diff --git a/pipeline/02_warc_parse/warc.go b/pipeline/02_warc_parse/warc.go
index 246e741..125ccf7 100644
--- a/pipeline/02_warc_parse/warc.go
+++ b/pipeline/02_warc_parse/warc.go
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@ import (
 	"strings"
 
 	"github.com/aws/aws-sdk-go-v2/aws"
+	"github.com/aws/aws-sdk-go-v2/aws/retry"
 	"github.com/aws/aws-sdk-go-v2/config"
 	"github.com/aws/aws-sdk-go-v2/service/s3"
 	"github.com/nlnwa/gowarc/v3"
@@ -20,7 +21,12 @@ const ccBucket = "commoncrawl"
 var s3Client *s3.Client
 
 func initS3() error {
-	cfg, err := config.LoadDefaultConfig(context.Background(), config.WithRegion("us-east-1"))
+	cfg, err := config.LoadDefaultConfig(context.Background(),
+		config.WithRegion("us-east-1"),
+		config.WithRetryer(func() aws.Retryer {
+			return retry.AddWithMaxAttempts(retry.NewStandard(), 6)
+		}),
+	)
 	if err != nil {
 		return fmt.Errorf("load AWS config: %w", err)
 	}