diff --git a/yahoofinancials/cache.py b/yahoofinancials/cache.py
index 9d99f2e..4d25542 100644
--- a/yahoofinancials/cache.py
+++ b/yahoofinancials/cache.py
@@ -358,6 +358,7 @@ def initialise(self):
             except _peewee.OperationalError:
                 time.sleep(random.randint(3, 15))
                 continue
+        self.initialised = 0  # failure
 
 
     def lookup(self, strategy):