diff --git a/src/main/java/com/commafeed/backend/HttpGetter.java b/src/main/java/com/commafeed/backend/HttpGetter.java
index 474c080a..6ca51a01 100644
--- a/src/main/java/com/commafeed/backend/HttpGetter.java
+++ b/src/main/java/com/commafeed/backend/HttpGetter.java
@@ -5,11 +5,11 @@ import java.io.IOException;
 import org.apache.http.HttpEntity;
 import org.apache.http.HttpResponse;
 import org.apache.http.client.ClientProtocolException;
-import org.apache.http.client.HttpClient;
 import org.apache.http.client.methods.HttpGet;
 import org.apache.http.client.params.CookiePolicy;
 import org.apache.http.client.params.HttpClientParams;
 import org.apache.http.impl.client.DefaultHttpClient;
+import org.apache.http.impl.client.DefaultHttpRequestRetryHandler;
 import org.apache.http.params.HttpConnectionParams;
 import org.apache.http.params.HttpParams;
 import org.apache.http.params.HttpProtocolParams;
@@ -25,12 +25,15 @@ public class HttpGetter {
 			IOException {
 		byte[] content = null;
 
-		HttpClient httpclient = new DefaultHttpClient();
+		DefaultHttpClient httpclient = new DefaultHttpClient();
 		HttpParams params = httpclient.getParams();
 		HttpClientParams.setCookiePolicy(params, CookiePolicy.IGNORE_COOKIES);
 		HttpProtocolParams.setContentCharset(params, "UTF-8");
 		HttpConnectionParams.setConnectionTimeout(params, 4000);
 		HttpConnectionParams.setSoTimeout(params, 4000);
+		httpclient
+				.setHttpRequestRetryHandler(new DefaultHttpRequestRetryHandler(
+						0, false));
 
 		try {
 			HttpGet httpget = new HttpGet(url);