diff --git a/dipper/utils/DipperUtil.py b/dipper/utils/DipperUtil.py
index <HASH>..<HASH> 100644
--- a/dipper/utils/DipperUtil.py
+++ b/dipper/utils/DipperUtil.py
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ __author__ = ('nlw', 'tec')
 logger = logging.getLogger(__name__)
 
 session = requests.Session()
-adapter = requests.adapters.HTTPAdapter(max_retries=10)
+adapter = requests.adapters.HTTPAdapter(max_retries=3)
 session.mount('https://', adapter)
 session.mount('http://', adapter)
try not to run afoul of eutil rate limiting of 3/sec