diff --git a/attributes/default.rb b/attributes/default.rb
index 97452cc..3c261f6 100644
--- a/attributes/default.rb
+++ b/attributes/default.rb
@@ -32,6 +32,8 @@
 
 default['jetty']['version'] = '8.1.10.v20130312'
 default['jetty']['link'] = 'http://eclipse.org/downloads/download.php?file=/jetty/8.1.10.v20130312/dist/jetty-distribution-8.1.10.v20130312.tar.gz&r=1'
+default['jetty']['retries'] = 0 
+default['jetty']['retry_delay'] = 2
 default['jetty']['checksum'] = 'e966f87823adc323ce67e99485fea126b84fff5affdc28aa7526e40eb2ec1a5b' # SHA256
 
 default['jetty']['directory'] = '/usr/local/src'
@@ -48,4 +50,4 @@
 default['jetty']['syslog']['tag'] = ''
 
 default['jetty']['start_ini']['custom'] = false
-default['jetty']['start_ini']['content'] = []
\ No newline at end of file
+default['jetty']['start_ini']['content'] = []
diff --git a/recipes/default.rb b/recipes/default.rb
index 8e128f0..2e2ef24 100644
--- a/recipes/default.rb
+++ b/recipes/default.rb
@@ -82,6 +82,8 @@
 remote_file node['jetty']['download'] do
   source   node['jetty']['link']
   checksum node['jetty']['checksum']
+  retries node['jetty']['retries'] 
+  retry_delay node['jetty']['retry_delay']
   mode     0644
 end