diff --git a/youtube_dl/FileDownloader.py b/youtube_dl/FileDownloader.py index ed5a79f13..2ef0d6855 100644 --- a/youtube_dl/FileDownloader.py +++ b/youtube_dl/FileDownloader.py @@ -579,7 +579,7 @@ class FileDownloader(object): resume_len = 0 count = 0 - retries = self.params.get('retries', 0) + retries = self.params['retries'] while count <= retries: # Establish connection try: