diff --git a/Gemfile b/Gemfile
index b4e2a20..2c56be5 100644
--- a/Gemfile
+++ b/Gemfile
@@ -1,3 +1,5 @@
 source "https://rubygems.org"
 
 gemspec
+
+gem "retryable", "~> 3.0"
diff --git a/bin/wayback_machine_downloader b/bin/wayback_machine_downloader
index fd213b2..833d4b2 100755
--- a/bin/wayback_machine_downloader
+++ b/bin/wayback_machine_downloader
@@ -46,6 +46,10 @@ option_parser = OptionParser.new do |opts|
     options[:wait_randomize] = true
   end
 
+  opts.on("--tries NUMBER", Integer, "Number of times to retry for non-fatal connection errors (Default is 20)") do |t|
+    options[:tries] = t
+  end
+
   opts.on("-x", "--exclude EXCLUDE_FILTER", String, "Skip downloading of urls that match this filter", "(use // notation for the filter to be treated as a regex)") do |t|
     options[:exclude_filter] = t
   end
diff --git a/lib/wayback_machine_downloader.rb b/lib/wayback_machine_downloader.rb
index a52fb58..dc4363c 100644
--- a/lib/wayback_machine_downloader.rb
+++ b/lib/wayback_machine_downloader.rb
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@
 require 'fileutils'
 require 'cgi'
 require 'json'
+require 'retryable'
 require_relative 'wayback_machine_downloader/tidy_bytes'
 require_relative 'wayback_machine_downloader/to_regex'
 require_relative 'wayback_machine_downloader/archive_api'
@@ -34,6 +35,7 @@ def initialize params
     @threads_count = params[:threads_count].to_i
     @wait_seconds = params[:wait_seconds].to_i
     @wait_randomized = params[:wait_randomized]
+    @tries = params[:tries] ? params[:tries].to_i : 20
   end
 
   def backup_name
@@ -271,10 +273,12 @@ def download_file file_remote_info
       begin
         structure_dir_path dir_path
         open(file_path, "wb") do |file|
+          file_url_escaped = CGI.escape file_url
           begin
-            file_url_escaped = CGI.escape file_url
-            URI.open("http://web.archive.org/web/#{file_timestamp}id_/#{file_url_escaped}", "Accept-Encoding" => "plain") do |uri|
-              file.write(uri.read)
+            Retryable.retryable(tries: @tries, on: Net::ReadTimeout, sleep_method: self.method(:wait)) do
+              URI.open("http://web.archive.org/web/#{file_timestamp}id_/#{file_url_escaped}", "Accept-Encoding" => "plain") do |uri|
+                file.write(uri.read)
+              end
             end
           rescue OpenURI::HTTPError => e
             puts "#{file_url} # #{e}"
diff --git a/lib/wayback_machine_downloader/archive_api.rb b/lib/wayback_machine_downloader/archive_api.rb
index 75c5715..fde1b32 100644
--- a/lib/wayback_machine_downloader/archive_api.rb
+++ b/lib/wayback_machine_downloader/archive_api.rb
@@ -5,7 +5,9 @@ def get_raw_list_from_api url, page_index
     request_url += CGI.escape url
     request_url += parameters_for_api page_index
 
-    URI.open(request_url).read
+    Retryable.retryable(tries: @tries, on: Net::ReadTimeout, sleep_method: self.method(:wait)) do
+      URI.open(request_url).read
+    end
   end
 
   def parameters_for_api page_index