diff --git a/cli/backup.go b/cli/backup.go
index 3ff32cff..683aa516 100644
--- a/cli/backup.go
+++ b/cli/backup.go
@@ -259,7 +259,7 @@ func (n Nexus3) StoreArtifactsOnDisk(regex string) error {
 				// unless the metadata.xml is opened first
 				if !(filepath.Ext(url) == ".md5" || filepath.Ext(url) == ".sha1") {
 					if err := n.downloadArtifact(downloadURL); err != nil {
-						return err
+						log.Error(err)
 					}
 				}
 			}
diff --git a/cli/req.go b/cli/req.go
index d6499f86..a13c65cc 100644
--- a/cli/req.go
+++ b/cli/req.go
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@ package cli
 import (
 	"errors"
 	"fmt"
+	"github.com/hashicorp/go-retryablehttp"
 	"io/ioutil"
 	"net/http"
 	"strconv"
@@ -40,7 +41,11 @@ func (n Nexus3) request(url string) ([]byte, string, error) {
 }
 
 func (n Nexus3) response(req *http.Request) ([]byte, string, error) {
-	resp, err := http.DefaultClient.Do(req)
+	retryClient := retryablehttp.NewClient()
+	retryClient.RetryMax = 5
+	retryClient.Logger = nil
+	standardClient := retryClient.StandardClient()
+	resp, err := standardClient.Do(req)
 	if err != nil {
 		return nil, "", err
 	}
diff --git a/go.mod b/go.mod
index a57743a7..ed5882d2 100644
--- a/go.mod
+++ b/go.mod
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@ require (
 	github.com/fatih/color v1.7.0 // indirect
 	github.com/frankban/quicktest v1.4.1 // indirect
 	github.com/golang/snappy v0.0.1 // indirect
+	github.com/hashicorp/go-retryablehttp v0.6.6
 	github.com/inconshreveable/mousetrap v1.0.0 // indirect
 	github.com/mattn/go-colorable v0.1.1 // indirect
 	github.com/mattn/go-runewidth v0.0.4 // indirect
@@ -22,6 +23,7 @@ require (
 	github.com/sirupsen/logrus v1.4.2
 	github.com/spf13/cobra v0.0.3
 	github.com/spf13/viper v1.3.2
+	github.com/stretchr/testify v1.2.2
 	github.com/svenfuchs/jq v0.0.0-20180603193138-b038733a5990
 	github.com/thedevsaddam/gojsonq v2.2.0+incompatible
 	github.com/xi2/xz v0.0.0-20171230120015-48954b6210f8 // indirect
diff --git a/go.sum b/go.sum
index 816690c8..998ac4de 100644
--- a/go.sum
+++ b/go.sum
@@ -25,6 +25,11 @@ github.com/golang/snappy v0.0.1 h1:Qgr9rKW7uDUkrbSmQeiDsGa8SjGyCOGtuasMWwvp2P4=
 github.com/golang/snappy v0.0.1/go.mod h1:/XxbfmMg8lxefKM7IXC3fBNl/7bRcc72aCRzEWrmP2Q=
 github.com/google/go-cmp v0.3.0 h1:crn/baboCvb5fXaQ0IJ1SGTsTVrWpDsCWC8EGETZijY=
 github.com/google/go-cmp v0.3.0/go.mod h1:8QqcDgzrUqlUb/G2PQTWiueGozuR1884gddMywk6iLU=
+github.com/hashicorp/go-cleanhttp v0.5.1 h1:dH3aiDG9Jvb5r5+bYHsikaOUIpcM0xvgMXVoDkXMzJM=
+github.com/hashicorp/go-cleanhttp v0.5.1/go.mod h1:JpRdi6/HCYpAwUzNwuwqhbovhLtngrth3wmdIIUrZ80=
+github.com/hashicorp/go-hclog v0.9.2/go.mod h1:5CU+agLiy3J7N7QjHK5d05KxGsuXiQLrjA0H7acj2lQ=
+github.com/hashicorp/go-retryablehttp v0.6.6 h1:HJunrbHTDDbBb/ay4kxa1n+dLmttUlnP3V9oNE4hmsM=
+github.com/hashicorp/go-retryablehttp v0.6.6/go.mod h1:vAew36LZh98gCBJNLH42IQ1ER/9wtLZZ8meHqQvEYWY=
 github.com/hashicorp/hcl v1.0.0 h1:0Anlzjpi4vEasTeNFn2mLJgTSwt0+6sfsiTG8qcWGx4=
 github.com/hashicorp/hcl v1.0.0/go.mod h1:E5yfLk+7swimpb2L/Alb/PJmXilQ/rhwaUYs4T20WEQ=
 github.com/inconshreveable/mousetrap v1.0.0 h1:Z8tu5sraLXCXIcARxBp/8cbvlwVa7Z1NHg9XEKhtSvM=