diff --git a/rozy/src/installers/tarball.rs b/rozy/src/installers/tarball.rs
index 3bf1403..7dbb794 100644
--- a/rozy/src/installers/tarball.rs
+++ b/rozy/src/installers/tarball.rs
@@ -48,13 +48,11 @@ impl Installer for Tarball {
 
         let downloaded_file = std::fs::File::open(file.path())?;
         let reader: Box<dyn Read> = match infer::get_from_path(file.path())? {
-            Some(t) => {
-                match t.extension() {
-                    "gz" => Box::new(GzDecoder::new(downloaded_file)),
-                    "bz2" => Box::new(BzDecoder::new(downloaded_file)),
-                    "xz" => Box::new(XzDecoder::new(downloaded_file)),
-                    _ => return Err(anyhow!("unsupported archive compression type {}", t)),
-                }
+            Some(t) => match t.extension() {
+                "gz" => Box::new(GzDecoder::new(downloaded_file)),
+                "bz2" => Box::new(BzDecoder::new(downloaded_file)),
+                "xz" => Box::new(XzDecoder::new(downloaded_file)),
+                _ => return Err(anyhow!("unsupported archive compression type {}", t)),
             },
             _ => return Err(anyhow!("unable to determine archive compression type")),
         };
diff --git a/rozy/src/utils.rs b/rozy/src/utils.rs
index c157e84..f1b443b 100644
--- a/rozy/src/utils.rs
+++ b/rozy/src/utils.rs
@@ -1,10 +1,38 @@
 use anyhow::Result;
 
+fn is_request_retryable_based_on_error(err: &reqwest::Error) -> bool {
+    if err.is_timeout() || err.is_connect() {
+        return true;
+    }
+
+    if err.is_decode() || err.is_body() || err.is_builder() || err.is_request() || err.is_redirect()
+    {
+        return false;
+    }
+
+    true
+}
+
 pub fn download_to(dest_path: &std::path::PathBuf, url: &str) -> Result<()> {
     let tmp_dest_path = dest_path.clone().with_extension("tmp");
     let mut dest_file = std::fs::File::create(&tmp_dest_path)?;
-    let response = reqwest::blocking::get(url)?;
-    let mut content = std::io::Cursor::new(response.bytes()?);
+
+    let mut num_tries = 5;
+    let mut wait_duration = std::time::Duration::from_millis(200);
+    let mut response = reqwest::blocking::get(url);
+    while let Err(err) = &response {
+        if num_tries < 0 || !is_request_retryable_based_on_error(err) {
+            break;
+        }
+
+        std::thread::sleep(wait_duration);
+        wait_duration *= 2;
+        num_tries -= 1;
+
+        response = reqwest::blocking::get(url);
+    }
+
+    let mut content = std::io::Cursor::new(response?.bytes()?);
     std::io::copy(&mut content, &mut dest_file)?;
     std::fs::rename(tmp_dest_path, dest_path)?;
     Ok(())