diff --git a/cloudfiles/interfaces.py b/cloudfiles/interfaces.py
index 0f30d42..429994d 100644
--- a/cloudfiles/interfaces.py
+++ b/cloudfiles/interfaces.py
@@ -377,7 +377,7 @@ def put_file(self, file_path, content, content_type, compress, cache_control=Non
     blob.md5_hash = md5(content)
     blob.upload_from_string(content, content_type)
 
-  # @retry
+  @retry
   def get_file(self, file_path, start=None, end=None):
     key = self.get_path_to_file(file_path)
     blob = self._bucket.blob( key )