diff --git a/fedi2html b/fedi2html
index d7dd9f0..80a5e58 100755
--- a/fedi2html
+++ b/fedi2html
@@ -186,7 +186,8 @@ statuses_api_request() {
 
 	local id="$(url_post_id "$post_url")"
 	local server="$(url_server "$post_url")"
-	curl --location --header 'Accept: application/json,application/activity+json' \
+	curl --retry 3 --retry-delay 5 \
+		 --location --header 'Accept: application/json,application/activity+json' \
 		 "${server}/api/v1/statuses/${id}${api_request}"
 }
 
@@ -217,7 +218,8 @@ fetch_user_posts() {
 	status_url="${status_url}?exclude_reblogs=${EXCLUDE_REBLOGS}&limit=$MAX_POSTS"
     status_url="${status_url}&exclude_replies=${EXCLUDE_REPLIES}$TAG_FILTER"
 
-	curl --location --header 'Accept: application/json,application/activity+json' \
+	curl --retry 3 --retry-delay 5 \
+		 --location --header 'Accept: application/json,application/activity+json' \
 		 "$status_url" \
 		 | jq -c '.[]'
 }