diff --git a/cluster/defaults.go b/cluster/defaults.go
index 3601c45c..1532ba5f 100644
--- a/cluster/defaults.go
+++ b/cluster/defaults.go
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@ const (
 
 	DefaultIngressController         = "nginx"
 	DefaultEtcdBackupCreationPeriod  = "12h"
-	DefaultEtcdBackupRetentionPeriod = "3d"
+	DefaultEtcdBackupRetentionPeriod = "72h"
 	DefaultEtcdSnapshot              = true
 	DefaultMonitoringProvider        = "metrics-server"
 
diff --git a/services/etcd.go b/services/etcd.go
index 294ebe09..26600913 100644
--- a/services/etcd.go
+++ b/services/etcd.go
@@ -273,7 +273,19 @@ func RunEtcdSnapshotSave(ctx context.Context, etcdHost *hosts.Host, prsMap map[s
 		}
 		return docker.RemoveContainer(ctx, etcdHost.DClient, etcdHost.Address, EtcdSnapshotOnceContainerName)
 	}
-	return docker.DoRunContainer(ctx, etcdHost.DClient, imageCfg, hostCfg, EtcdSnapshotContainerName, etcdHost.Address, ETCDRole, prsMap)
+	if err := docker.DoRunContainer(ctx, etcdHost.DClient, imageCfg, hostCfg, EtcdSnapshotContainerName, etcdHost.Address, ETCDRole, prsMap); err != nil {
+		return err
+	}
+	// check if the container exited with error
+	snapshotCont, err := docker.InspectContainer(ctx, etcdHost.DClient, etcdHost.Address, EtcdSnapshotContainerName)
+	if err != nil {
+		return err
+	}
+	if snapshotCont.State.Status == "exited" || snapshotCont.State.Restarting {
+		log.Warnf(ctx, "Etcd rolling snapshot container failed to start correctly")
+		return docker.RemoveContainer(ctx, etcdHost.DClient, etcdHost.Address, EtcdSnapshotContainerName)
+	}
+	return nil
 }
 
 func RestoreEtcdSnapshot(ctx context.Context, etcdHost *hosts.Host, prsMap map[string]v3.PrivateRegistry, etcdRestoreImage, snapshotName, initCluster string) error {