diff --git a/.gitlab-ci.yml b/.gitlab-ci.yml
index f831ea4221396dd1b8d7bd2565b20e6118d3db53..ccb102ac7b10899244bdb8d5e308555c712c4176 100644
--- a/.gitlab-ci.yml
+++ b/.gitlab-ci.yml
@@ -96,6 +96,10 @@ get_data:
     - ln -s "${LOCAL_DATA_PATH}/sim_output" sim_output
     - ln -s "${LOCAL_DATA_PATH}/datasets/data" data
     - ls -lrtha
+  retry:
+    max: 2
+    when:
+      - runner_system_failure
 
 include: 
   - local: 'benchmarks/tracking_detectors/config.yml'