diff --git a/buildbot_travis/api.py b/buildbot_travis/api.py
index d4d1fd4..5e00779 100644
--- a/buildbot_travis/api.py
+++ b/buildbot_travis/api.py
@@ -106,7 +106,7 @@ def saveConfig(self, request):
         if cfg != self._cfg:
             try:
                 err = yield self.saveCfg(cfg)
-            except Exception as e: # noqa
+            except Exception as e:  # noqa
                 err = [repr(e)]
             if err is not None:
                 self._in_progress = False
diff --git a/buildbot_travis/vcs/git.py b/buildbot_travis/vcs/git.py
index 9871e36..e601f95 100644
--- a/buildbot_travis/vcs/git.py
+++ b/buildbot_travis/vcs/git.py
@@ -17,10 +17,10 @@
 from __future__ import print_function
 from future.moves.urllib.parse import urlparse
 
-from buildbot.plugins import changes, util
+from buildbot.plugins import changes
 from buildbot.steps.source.git import Git
 
-from .base import PollerMixin, VCSBase, getCodebaseForRepository
+from .base import PollerMixin, VCSBase
 
 
 class ParsedGitUrl(object):
@@ -46,6 +46,7 @@ class GitBase(VCSBase):
     method = "clone"
     mode = "incremental"
     retryFetch = True
+    retry = (2, 10)  # default retry 10 times, with 2 seconds delay
 
     def addRepository(self, factory, project=None, repository=None, branches=None, **kwargs):
         kwargs.update(dict(
@@ -57,7 +58,8 @@ def addRepository(self, factory, project=None, repository=None, branches=None, *
             shallow=self.shallow,
             mode=self.mode,
             method=self.method,
-            retryFetch=self.retryFetch
+            retryFetch=self.retryFetch,
+            retry=self.retry
         ))
 
         factory.addStep(self.GitStep(**kwargs))