diff --git a/backend/src/Squidex.Infrastructure.MongoDb/EventSourcing/MongoEventStore.cs b/backend/src/Squidex.Infrastructure.MongoDb/EventSourcing/MongoEventStore.cs
index c8fd6da02..6b4f34b2b 100644
--- a/backend/src/Squidex.Infrastructure.MongoDb/EventSourcing/MongoEventStore.cs
+++ b/backend/src/Squidex.Infrastructure.MongoDb/EventSourcing/MongoEventStore.cs
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@
 //  All rights reserved. Licensed under the MIT license.
 // ==========================================================================
 
+using System;
 using System.Threading;
 using System.Threading.Tasks;
 using MongoDB.Bson;
@@ -32,7 +33,7 @@ namespace Squidex.Infrastructure.EventSourcing
             get { return Collection; }
         }
 
-        public bool IsReplicaSet { get; private set; }
+        public bool CanUseChangeStreams { get; private set; }
 
         public MongoEventStore(IMongoDatabase database, IEventNotifier notifier)
             : base(database)
@@ -77,7 +78,10 @@ namespace Squidex.Infrastructure.EventSourcing
                     })
             }, ct);
 
-            IsReplicaSet = Database.Client.Cluster.Description.Type == ClusterType.ReplicaSet;
+            var clusterVersion = await Database.GetVersionAsync();
+            var clustered = Database.Client.Cluster.Description.Type == ClusterType.ReplicaSet;
+
+            CanUseChangeStreams = clustered && clusterVersion >= new Version("4.0");
         }
     }
 }
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/backend/src/Squidex.Infrastructure.MongoDb/EventSourcing/MongoEventStore_Reader.cs b/backend/src/Squidex.Infrastructure.MongoDb/EventSourcing/MongoEventStore_Reader.cs
index 075e4d43c..7d43935f2 100644
--- a/backend/src/Squidex.Infrastructure.MongoDb/EventSourcing/MongoEventStore_Reader.cs
+++ b/backend/src/Squidex.Infrastructure.MongoDb/EventSourcing/MongoEventStore_Reader.cs
@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@ namespace Squidex.Infrastructure.EventSourcing
         {
             Guard.NotNull(subscriber, nameof(subscriber));
 
-            if (IsReplicaSet)
+            if (CanUseChangeStreams)
             {
                 return new MongoEventStoreSubscription(this, subscriber, streamFilter, position);
             }
diff --git a/backend/src/Squidex.Infrastructure.MongoDb/EventSourcing/MongoEventStore_Writer.cs b/backend/src/Squidex.Infrastructure.MongoDb/EventSourcing/MongoEventStore_Writer.cs
index 90fd872c8..33faa6c56 100644
--- a/backend/src/Squidex.Infrastructure.MongoDb/EventSourcing/MongoEventStore_Writer.cs
+++ b/backend/src/Squidex.Infrastructure.MongoDb/EventSourcing/MongoEventStore_Writer.cs
@@ -64,7 +64,7 @@ namespace Squidex.Infrastructure.EventSourcing
                     {
                         await Collection.InsertOneAsync(commit);
 
-                        if (!IsReplicaSet)
+                        if (!CanUseChangeStreams)
                         {
                             notifier.NotifyEventsStored(streamName);
                         }
diff --git a/backend/src/Squidex.Infrastructure.MongoDb/MongoDb/MongoExtensions.cs b/backend/src/Squidex.Infrastructure.MongoDb/MongoDb/MongoExtensions.cs
index 0da0dd8e8..802fff4ed 100644
--- a/backend/src/Squidex.Infrastructure.MongoDb/MongoDb/MongoExtensions.cs
+++ b/backend/src/Squidex.Infrastructure.MongoDb/MongoDb/MongoExtensions.cs
@@ -224,5 +224,18 @@ namespace Squidex.Infrastructure.MongoDb
                 }
             }
         }
+
+        public static async Task<Version> GetVersionAsync(this IMongoDatabase database)
+        {
+            var command =
+                new BsonDocumentCommand<BsonDocument>(new BsonDocument
+                {
+                    { "buildInfo", 1 }
+                });
+
+            var result = await database.RunCommandAsync(command);
+
+            return Version.Parse(result["version"].AsString);
+        }
     }
 }
diff --git a/backend/src/Squidex.Infrastructure/EventSourcing/RetrySubscription.cs b/backend/src/Squidex.Infrastructure/EventSourcing/RetrySubscription.cs
index 561b6506e..8aa2e9fa3 100644
--- a/backend/src/Squidex.Infrastructure/EventSourcing/RetrySubscription.cs
+++ b/backend/src/Squidex.Infrastructure/EventSourcing/RetrySubscription.cs
@@ -36,28 +36,34 @@ namespace Squidex.Infrastructure.EventSourcing
 
         private void Subscribe()
         {
-            lock (this)
+            if (currentSubscription == null)
             {
-                if (currentSubscription == null)
+                lock (this)
                 {
-                    currentSubscription = eventSubscriptionFactory(this);
+                    if (currentSubscription == null)
+                    {
+                        currentSubscription = eventSubscriptionFactory(this);
+                    }
                 }
             }
         }
 
         public void Unsubscribe()
         {
-            lock (this)
+            if (currentSubscription != null)
             {
-                if (currentSubscription != null)
+                lock (this)
                 {
-                    timerCancellation.Cancel();
-                    timerCancellation.Dispose();
+                    if (currentSubscription != null)
+                    {
+                        timerCancellation.Cancel();
+                        timerCancellation.Dispose();
 
-                    currentSubscription.Unsubscribe();
-                    currentSubscription = null;
+                        currentSubscription.Unsubscribe();
+                        currentSubscription = null;
 
-                    timerCancellation = new CancellationTokenSource();
+                        timerCancellation = new CancellationTokenSource();
+                    }
                 }
             }
         }
@@ -79,10 +85,10 @@ namespace Squidex.Infrastructure.EventSourcing
                 return;
             }
 
-            Unsubscribe();
-
             if (retryWindow.CanRetryAfterFailure())
             {
+                Unsubscribe();
+
                 await Task.Delay(ReconnectWaitMs, timerCancellation.Token);
 
                 Subscribe();
diff --git a/backend/tests/Squidex.Infrastructure.Tests/EventSourcing/RetrySubscriptionTests.cs b/backend/tests/Squidex.Infrastructure.Tests/EventSourcing/RetrySubscriptionTests.cs
index b92419eb2..fe97c3f56 100644
--- a/backend/tests/Squidex.Infrastructure.Tests/EventSourcing/RetrySubscriptionTests.cs
+++ b/backend/tests/Squidex.Infrastructure.Tests/EventSourcing/RetrySubscriptionTests.cs
@@ -87,6 +87,26 @@ namespace Squidex.Infrastructure.EventSourcing
                 .MustHaveHappened();
         }
 
+        [Fact]
+        public async Task Should_not_unsubscribe_after_last_error_to_keep_sender()
+        {
+            var ex = new InvalidOperationException();
+
+            await OnErrorAsync(eventSubscription, ex);
+            await OnErrorAsync(eventSubscription, ex);
+            await OnErrorAsync(eventSubscription, ex);
+            await OnErrorAsync(eventSubscription, ex);
+            await OnErrorAsync(eventSubscription, ex);
+            await OnErrorAsync(eventSubscription, ex);
+
+            A.CallTo(() => eventSubscriber.OnErrorAsync(eventSubscription, ex))
+                .MustHaveHappened();
+
+            Assert.NotNull(sut.Sender);
+
+            sut.Unsubscribe();
+        }
+
         [Fact]
         public async Task Should_not_forward_error_when_exception_is_raised_after_unsubscribe()
         {