diff --git a/crates/cli/src/args.rs b/crates/cli/src/args.rs
index 400ca8a0..fb4464f4 100644
--- a/crates/cli/src/args.rs
+++ b/crates/cli/src/args.rs
@@ -78,6 +78,14 @@ pub struct Args {
     #[arg(short('l'), long, value_name = "limit", help_heading = "Acquisition Options")]
     pub requests_per_second: Option<u32>,
 
+    /// Specify max retries on provider errors
+    #[arg(long, default_value_t = 5, value_name = "R", help_heading = "Acquisition Options")]
+    pub max_retries: u32,
+
+    /// Specify initial backoff for retry strategy (ms)
+    #[arg(long, default_value_t = 500, value_name = "B", help_heading = "Acquisition Options")]
+    pub initial_backoff: u64,
+
     /// Global number of concurrent requests
     #[arg(long, value_name = "M", help_heading = "Acquisition Options")]
     pub max_concurrent_requests: Option<u64>,
diff --git a/crates/cli/src/parse/source.rs b/crates/cli/src/parse/source.rs
index 63116e7b..10cbd0a8 100644
--- a/crates/cli/src/parse/source.rs
+++ b/crates/cli/src/parse/source.rs
@@ -12,8 +12,9 @@ use crate::args::Args;
 pub(crate) async fn parse_source(args: &Args) -> Result<Source, ParseError> {
     // parse network info
     let rpc_url = parse_rpc_url(args);
-    let provider = Provider::<Http>::try_from(rpc_url)
-        .map_err(|_e| ParseError::ParseError("could not connect to provider".to_string()))?;
+    let provider =
+        Provider::<RetryClient<Http>>::new_client(&rpc_url, args.max_retries, args.initial_backoff)
+            .map_err(|_e| ParseError::ParseError("could not connect to provider".to_string()))?;
     let chain_id = provider.get_chainid().await.map_err(ParseError::ProviderError)?.as_u64();
 
     let rate_limiter = match args.requests_per_second {
diff --git a/crates/freeze/src/datasets/traces.rs b/crates/freeze/src/datasets/traces.rs
index de37930e..a85039d6 100644
--- a/crates/freeze/src/datasets/traces.rs
+++ b/crates/freeze/src/datasets/traces.rs
@@ -112,6 +112,7 @@ pub(crate) fn fetch_block_traces(
         let fetcher = source.fetcher.clone();
         task::spawn(async move {
             let result = fetcher.trace_block(BlockNumber::Number(number.into())).await;
+
             match tx.send(result).await {
                 Ok(_) => {}
                 Err(tokio::sync::mpsc::error::SendError(_e)) => {
diff --git a/crates/freeze/src/types/sources.rs b/crates/freeze/src/types/sources.rs
index 015e494d..39891c9a 100644
--- a/crates/freeze/src/types/sources.rs
+++ b/crates/freeze/src/types/sources.rs
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ pub type RateLimiter = governor::RateLimiter<NotKeyed, InMemoryState, DefaultClo
 #[derive(Clone)]
 pub struct Source {
     /// Shared provider for rpc data
-    pub fetcher: Arc<Fetcher<Http>>,
+    pub fetcher: Arc<Fetcher<RetryClient<Http>>>,
     /// chain_id of network
     pub chain_id: u64,
     /// number of blocks per log request
diff --git a/crates/python/src/collect_adapter.rs b/crates/python/src/collect_adapter.rs
index 7451b20e..c4933825 100644
--- a/crates/python/src/collect_adapter.rs
+++ b/crates/python/src/collect_adapter.rs
@@ -24,6 +24,8 @@ use cryo_freeze::collect;
         requests_per_second = None,
         max_concurrent_requests = None,
         max_concurrent_chunks = None,
+        max_retries = 10,
+        initial_backoff = 500,
         dry = false,
         chunk_size = 1000,
         n_chunks = None,
@@ -67,6 +69,8 @@ pub fn _collect(
     requests_per_second: Option<u32>,
     max_concurrent_requests: Option<u64>,
     max_concurrent_chunks: Option<u64>,
+    max_retries: u32,
+    initial_backoff: u64,
     dry: bool,
     chunk_size: u64,
     n_chunks: Option<u64>,
@@ -107,6 +111,8 @@ pub fn _collect(
         requests_per_second,
         max_concurrent_requests,
         max_concurrent_chunks,
+        max_retries,
+        initial_backoff,
         dry,
         chunk_size,
         n_chunks,
diff --git a/crates/python/src/freeze_adapter.rs b/crates/python/src/freeze_adapter.rs
index bb0291cd..41e5815c 100644
--- a/crates/python/src/freeze_adapter.rs
+++ b/crates/python/src/freeze_adapter.rs
@@ -25,6 +25,8 @@ use cryo_cli::{run, Args};
         requests_per_second = None,
         max_concurrent_requests = None,
         max_concurrent_chunks = None,
+        max_retries = 10,
+        initial_backoff = 500,
         dry = false,
         chunk_size = 1000,
         n_chunks = None,
@@ -68,6 +70,8 @@ pub fn _freeze(
     requests_per_second: Option<u32>,
     max_concurrent_requests: Option<u64>,
     max_concurrent_chunks: Option<u64>,
+    max_retries: u32,
+    initial_backoff: u64,
     dry: bool,
     chunk_size: u64,
     n_chunks: Option<u64>,
@@ -108,6 +112,8 @@ pub fn _freeze(
         requests_per_second,
         max_concurrent_requests,
         max_concurrent_chunks,
+        max_retries,
+        initial_backoff,
         dry,
         chunk_size,
         n_chunks,