diff --git a/src/api/sync.rs b/src/api/sync.rs
index 84bb58a..31d627f 100644
--- a/src/api/sync.rs
+++ b/src/api/sync.rs
@@ -3,7 +3,9 @@ use crate::api::sync::ApiError::InvalidHeader;
 use crate::{Cache, Repo, RepoType};
 use http::{StatusCode, Uri};
 use indicatif::{ProgressBar, ProgressStyle};
+use rand::Rng;
 use std::collections::HashMap;
+use std::io::Seek;
 use std::num::ParseIntError;
 use std::path::{Component, Path, PathBuf};
 use std::str::FromStr;
@@ -92,6 +94,7 @@ pub struct ApiBuilder {
     cache: Cache,
     url_template: String,
     token: Option<String>,
+    max_retries: usize,
     progress: bool,
 }
 
@@ -122,6 +125,7 @@ impl ApiBuilder {
     pub fn from_cache(cache: Cache) -> Self {
         let token = cache.token();
 
+        let max_retries = 0;
         let progress = true;
 
         let endpoint =
@@ -132,6 +136,7 @@ impl ApiBuilder {
             url_template: "{endpoint}/{repo_id}/resolve/{revision}/{filename}".to_string(),
             cache,
             token,
+            max_retries,
             progress,
         }
     }
@@ -160,6 +165,12 @@ impl ApiBuilder {
         self
     }
 
+    /// Sets the number of times the API will retry to download a file
+    pub fn with_retries(mut self, max_retries: usize) -> Self {
+        self.max_retries = max_retries;
+        self
+    }
+
     fn build_headers(&self) -> HeaderMap {
         let mut headers = HeaderMap::new();
         let user_agent = format!("unkown/None; {NAME}/{VERSION}; rust/unknown");
@@ -191,6 +202,7 @@ impl ApiBuilder {
             client,
 
             no_redirect_client,
+            max_retries: self.max_retries,
             progress: self.progress,
         })
     }
@@ -213,6 +225,7 @@ pub struct Api {
     cache: Cache,
     client: HeaderAgent,
     no_redirect_client: HeaderAgent,
+    max_retries: usize,
     progress: bool,
 }
 
@@ -270,6 +283,14 @@ fn symlink_or_rename(src: &Path, dst: &Path) -> Result<(), std::io::Error> {
     Ok(())
 }
 
+fn jitter() -> usize {
+    rand::thread_rng().gen_range(0..=500)
+}
+
+fn exponential_backoff(base_wait_time: usize, n: usize, max: usize) -> usize {
+    (base_wait_time + n.pow(2) + jitter()).min(max)
+}
+
 impl Api {
     /// Creates a default Api, for Api options See [`ApiBuilder`]
     pub fn new() -> Result<Self, ApiError> {
@@ -391,6 +412,26 @@ impl Api {
         // Create the file and set everything properly
         let mut file = std::fs::File::create(&filename)?;
 
+        if self.max_retries > 0 {
+            let mut i = 0;
+            let mut res = self.download_from(url, 0u64, &mut file);
+            while let Err(dlerr) = res {
+                let wait_time = exponential_backoff(300, i, 10_000);
+                std::thread::sleep(std::time::Duration::from_millis(wait_time as u64));
+
+                res = self.download_from(url, file.stream_position()?, &mut file);
+                i += 1;
+                if i > self.max_retries {
+                    return Err(ApiError::TooManyRetries(dlerr.into()));
+                }
+            }
+            res?;
+            if let Some(p) = progressbar {
+                p.finish()
+            }
+            return Ok(filename);
+        }
+
         let response = self.client.get(url).call().map_err(Box::new)?;
 
         let mut reader = response.into_reader();
@@ -406,6 +447,24 @@ impl Api {
         Ok(filename)
     }
 
+    fn download_from(
+        &self,
+        url: &str,
+        current: u64,
+        file: &mut std::fs::File,
+    ) -> Result<(), ApiError> {
+        let range = format!("bytes={current}-");
+        let response = self
+            .client
+            .get(url)
+            .set(RANGE, &range)
+            .call()
+            .map_err(Box::new)?;
+        let mut reader = response.into_reader();
+        std::io::copy(&mut reader, file)?;
+        Ok(())
+    }
+
     /// Creates a new handle [`ApiRepo`] which contains operations
     /// on a particular [`Repo`]
     pub fn repo(&self, repo: Repo) -> ApiRepo {
@@ -651,6 +710,34 @@ mod tests {
         assert_eq!(cache_path, downloaded_path);
     }
 
+    #[test]
+    fn simple_with_retries() {
+        let tmp = TempDir::new();
+        let api = ApiBuilder::new()
+            .with_progress(false)
+            .with_cache_dir(tmp.path.clone())
+            .with_retries(3)
+            .build()
+            .unwrap();
+
+        let model_id = "julien-c/dummy-unknown".to_string();
+        let downloaded_path = api.model(model_id.clone()).download("config.json").unwrap();
+        assert!(downloaded_path.exists());
+        let val = Sha256::digest(std::fs::read(&*downloaded_path).unwrap());
+        assert_eq!(
+            val[..],
+            hex!("b908f2b7227d4d31a2105dfa31095e28d304f9bc938bfaaa57ee2cacf1f62d32")
+        );
+
+        // Make sure the file is now seeable without connection
+        let cache_path = api
+            .cache
+            .repo(Repo::new(model_id, RepoType::Model))
+            .get("config.json")
+            .unwrap();
+        assert_eq!(cache_path, downloaded_path);
+    }
+
     #[test]
     fn dataset() {
         let tmp = TempDir::new();