diff --git a/site-cookbooks/kosmos-bitcoin/templates/btc-price-tracker-daily.sh.erb b/site-cookbooks/kosmos-bitcoin/templates/btc-price-tracker-daily.sh.erb
index 7d3a2ce..1209749 100644
--- a/site-cookbooks/kosmos-bitcoin/templates/btc-price-tracker-daily.sh.erb
+++ b/site-cookbooks/kosmos-bitcoin/templates/btc-price-tracker-daily.sh.erb
@@ -1,49 +1,86 @@
 #!/bin/bash
+set -e
+set -o pipefail
 
 # Calculate yesterday's date in YYYY-MM-DD format
 YESTERDAY=$(date -d "yesterday" +%Y-%m-%d)
 echo "Starting price tracking for $YESTERDAY" >&2
 
+# Helper function to perform HTTP requests with retries
+# Usage: make_request <retries> <method> <url> [data] [header1] [header2] ...
+make_request() {
+    local retries=$1
+    local method=$2
+    local url=$3
+    local data=$4
+    shift 4
+    local headers=("$@")
+
+    local count=0
+    local wait_time=3
+    local response
+
+    while [ "$count" -lt "$retries" ]; do
+        local curl_opts=(-s -S -f -X "$method")
+
+        if [ -n "$data" ]; then
+            curl_opts+=(-d "$data")
+        fi
+
+        for h in "${headers[@]}"; do
+            curl_opts+=(-H "$h")
+        done
+
+        if response=$(curl "${curl_opts[@]}" "$url"); then
+            echo "$response"
+            return 0
+        fi
+
+        echo "Request to $url failed (Attempt $((count+1))/$retries). Retrying in ${wait_time}s..." >&2
+        sleep "$wait_time"
+        count=$((count + 1))
+    done
+
+    echo "ERROR: Request to $url failed after $retries attempts" >&2
+    return 1
+}
+
 # Fetch and process rates for a fiat currency
 get_price_data() {
     local currency=$1
     local data avg open24 last
 
-    data=$(curl -s "https://www.bitstamp.net/api/v2/ticker/btc${currency,,}/")
-    if [ $? -eq 0 ] && [ ! -z "$data" ]; then
+    if data=$(make_request 3 "GET" "https://www.bitstamp.net/api/v2/ticker/btc${currency,,}/" ""); then
         echo "Successfully retrieved ${currency} price data" >&2
         open24=$(echo "$data" | jq -r '.open_24')
         last=$(echo "$data" | jq -r '.last')
-        avg=$(( (${open24%.*} + ${last%.*}) / 2 ))
+        avg=$(echo "$open24 $last" | awk '{printf "%.0f", ($1 + $2) / 2}')
         echo $avg
     else
         echo "ERROR: Failed to retrieve ${currency} price data" >&2
-        exit 1
+        return 1
     fi
 }
 
 # Get price data for each currency
-usd_avg=$(get_price_data "USD")
-eur_avg=$(get_price_data "EUR")
-gbp_avg=$(get_price_data "GBP")
+usd_avg=$(get_price_data "USD") || exit 1
+eur_avg=$(get_price_data "EUR") || exit 1
+gbp_avg=$(get_price_data "GBP") || exit 1
 
 # Create JSON
-json="{\"EUR\":$eur_avg,\"USD\":$usd_avg,\"GBP\":$gbp_avg}"
+json=$(jq -n \
+  --argjson eur "$eur_avg" \
+  --argjson usd "$usd_avg" \
+  --argjson gbp "$gbp_avg" \
+  '{"EUR": $eur, "USD": $usd, "GBP": $gbp}')
 echo "Rates: $json" >&2
 
 # PUT in remote storage
-response=$(curl -X PUT \
-    -H "Authorization: Bearer $RS_AUTH" \
-    -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
-    -d "$json" \
-    -w "%{http_code}" \
-    -s \
-    -o /dev/null \
-    "<%= @rs_base_url %>/$YESTERDAY")
-
-if [ "$response" -eq 200 ] || [ "$response" -eq 201 ]; then
+if make_request 3 "PUT" "<%= @rs_base_url %>/$YESTERDAY" "$json" \
+    "Authorization: Bearer $RS_AUTH" \
+    "Content-Type: application/json" > /dev/null; then
    echo "Successfully uploaded price data" >&2
 else
-   echo "ERROR: Failed to upload price data. HTTP status: $response" >&2
+   echo "ERROR: Failed to upload price data" >&2
    exit 1
 fi