diff --git a/Gemfile b/Gemfile
index c7efff7..c1b0d91 100644
--- a/Gemfile
+++ b/Gemfile
@@ -14,8 +14,10 @@ gem 'tweetkit', github: 'julianfssen/tweetkit' # for twitter v2 api support
 gem 'nokogiri'
 gem 'graphql'
 gem 'graphql-client'
+gem 'retryable'
 gem 'rubocop'
 gem 'rubocop-rails'
+gem 'faktory_worker_ruby'
 
 # Use postgres as the database for Active Record
 gem 'pg'
diff --git a/Gemfile.lock b/Gemfile.lock
index 3ca0aac..d9c3d6f 100644
--- a/Gemfile.lock
+++ b/Gemfile.lock
@@ -111,6 +111,7 @@ GEM
       execjs
     coffee-script-source (1.12.2)
     concurrent-ruby (1.1.10)
+    connection_pool (2.2.5)
     crass (1.0.6)
     digest (3.1.0)
     domain_name (0.5.20190701)
@@ -118,6 +119,8 @@ GEM
     equalizer (0.0.11)
     erubi (1.10.0)
     execjs (2.8.1)
+    faktory_worker_ruby (1.1.1)
+      connection_pool (~> 2.2, >= 2.2.2)
     faraday (1.9.3)
       faraday-em_http (~> 1.0)
       faraday-em_synchrony (~> 1.0)
@@ -280,6 +283,7 @@ GEM
       http-cookie (>= 1.0.2, < 2.0)
       mime-types (>= 1.16, < 4.0)
       netrc (~> 0.8)
+    retryable (3.0.5)
     rexml (3.2.5)
     rubocop (1.27.0)
       parallel (~> 1.10)
@@ -380,6 +384,7 @@ DEPENDENCIES
   capybara (>= 2.15)
   chromedriver-helper
   coffee-rails (~> 4.2)
+  faktory_worker_ruby
   git
   graphql
   graphql-client
@@ -397,6 +402,7 @@ DEPENDENCIES
   rails (~> 7.0.0)
   railties
   rest-client
+  retryable
   rubocop
   rubocop-rails
   sass-rails
diff --git a/docker-compose.yml b/docker-compose.yml
index 2a06d71..38cbe5d 100644
--- a/docker-compose.yml
+++ b/docker-compose.yml
@@ -17,4 +17,12 @@ services:
       - "3000:3000"
     depends_on:
       - db
+  faktory:
+    image: contribsys/faktory:latest
+    ports:
+      - "7419:7419"
+      - "7420:7420"
+    volumes:
+      - ./tmp/faktory:/var/lib/faktory
+
 
diff --git a/lib/github_api/owner_repos.rb b/lib/github_api/owner_repos.rb
index f284a4d..715b263 100644
--- a/lib/github_api/owner_repos.rb
+++ b/lib/github_api/owner_repos.rb
@@ -56,12 +56,14 @@ module GithubApi
 	GRAPHQL
 	
 		def self.find(username)
-			response = GithubApi::Client.query(OwnerReposQuery, variables: { owner: username })
-			if response.errors.any?
-				raise QueryExecutionError.new(response.errors[:data].join(", "))
-			else
-				response.data.repository_owner.repositories.nodes.map(&:to_h)
-			end
+			#Retryable.retryable(tries: 3, on: QueryExecutionError, sleep: lambda { |n| 4**n } ) do
+				response = GithubApi::Client.query(OwnerReposQuery, variables: { owner: username })
+				if response.errors.any?
+					raise QueryExecutionError.new(response.errors[:data].join(", "))
+				else
+					response.data.repository_owner.repositories.nodes.map(&:to_h)
+				end
+			#end
 		end
 	end
 end
diff --git a/lib/github_api/security_advisory.rb b/lib/github_api/security_advisory.rb
index 011dde0..23496a5 100644
--- a/lib/github_api/security_advisory.rb
+++ b/lib/github_api/security_advisory.rb
@@ -45,12 +45,14 @@ class SecurityAdvisory
     GRAPHQL
 
     def self.find(ghsa_id)
-        response = GithubApi::Client.query(SecurityAdvisoryQuery, variables: { ghsa_id: ghsa_id })
-        if response.errors.any?
-            raise QueryExecutionError.new(response.errors[:data].join(", "))
-        else
-            response.data.security_advisory
-        end
+        #Retryable.retryable(tries: 3, on: QueryExecutionError, sleep: lambda { |n| 4**n } ) do
+            response = GithubApi::Client.query(SecurityAdvisoryQuery, variables: { ghsa_id: ghsa_id })
+            if response.errors.any?
+                raise QueryExecutionError.new(response.errors[:data].join(", "))
+            else
+                response.data.security_advisory
+            end
+        #end
     end
 end
 end
diff --git a/lib/github_api/user.rb b/lib/github_api/user.rb
index cdbdc22..1593bd6 100644
--- a/lib/github_api/user.rb
+++ b/lib/github_api/user.rb
@@ -16,12 +16,14 @@ class User
     GRAPHQL
 
     def self.find(username)
+      #Retryable.retryable(tries: 3, on: QueryExecutionError, sleep: lambda { |n| 4**n } ) do
         response = GithubApi::Client.query(UserProfileQuery, variables: { username: username })
         if response.errors.any?
           raise QueryExecutionError.new(response.errors[:data].join(", "))
         else
           response.data.user
         end
+      #end
     end
 end
 end
diff --git a/lib/importers/github_user_importer.rb b/lib/importers/github_user_importer.rb
index 51f1dfe..5a1d3ad 100644
--- a/lib/importers/github_user_importer.rb
+++ b/lib/importers/github_user_importer.rb
@@ -10,10 +10,12 @@ class GithubUserImporter
 
   def username_hashes
     usernames.map do |username|
-      username_response = GithubApi::User.find(username)
-      username_repos = GithubApi::OwnerRepos.find(username)
-      repos_hash = { 'repositories' => username_repos }
-      username_response.to_h.merge(repos_hash)
+      Retryable.retryable(tries: 3, on: QueryExecutionError, sleep: lambda { |n| 4**n } ) do
+        username_response = GithubApi::User.find(username)
+        username_repos = GithubApi::OwnerRepos.find(username)
+        repos_hash = { 'repositories' => username_repos }
+        username_response.to_h.merge(repos_hash)
+      end
     end
   end