diff --git a/Comics/pipelines.py b/Comics/pipelines.py
index 27e34bb..2622168 100644
--- a/Comics/pipelines.py
+++ b/Comics/pipelines.py
@@ -170,7 +170,7 @@ class ImgDownloadPipeline(BaseImagesPipeline):
                     # logging.info(f"downloading {image_url} --> IMAGE_STORE {image_path}")
                     down_queue.append((image_url, os.path.join(IMAGES_STORE, image_path)))
         if len(down_queue) > 0:
-            download_images(down_queue, max_retries=5)
+            download_images(down_queue, max_retries=3)
              
     def item_completed(self, results, item, info):
         cbz_path = super().get_file_path(item, result_type="cbz")