diff --git a/scheduler-utils/README.md b/scheduler-utils/README.md
index 6686fdea7..5df8d91bc 100644
--- a/scheduler-utils/README.md
+++ b/scheduler-utils/README.md
@@ -99,6 +99,8 @@ specify those coonfigurations by providing their values `connect`. You can curre
 - The `GRAPHQL_URL`
 - The In-Memory `cacheSize`
 - Following Redirects `followRedirects`, a boolean that optimizes scheduler routing if `true`
+- `GRAPHQL_MAX_RETRIES`, the maximum amount of retries for failed gateway queries
+- `GRAPHQL_RETRY_BACKOFF`, the retry delay for each gateway query retry
 
 > If you'd like to use no In-Memory Cache, and load the record from chain every time, then set the `cacheSize` to `0`
 
@@ -108,7 +110,9 @@ import { connect } from "@permaweb/ao-scheduler-utils";
 const { validate, locate, raw } = connect({
   GRAPHQL_URL: "...",
   cacheSize: 1000,
-  followRedirects: true
+  followRedirects: true,
+  GRAPHQL_MAX_RETRIES: 0,
+  GRAPHQL_RETRY_BACKOFF: 300
 });
 ```
 
diff --git a/scheduler-utils/src/client/gateway.js b/scheduler-utils/src/client/gateway.js
index cc5c211e0..045eafc5e 100644
--- a/scheduler-utils/src/client/gateway.js
+++ b/scheduler-utils/src/client/gateway.js
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 import { defaultTo, find, juxt, path, pipe, prop, propEq } from 'ramda'
 
 import { InvalidSchedulerLocationError, SchedulerTagNotFoundError, TransactionNotFoundError } from '../err.js'
+import { backoff, okRes } from '../utils.js'
 
 const URL_TAG = 'Url'
 const TTL_TAG = 'Time-To-Live'
@@ -22,20 +23,23 @@ const findTransactionTags = (err) => pipe(
   defaultTo([])
 )
 
-function gatewayWith ({ fetch, GRAPHQL_URL }) {
+function gatewayWith ({ fetch, GRAPHQL_URL, GRAPHQL_MAX_RETRIES = 0, GRAPHQL_RETRY_BACKOFF = 300 }) {
   return async ({ query, variables }) => {
-    return fetch(GRAPHQL_URL, {
-      method: 'POST',
-      headers: { 'Content-Type': 'application/json' },
-      body: JSON.stringify({ query, variables })
-    })
-      .then((res) => res.json())
+    return backoff(
+      () => fetch(GRAPHQL_URL, {
+        method: 'POST',
+        headers: { 'Content-Type': 'application/json' },
+        body: JSON.stringify({ query, variables })
+      })
+        .then(okRes)
+        .then((res) => res.json()),
+      { maxRetries: GRAPHQL_MAX_RETRIES, delay: GRAPHQL_RETRY_BACKOFF })
   }
 }
 
-export function loadProcessSchedulerWith ({ fetch, GRAPHQL_URL }) {
-  const gateway = gatewayWith({ fetch, GRAPHQL_URL })
-  const loadScheduler = loadSchedulerWith({ fetch, GRAPHQL_URL })
+export function loadProcessSchedulerWith ({ fetch, GRAPHQL_URL, GRAPHQL_MAX_RETRIES, GRAPHQL_RETRY_BACKOFF }) {
+  const gateway = gatewayWith({ fetch, GRAPHQL_URL, GRAPHQL_MAX_RETRIES, GRAPHQL_RETRY_BACKOFF })
+  const loadScheduler = loadSchedulerWith({ fetch, GRAPHQL_URL, GRAPHQL_MAX_RETRIES, GRAPHQL_RETRY_BACKOFF })
 
   const GET_TRANSACTIONS_QUERY = `
     query GetTransactions ($transactionIds: [ID!]!) {
@@ -64,8 +68,8 @@ export function loadProcessSchedulerWith ({ fetch, GRAPHQL_URL }) {
   }
 }
 
-export function loadSchedulerWith ({ fetch, GRAPHQL_URL }) {
-  const gateway = gatewayWith({ fetch, GRAPHQL_URL })
+export function loadSchedulerWith ({ fetch, GRAPHQL_URL, GRAPHQL_MAX_RETRIES, GRAPHQL_RETRY_BACKOFF }) {
+  const gateway = gatewayWith({ fetch, GRAPHQL_URL, GRAPHQL_MAX_RETRIES, GRAPHQL_RETRY_BACKOFF })
 
   const GET_SCHEDULER_LOCATION = `
     query GetSchedulerLocation ($owner: String!) {
diff --git a/scheduler-utils/src/index.browser.js b/scheduler-utils/src/index.browser.js
index 41f93b042..9d27b99d3 100644
--- a/scheduler-utils/src/index.browser.js
+++ b/scheduler-utils/src/index.browser.js
@@ -5,7 +5,9 @@ export * from './index.common.js'
 const GRAPHQL_URL = globalThis.GRAPHQL_URL || undefined
 const CACHE_SIZE = globalThis.SCHEDULER_UTILS_CACHE_SIZE || undefined
 const FOLLOW_REDIRECTS = globalThis.SCHEDULER_UTILS_FOLLOW_REDIRECTS === 'true' || undefined
+const GRAPHQL_MAX_RETRIES = globalThis.GRAPHQL_MAX_RETRIES || 0
+const GRAPHQL_RETRY_BACKOFF = globalThis.GRAPHQL_RETRY_BACKOFF || 300
 
-const { locate, validate, raw } = connect({ GRAPHQL_URL, cacheSize: CACHE_SIZE, followRedirects: FOLLOW_REDIRECTS })
+const { locate, validate, raw } = connect({ GRAPHQL_URL, cacheSize: CACHE_SIZE, followRedirects: FOLLOW_REDIRECTS, GRAPHQL_MAX_RETRIES, GRAPHQL_RETRY_BACKOFF })
 
 export { locate, validate, raw }
diff --git a/scheduler-utils/src/index.common.js b/scheduler-utils/src/index.common.js
index 9dc9e5a5a..6eca1a3c2 100644
--- a/scheduler-utils/src/index.common.js
+++ b/scheduler-utils/src/index.common.js
@@ -9,7 +9,8 @@ import { validateWith } from './validate.js'
 export * from './err.js'
 
 const DEFAULT_GRAPHQL_URL = 'https://arweave.net/graphql'
-
+const DEFAULT_GRAPHQL_MAX_RETRIES = 0
+const DEFAULT_GRAPHQL_RETRY_BACKOFF = 300
 /**
  * @typedef ConnectParams
  * @property {number} [cacheSize] - the size of the internal LRU cache
@@ -21,17 +22,19 @@ const DEFAULT_GRAPHQL_URL = 'https://arweave.net/graphql'
  * - a GRAPHQL_URL. Defaults to https://arweave.net/graphql
  * - a cache size for the internal LRU cache. Defaults to 100
  * - whether or not to follow redirects when locating a scheduler. Defaults to false
+ * - a max amount of retries on gateway queries. Defaults to 0
+ * - retry delay for retries on gateway queries. Defaults to 300 ms
  *
- * If either value is not provided, a default will be used.
+ * If any value is not provided, a default will be used.
  * Invoking connect() with no parameters or an empty object is functionally equivalent
  * to using the top-lvl exports
  *
  * @param {ConnectParams} [params]
  */
-export function connect ({ cacheSize = 100, GRAPHQL_URL = DEFAULT_GRAPHQL_URL, followRedirects = false } = {}) {
+export function connect ({ cacheSize = 100, GRAPHQL_URL = DEFAULT_GRAPHQL_URL, followRedirects = false, GRAPHQL_MAX_RETRIES = DEFAULT_GRAPHQL_MAX_RETRIES, GRAPHQL_RETRY_BACKOFF = DEFAULT_GRAPHQL_RETRY_BACKOFF } = {}) {
   const _cache = InMemoryClient.createLruCache({ size: cacheSize })
 
-  const loadScheduler = GatewayClient.loadSchedulerWith({ fetch, GRAPHQL_URL })
+  const loadScheduler = GatewayClient.loadSchedulerWith({ fetch, GRAPHQL_URL, GRAPHQL_MAX_RETRIES, GRAPHQL_RETRY_BACKOFF })
   const cache = {
     getByProcess: InMemoryClient.getByProcessWith({ cache: _cache }),
     getByOwner: InMemoryClient.getByOwnerWith({ cache: _cache }),
@@ -42,7 +45,7 @@ export function connect ({ cacheSize = 100, GRAPHQL_URL = DEFAULT_GRAPHQL_URL, f
    * Locate the scheduler for the given process.
    */
   const locate = locateWith({
-    loadProcessScheduler: GatewayClient.loadProcessSchedulerWith({ fetch, GRAPHQL_URL }),
+    loadProcessScheduler: GatewayClient.loadProcessSchedulerWith({ fetch, GRAPHQL_URL, GRAPHQL_MAX_RETRIES, GRAPHQL_RETRY_BACKOFF }),
     loadScheduler,
     cache,
     followRedirects,
diff --git a/scheduler-utils/src/index.js b/scheduler-utils/src/index.js
index 6d24c88c6..5792619f7 100644
--- a/scheduler-utils/src/index.js
+++ b/scheduler-utils/src/index.js
@@ -5,7 +5,9 @@ export * from './index.common.js'
 const GRAPHQL_URL = process.env.GRAPHQL_URL || undefined
 const CACHE_SIZE = process.env.SCHEDULER_UTILS_CACHE_SIZE || undefined
 const FOLLOW_REDIRECTS = process.env.SCHEDULER_UTILS_FOLLOW_REDIRECTS === 'true' || undefined
+const GRAPHQL_MAX_RETRIES = process.env.GRAPHQL_MAX_RETRIES || 0
+const GRAPHQL_RETRY_BACKOFF = process.env.GRAPHQL_RETRY_BACKOFF || 300
 
-const { locate, validate, raw } = connect({ GRAPHQL_URL, cacheSize: CACHE_SIZE, followRedirects: FOLLOW_REDIRECTS })
+const { locate, validate, raw } = connect({ GRAPHQL_URL, cacheSize: CACHE_SIZE, followRedirects: FOLLOW_REDIRECTS, GRAPHQL_MAX_RETRIES, GRAPHQL_RETRY_BACKOFF })
 
 export { locate, validate, raw }
diff --git a/scheduler-utils/src/utils.js b/scheduler-utils/src/utils.js
index fead12bd6..a02e92926 100644
--- a/scheduler-utils/src/utils.js
+++ b/scheduler-utils/src/utils.js
@@ -2,3 +2,56 @@ export function trimSlash (str = '') {
   str = str.trim()
   return str.endsWith('/') ? trimSlash(str.slice(0, -1)) : str
 }
+
+/**
+ * A function that, given a function, will immediately invoke it,
+ * then retry it on errors, using an exponential backoff.
+ *
+ * If the final retry fails, then the overall Promise is rejected
+ * with that error
+ *
+ * @param {function} fn - the function to be called
+ * @param {{ maxRetries: number, delay: number }} param1 - the number of total retries and increased delay for each try
+ */
+export const backoff = (
+  fn,
+  { maxRetries = 3, delay = 500 }
+) => {
+  /**
+   * Recursive function that recurses with exponential backoff
+   */
+  const action = (retry, delay) => {
+    return Promise.resolve()
+      .then(fn)
+      .catch((err) => {
+        // Reached max number of retries
+        if (retry >= maxRetries) {
+          return Promise.reject(err)
+        }
+
+        /**
+         * increment the retry count Retry with an exponential backoff
+         */
+        const newRetry = retry + 1
+        const newDelay = delay + delay
+        /**
+         * Retry in {delay} milliseconds
+         */
+        return new Promise((resolve) => setTimeout(resolve, delay))
+          .then(() => action(newRetry, newDelay))
+      })
+  }
+
+  return action(0, delay)
+}
+
+/**
+ * Checks if a response is OK. Otherwise, throw response.
+ *
+ * @param {Response} res - The response to check
+ * @returns
+ */
+export const okRes = (res) => {
+  if (res.ok) return res
+  throw res
+}
diff --git a/scheduler-utils/src/utils.test.js b/scheduler-utils/src/utils.test.js
index db9092b7c..4239e6b07 100644
--- a/scheduler-utils/src/utils.test.js
+++ b/scheduler-utils/src/utils.test.js
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 import { describe, test } from 'node:test'
 import * as assert from 'node:assert'
-import { trimSlash } from './utils.js'
+import { backoff, trimSlash } from './utils.js'
 
 describe('trimSlash', () => {
   test('should remove trailing slash from url', () => {
@@ -10,3 +10,75 @@ describe('trimSlash', () => {
     assert.equal(resultWithoutTrailingSlash, 'https://foo.bar')
   })
 })
+
+describe('backoff', () => {
+  function isPromise (obj) {
+    return (
+      !!obj &&
+      (typeof obj === 'object' || typeof obj === 'function') &&
+      typeof obj.then === 'function'
+    )
+  }
+
+  test('should return a promise', () => {
+    assert.ok(isPromise(
+      backoff(() => Promise.resolve(''), {
+        maxRetries: 0,
+        delay: 0
+      })
+    ))
+
+    assert.ok(isPromise(
+      backoff(() => '', {
+        maxRetries: 0,
+        delay: 0
+      })
+    ))
+  })
+
+  test('should not retry calling the function', async () => {
+    let count = 0
+    const fn = () => count++
+    await backoff(fn, {
+      maxRetries: 0,
+      delay: 0
+    })
+
+    assert.equal(count, 1)
+  })
+
+  test('should retry calling the function', async () => {
+    let count = 0
+    const fn = () => {
+      count++
+      return count
+        ? Promise.resolve('foo')
+        // eslint-disable-next-line
+        : Promise.reject('bar')
+    }
+
+    const res = await backoff(fn, {
+      maxRetries: 1,
+      delay: 0
+    })
+
+    assert.equal(res, 'foo')
+  })
+
+  test('should bubble the error if all retries are unsuccessful', async () => {
+    let count = 0
+    const fn = () => {
+      count++
+      // eslint-disable-next-line
+      return Promise.reject('bar')
+    }
+
+    await backoff(fn, {
+      maxRetries: 2,
+      delay: 0
+    }).catch(err => {
+      assert.equal(err, 'bar')
+      assert.equal(count, 3)
+    })
+  })
+})