if (!timer_submit_.isActive()) {
-      timer_submit_.setInterval(static_cast<int>(app_->scrobbler()->SubmitDelay() * kMsecPerSec));
-      timer_submit_.start();
-    }
-  }
+  StartSubmit();
 
 }
 
-void ListenBrainzScrobbler::DoSubmit() {
+void ListenBrainzScrobbler::StartSubmit(const bool initial) {
 
   if (!submitted_ && cache_->Count() > 0) {
-    submitted_ = true;
-    if (!timer_submit_.isActive()) {
-      timer_submit_.setInterval(static_cast<int>(app_->scrobbler()->SubmitDelay() * kMsecPerSec));
+    if (initial && app_->scrobbler()->SubmitDelay() <= 0 && !submit_error_) {
+      if (timer_submit_.isActive()) {
+        timer_submit_.stop();
+      }
+      Submit();
+    }
+    else if (!timer_submit_.isActive()) {
+      int submit_delay = static_cast<int>(std::max(app_->scrobbler()->SubmitDelay(), submit_error_ ? 30 : 5) * kMsecPerSec);
+      timer_submit_.setInterval(submit_delay);
       timer_submit_.start();
     }
   }
@@ -538,8 +538,6 @@ void ListenBrainzScrobbler::Submit() {
 
   qLog(Debug) << "ListenBrainz: Submitting scrobbles.";
 
-  submitted_ = false;
-
   if (!IsEnabled() || !IsAuthenticated() || app_->scrobbler()->IsOffline()) return;
 
   QJsonArray array;
@@ -573,6 +571,8 @@ void ListenBrainzScrobbler::Submit() {
 
   if (i <= 0) return;
 
+  submitted_ = true;
+
   QJsonObject object;
   object.insert("listen_type", "import");
   object.insert("payload", array);
@@ -591,17 +591,21 @@ void ListenBrainzScrobbler::ScrobbleRequestFinished(QNetworkReply *reply, const
   QObject::disconnect(reply, nullptr, this, nullptr);
   reply->deleteLater();
 
+  submitted_ = false;
+
   QByteArray data = GetReplyData(reply);
   if (data.isEmpty()) {
     cache_->ClearSent(list);
-    DoSubmit();
+    submit_error_ = true;
+    StartSubmit();
     return;
   }
 
   QJsonObject json_obj = ExtractJsonObj(data);
   if (json_obj.isEmpty()) {
     cache_->ClearSent(list);
-    DoSubmit();
+    submit_error_ = true;
+    StartSubmit();
     return;
   }
 
@@ -609,7 +613,8 @@ void ListenBrainzScrobbler::ScrobbleRequestFinished(QNetworkReply *reply, const
     QString error_desc = json_obj["error_description"].toString();
     Error(error_desc);
     cache_->ClearSent(list);
-    DoSubmit();
+    submit_error_ = true;
+    StartSubmit();
     return;
   }
 
@@ -619,7 +624,8 @@ void ListenBrainzScrobbler::ScrobbleRequestFinished(QNetworkReply *reply, const
   }
 
   cache_->Flush(list);
-  DoSubmit();
+  submit_error_ = false;
+  StartSubmit();
 
 }
 
diff --git a/src/scrobbler/listenbrainzscrobbler.h b/src/scrobbler/listenbrainzscrobbler.h
index 0c745088b..16a1a59d2 100644
--- a/src/scrobbler/listenbrainzscrobbler.h
+++ b/src/scrobbler/listenbrainzscrobbler.h
@@ -89,7 +89,7 @@ class ListenBrainzScrobbler : public ScrobblerService {
   void AuthError(const QString &error);
   void Error(const QString &error, const QVariant &debug = QVariant()) override;
   void RequestAccessToken(const QUrl &redirect_url = QUrl(), const QString &code = QString());
-  void DoSubmit() override;
+  void StartSubmit(const bool initial = false) override;
   void CheckScrobblePrevSong();
 
   static const char *kOAuthAuthorizeUrl;
@@ -118,6 +118,7 @@ class ListenBrainzScrobbler : public ScrobblerService {
   quint64 timestamp_;
   QTimer refresh_login_timer_;
   QTimer timer_submit_;
+  bool submit_error_;
 
   QList<QNetworkReply*> replies_;
 
diff --git a/src/scrobbler/scrobblerservice.h b/src/scrobbler/scrobblerservice.h
index 8f86c4ae4..62404ba69 100644
--- a/src/scrobbler/scrobblerservice.h
+++ b/src/scrobbler/scrobblerservice.h
@@ -52,7 +52,7 @@ class ScrobblerService : public QObject {
   virtual void Love() {}
   virtual void Error(const QString &error, const QVariant &debug = QVariant()) = 0;
 
-  virtual void DoSubmit() = 0;
+  virtual void StartSubmit(const bool initial = false) = 0;
   virtual void Submitted() = 0;
   virtual bool IsSubmitted() const { return false; }
 
diff --git a/src/scrobbler/scrobblingapi20.cpp b/src/scrobbler/scrobblingapi20.cpp
index f189a612e..2366f8397 100644
--- a/src/scrobbler/scrobblingapi20.cpp
+++ b/src/scrobbler/scrobblingapi20.cpp
@@ -79,7 +79,8 @@ ScrobblingAPI20::ScrobblingAPI20(const QString &name, const QString &settings_gr
       subscriber_(false),
       submitted_(false),
       scrobbled_(false),
-      timestamp_(0) {
+      timestamp_(0),
+      submit_error_(false) {
 
   timer_submit_.setSingleShot(true);
   QObject::connect(&timer_submit_, &QTimer::timeout, this, &ScrobblingAPI20::Submit);
@@ -345,7 +346,7 @@ void ScrobblingAPI20::AuthenticateReplyFinished(QNetworkReply *reply) {
 
   emit AuthenticationComplete(true);
 
-  DoSubmit();
+  StartSubmit();
 
 }
 
@@ -536,25 +537,22 @@ void ScrobblingAPI20::Scrobble(const Song &song) {
     return;
   }
 
-  if (!submitted_) {
-    submitted_ = true;
-    if (!batch_ || app_->scrobbler()->SubmitDelay() <= 0) {
-      Submit();
-    }
-    else if (!timer_submit_.isActive()) {
-      timer_submit_.setInterval(static_cast<int>(app_->scrobbler()->SubmitDelay() * kMsecPerSec));
-      timer_submit_.start();
-    }
-  }
+  StartSubmit(true);
 
 }
 
-void ScrobblingAPI20::DoSubmit() {
+void ScrobblingAPI20::StartSubmit(const bool initial) {
 
   if (!submitted_ && cache()->Count() > 0) {
-    submitted_ = true;
-    if (!timer_submit_.isActive()) {
-      timer_submit_.setInterval(static_cast<int>(app_->scrobbler()->SubmitDelay() * kMsecPerSec));
+    if (initial && (!batch_ || app_->scrobbler()->SubmitDelay() <= 0) && !submit_error_) {
+      if (timer_submit_.isActive()) {
+        timer_submit_.stop();
+      }
+      Submit();
+    }
+    else if (!timer_submit_.isActive()) {
+      int submit_delay = static_cast<int>(std::max(app_->scrobbler()->SubmitDelay(), submit_error_ ? 30 : 5) * kMsecPerSec);
+      timer_submit_.setInterval(submit_delay);
       timer_submit_.start();
     }
   }
@@ -563,8 +561,6 @@ void ScrobblingAPI20::DoSubmit() {
 
 void ScrobblingAPI20::Submit() {
 
-  submitted_ = false;
-
   if (!IsEnabled() || !IsAuthenticated() || app_->scrobbler()->IsOffline()) return;
 
   qLog(Debug) << name_ << "Submitting scrobbles.";
@@ -601,6 +597,8 @@ void ScrobblingAPI20::Submit() {
 
   if (!batch_ || i <= 0) return;
 
+  submitted_ = true;
+
   QNetworkReply *reply = CreateRequest(params);
   QObject::connect(reply, &QNetworkReply::finished, this, [this, reply, list]() { ScrobbleRequestFinished(reply, list); });
 
@@ -613,17 +611,21 @@ void ScrobblingAPI20::ScrobbleRequestFinished(QNetworkReply *reply, const QList<
   QObject::disconnect(reply, nullptr, this, nullptr);
   reply->deleteLater();
 
+  submitted_ = false;
+
   QByteArray data = GetReplyData(reply);
   if (data.isEmpty()) {
     cache()->ClearSent(list);
-    DoSubmit();
+    submit_error_ = true;
+    StartSubmit();
     return;
   }
 
   QJsonObject json_obj = ExtractJsonObj(data);
   if (json_obj.isEmpty()) {
     cache()->ClearSent(list);
-    DoSubmit();
+    submit_error_ = true;
+    StartSubmit();
     return;
   }
 
@@ -633,52 +635,53 @@ void ScrobblingAPI20::ScrobbleRequestFinished(QNetworkReply *reply, const QList<
     QString error_reason = QString("%1 (%2)").arg(error_message).arg(error_code);
     Error(error_reason);
     cache()->ClearSent(list);
-    DoSubmit();
-    return;
-  }
-
-  if (!json_obj.contains("scrobbles")) {
-    Error("Json reply from server is missing scrobbles.", json_obj);
-    cache()->ClearSent(list);
-    DoSubmit();
+    submit_error_ = true;
+    StartSubmit();
     return;
   }
 
   cache()->Flush(list);
+  submit_error_ = false;
+
+  if (!json_obj.contains("scrobbles")) {
+    Error("Json reply from server is missing scrobbles.", json_obj);
+    StartSubmit();
+    return;
+  }
 
   QJsonValue value_scrobbles = json_obj["scrobbles"];
   if (!value_scrobbles.isObject()) {
     Error("Json scrobbles is not an object.", json_obj);
-    DoSubmit();
+    StartSubmit();
     return;
   }
   json_obj = value_scrobbles.toObject();
   if (json_obj.isEmpty()) {
     Error("Json scrobbles object is empty.", value_scrobbles);
-    DoSubmit();
+    StartSubmit();
     return;
   }
   if (!json_obj.contains("@attr") || !json_obj.contains("scrobble")) {
     Error("Json scrobbles object is missing values.", json_obj);
-    DoSubmit();
+    StartSubmit();
     return;
   }
 
   QJsonValue value_attr = json_obj["@attr"];
   if (!value_attr.isObject()) {
     Error("Json scrobbles attr is not an object.", value_attr);
-    DoSubmit();
+    StartSubmit();
     return;
   }
   QJsonObject obj_attr = value_attr.toObject();
   if (obj_attr.isEmpty()) {
     Error("Json scrobbles attr is empty.", value_attr);
-    DoSubmit();
+    StartSubmit();
     return;
   }
   if (!obj_attr.contains("accepted") || !obj_attr.contains("ignored")) {
     Error("Json scrobbles attr is missing values.", obj_attr);
-    DoSubmit();
+    StartSubmit();
     return;
   }
   int accepted = obj_attr["accepted"].toInt();
@@ -693,7 +696,7 @@ void ScrobblingAPI20::ScrobbleRequestFinished(QNetworkReply *reply, const QList<
     QJsonObject obj_scrobble = value_scrobble.toObject();
     if (obj_scrobble.isEmpty()) {
       Error("Json scrobbles scrobble object is empty.", obj_scrobble);
-      DoSubmit();
+      StartSubmit();
       return;
     }
     array_scrobble.append(obj_scrobble);
@@ -702,13 +705,13 @@ void ScrobblingAPI20::ScrobbleRequestFinished(QNetworkReply *reply, const QList<
     array_scrobble = value_scrobble.toArray();
     if (array_scrobble.isEmpty()) {
       Error("Json scrobbles scrobble array is empty.", value_scrobble);
-      DoSubmit();
+      StartSubmit();
       return;
     }
   }
   else {
     Error("Json scrobbles scrobble is not an object or array.", value_scrobble);
-    DoSubmit();
+    StartSubmit();
     return;
   }
 
@@ -774,7 +777,7 @@ void ScrobblingAPI20::ScrobbleRequestFinished(QNetworkReply *reply, const QList<
 
  }
 
-  DoSubmit();
+  StartSubmit();
 
 }
 
diff --git a/src/scrobbler/scrobblingapi20.h b/src/scrobbler/scrobblingapi20.h
index 6499ae683..84f40e530 100644
--- a/src/scrobbler/scrobblingapi20.h
+++ b/src/scrobbler/scrobblingapi20.h
@@ -130,7 +130,7 @@ class ScrobblingAPI20 : public ScrobblerService {
   void SendSingleScrobble(ScrobblerCacheItemPtr item);
   void Error(const QString &error, const QVariant &debug = QVariant()) override;
   static QString ErrorString(const ScrobbleErrorCode error);
-  void DoSubmit() override;
+  void StartSubmit(const bool initial = false) override;
   void CheckScrobblePrevSong();
 
   QString name_;
@@ -154,6 +154,7 @@ class ScrobblingAPI20 : public ScrobblerService {
   Song song_playing_;
   bool scrobbled_;
   quint64 timestamp_;
+  bool submit_error_;
 
   QTimer timer_submit_;
 
diff --git a/src/scrobbler/subsonicscrobbler.h b/src/scrobbler/subsonicscrobbler.h
index 56e5ee703..6c819393b 100644
--- a/src/scrobbler/subsonicscrobbler.h
+++ b/src/scrobbler/subsonicscrobbler.h
@@ -54,7 +54,7 @@ class SubsonicScrobbler : public ScrobblerService {
   void Scrobble(const Song &song) override;
   void Error(const QString &error, const QVariant &debug = QVariant()) override;
 
-  void DoSubmit() override {}
+  void StartSubmit(const bool initial = false) override { Q_UNUSED(initial) }
   void Submitted() override { submitted_ = true; }
   bool IsSubmitted() const override { return submitted_; }