diff --git a/create-card.js b/create-card.js
index 5951633..1863365 100644
--- a/create-card.js
+++ b/create-card.js
@@ -290,7 +290,13 @@ class CardCreator {
    * @returns {Promise<Buffer>} A promise representating the construction of the card's image data.
    */
   async createCard(charaId, customImage) {
-    const response = await fetch(`https://xivapi.com/character/${charaId}?extended=1&data=FC,mimo`);
+    const characterInfoUrl = `https://xivapi.com/character/${charaId}?extended=1&data=FC,mimo`;
+    const response = await fetch(characterInfoUrl);
+    if (!response.ok) {
+      // Retry once if the request fails
+      response = await fetch(characterInfoUrl);
+    }
+
     const data = await response.json();
 
     const canvasSize = this.canvasSize;
diff --git a/index.js b/index.js
index 2c9149a..910fdc3 100644
--- a/index.js
+++ b/index.js
@@ -24,12 +24,14 @@ var diskCache = cacheManager.caching({
     }
 });
 
-async function getCharIdByName(world, name) {
-    var response = await fetch(`https://xivapi.com/character/search?name=${name}&server=${world}`);
-    var data = await response.json();
+async function getCharIdByName(world, name, retries = 1) {
+    if (retries === -1) return undefined;
+
+    const response = await fetch(`https://xivapi.com/character/search?name=${name}&server=${world}`);
+    const data = await response.json();
 
     if (data.Results[0] === undefined)
-        return undefined;
+        return getCharIdByName(world, name, --retries);
 
     return data.Results[0].ID;
 }