diff --git a/Snakefile b/Snakefile
index f8a02857105b23cef505f2205ec136ebcbb019c4..0c9de136f7ed5b4bd1815a6ef12a4b93dafcc6a9 100644
--- a/Snakefile
+++ b/Snakefile
@@ -24,6 +24,7 @@ def get_remote_path(path):
 rule fetch_epic:
     output:
         filepath="EPIC/{PATH}"
+    retries: 3
     shell: """
 xrdcp root://dtn-eic.jlab.org//work/eic2/{output.filepath} {output.filepath}
 """ if use_xrootd else """