diff --git a/cli/Program.cs b/cli/Program.cs
index f6da1b116..4fa1f3cc6 100644
--- a/cli/Program.cs
+++ b/cli/Program.cs
@@ -31,7 +31,18 @@ class Program
                             .WithLogger(loggerFactory.CreateLogger<IKernel>())
                             .WithAzureChatCompletionService(kernelSettings.DeploymentOrModelId, kernelSettings.Endpoint, kernelSettings.ApiKey, true, kernelSettings.ServiceId, true)
                             .WithMemory(semanticTextMemory)
-                            .WithConfiguration(kernelConfig).Build();
+                            .WithConfiguration(kernelConfig)
+                            .Configure(c => c.SetDefaultHttpRetryConfig(new HttpRetryConfig
+                            {
+                                MaxRetryCount = 6,
+                                UseExponentialBackoff = true,
+                                //  MinRetryDelay = TimeSpan.FromSeconds(2),
+                                //  MaxRetryDelay = TimeSpan.FromSeconds(8),
+                                //  MaxTotalRetryTime = TimeSpan.FromSeconds(30),
+                                //  RetryableStatusCodes = new[] { HttpStatusCode.TooManyRequests, HttpStatusCode.RequestTimeout },
+                                //  RetryableExceptions = new[] { typeof(HttpRequestException) }
+                            }))
+                            .Build();
 
 
         var fileOption = new Option<FileInfo?>(
@@ -139,4 +150,4 @@ class Program
 
 public static class PM { public static string Readme = "Readme"; public static string BootstrapProject = "BootstrapProject"; }
 public static class DevLead { public static string Plan="Plan"; }
-public static class Developer { public static string Implement="Implement"; }
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+public static class Developer { public static string Implement="Implement"; }