diff --git a/src/main.rs b/src/main.rs
index 764cf59..364eff9 100644
--- a/src/main.rs
+++ b/src/main.rs
@@ -1,3 +1,5 @@
+#![feature(toowned_clone_into)]
+
 #[macro_use] extern crate anyhow;
 #[macro_use] extern crate log;
 #[macro_use] extern crate serde_derive;
@@ -8,7 +10,7 @@ pub mod speak_proxy;
 use anyhow::Result as AnyhowResult;
 use crate::newrelic_logger::{NewRelicLogger, MaybeNewRelicTransaction};
 use futures::future::{self, Future};
-use crate::speak_proxy::speak_proxy;
+use crate::speak_proxy::{speak_proxy, speak_proxy_with_retry};
 use hyper::{Method, StatusCode};
 use hyper::header::HeaderValue;
 use hyper::http::header::HeaderName;
@@ -135,7 +137,7 @@ pub async fn handle(
   match req.uri().path() {
     "/speak" => {
       let nr_transaction = newrelic_logger.web_transaction("/speak");
-      let result = speak_proxy(client_ip, req, router, nr_transaction, "/speak").await;
+      let result = speak_proxy_with_retry(client_ip, req, router, nr_transaction, "/speak").await;
       match result {
         Ok(response) => {
           Ok(response)
@@ -150,7 +152,7 @@ pub async fn handle(
     },
     "/speak_spectrogram" => {
       let nr_transaction = newrelic_logger.web_transaction("/speak_spectrogram");
-      let result = speak_proxy(client_ip, req, router, nr_transaction, "/speak_spectrogram").await;
+      let result = speak_proxy_with_retry(client_ip, req, router, nr_transaction, "/speak_spectrogram").await;
       match result {
         Ok(response) => {
           Ok(response)
diff --git a/src/speak_proxy.rs b/src/speak_proxy.rs
index 076600b..60700e1 100644
--- a/src/speak_proxy.rs
+++ b/src/speak_proxy.rs
@@ -35,30 +35,54 @@ struct RequestDetails {
   pub speaker: String,
 }
 
-/*pub fn copy_request(request: &Request<Body>) -> Request<Body> {
-  let body = hyper::body::to_bytes(request.body());
+pub fn copy_request(request: &Request<Body>) -> Request<Body> {
+  let mut cloned = Request::builder()
+    .body(Body::from(""))
+    .unwrap();
+
+  request.clone_into(&mut &cloned);
+
+
+  /*let body_bytes = hyper::body::to_bytes(request.body());
+  let body = Body::from(body_bytes);
+  Body::from(request.body());
+
   Request::builder()
     .uri(request.uri())
     .method(request.method())
-    .unwrap()
-}*/
+    .body(body)
+    .unwrap()*/
 
-/*pub fn speak_proxy_with_retry(
+  cloned
+}
+
+pub async fn speak_proxy_with_retry(
+  ip_addr: IpAddr,
   req: Request<Body>,
-  remote_addr: SocketAddr,
   router: Arc<Router>,
-  transaction: MaybeNewRelicTransaction,
-  endpoint: &'static str) -> BoxFut
+  _transaction: MaybeNewRelicTransaction,
+  endpoint: &'static str) -> Result<Response<Body>, ResponseError>
 {
-  speak_proxy(req, remote_addr, router, transaction, endpoint)
-    .then(|result| {
-      match result {
-        Ok(t) => future::ok(t),
-        Err(t) => future::err(t),
-      }
-    })
-    .boxed()
-}*/
+  let mut attempt = 0;
+
+  loop {
+    info!("Attempt #{}", attempt);
+
+    let request = copy_request(&req);
+    let transaction = MaybeNewRelicTransaction::from_optional(None);
+    let result = speak_proxy(ip_addr, request, router.clone(), transaction, endpoint).await;
+
+    if result.is_ok() {
+      return result;
+    }
+
+    attempt += 1;
+
+    if attempt > 3 {
+      return Err(ResponseError { reason: "max attempts reached".to_string() });
+    }
+  }
+}
 
 #[derive(Serialize, Debug)]
 pub struct ResponseError {