diff --git a/src/App.tsx b/src/App.tsx
index f711e85..8b67995 100644
--- a/src/App.tsx
+++ b/src/App.tsx
@@ -56,6 +56,7 @@ export default function App({ children }: { children: React.ReactNode }) {
   const YTDLP_UPDATE_CHANNEL = useSettingsPageStatesStore(state => state.settings.ytdlp_update_channel);
   const APP_THEME = useSettingsPageStatesStore(state => state.settings.theme);
   const MAX_PARALLEL_DOWNLOADS = useSettingsPageStatesStore(state => state.settings.max_parallel_downloads);
+  const MAX_RETRIES = useSettingsPageStatesStore(state => state.settings.max_retries);
   const DOWNLOAD_DIR = useSettingsPageStatesStore(state => state.settings.download_dir);
   const PREFER_VIDEO_OVER_PLAYLIST = useSettingsPageStatesStore(state => state.settings.prefer_video_over_playlist);
   const STRICT_DOWNLOADABILITY_CHECK = useSettingsPageStatesStore(state => state.settings.strict_downloadablity_check);
@@ -202,6 +203,8 @@ export default function App({ children }: { children: React.ReactNode }) {
       selectedFormat,
       '--no-mtime',
       '--no-warnings',
+      '--retries',
+      MAX_RETRIES.toString(),
     ];
 
     if (selectedSubtitles) {
@@ -864,11 +867,13 @@ export default function App({ children }: { children: React.ReactNode }) {
     }
   }, [isErrored, isErrorExpected, erroredDownloadId, setIsErrored, setIsErrorExpected, setErroredDownloadId]);
 
-  // auto reset isErrorExpected state after 3 seconds
+  // auto reset error states after 3 seconds of expecting an error
   useEffect(() => {
     if (isErrorExpected) {
       const timeoutId = setTimeout(() => {
+        setIsErrored(false);
         setIsErrorExpected(false);
+        setErroredDownloadId(null);
       }, 3000);
       return () => clearTimeout(timeoutId);
     }
diff --git a/src/pages/settings.tsx b/src/pages/settings.tsx
index 4b1f2ed..8d097ff 100644
--- a/src/pages/settings.tsx
+++ b/src/pages/settings.tsx
@@ -73,6 +73,7 @@ export default function SettingsPage() {
     const ytDlpAutoUpdate = useSettingsPageStatesStore(state => state.settings.ytdlp_auto_update);
     const appTheme = useSettingsPageStatesStore(state => state.settings.theme);
     const maxParallelDownloads = useSettingsPageStatesStore(state => state.settings.max_parallel_downloads);
+    const maxRetries = useSettingsPageStatesStore(state => state.settings.max_retries);
     const preferVideoOverPlaylist = useSettingsPageStatesStore(state => state.settings.prefer_video_over_playlist);
     const strictDownloadabilityCheck = useSettingsPageStatesStore(state => state.settings.strict_downloadablity_check);
     const useProxy = useSettingsPageStatesStore(state => state.settings.use_proxy);
@@ -424,6 +425,19 @@ export default function SettingsPage() {
                                     onCheckedChange={(checked) => saveSettingsKey('strict_downloadablity_check', checked)}
                                     />
                                 </div>
+                                <div className="max-retries">
+                                    <h3 className="font-semibold">Max Retries</h3>
+                                    <p className="text-xs text-muted-foreground mb-3">Set maximum number of retries for a download before giving up</p>
+                                    <Slider
+                                    id="max-retries"
+                                    className="w-[350px] mb-2"
+                                    value={[maxRetries]}
+                                    min={1}
+                                    max={100}
+                                    onValueChange={(value) => saveSettingsKey('max_retries', value[0])}
+                                    />
+                                    <Label htmlFor="max-retries" className="text-xs text-muted-foreground">(Current: {maxRetries}) (Default: 5, Maximum: 100)</Label>
+                                </div>
                             </TabsContent>
                             <TabsContent key="appearance" value="appearance" className="flex flex-col gap-4 min-h-[235px]">
                                 <div className="app-theme">
diff --git a/src/services/store.ts b/src/services/store.ts
index e86b92a..896ec10 100644
--- a/src/services/store.ts
+++ b/src/services/store.ts
@@ -126,6 +126,7 @@ export const useSettingsPageStatesStore = create<SettingsPageStatesStore>((set)
         prefer_video_over_playlist: true,
         strict_downloadablity_check: false,
         max_parallel_downloads: 2,
+        max_retries: 5,
         use_proxy: false,
         proxy_url: '',
         use_rate_limit: false,
@@ -169,6 +170,7 @@ export const useSettingsPageStatesStore = create<SettingsPageStatesStore>((set)
             prefer_video_over_playlist: true,
             strict_downloadablity_check: false,
             max_parallel_downloads: 2,
+            max_retries: 5,
             use_proxy: false,
             proxy_url: '',
             use_rate_limit: false,
diff --git a/src/types/settings.ts b/src/types/settings.ts
index 2721334..4a2d76d 100644
--- a/src/types/settings.ts
+++ b/src/types/settings.ts
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@ export interface Settings {
     theme: 'dark' | 'light' | 'system';
     download_dir: string;
     max_parallel_downloads: number;
+    max_retries: number;
     prefer_video_over_playlist: boolean;
     strict_downloadablity_check: boolean;
     use_proxy: boolean;