Index: /status
===================================================================
--- /status (revision 584)
+++ /status (revision 585)
@@ -13,5 +13,5 @@
 reconciler      reconciler_mk2      0.21
 postprocessor   imdb_augment_data   0.11
-postprocessor   flag_aus_hdtv       0.12
+postprocessor   flag_aus_hdtv       0.13
 postprocessor   augment_timezone    0.08
 reference       channel_list        1
Index: /postprocessors/flag_aus_hdtv
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--- /postprocessors/flag_aus_hdtv (revision 549)
+++ /postprocessors/flag_aus_hdtv (revision 585)
@@ -13,5 +13,5 @@
 
 my $progname = "flag_aus_hdtv";
-my $version = "0.12";
+my $version = "0.13";
 
 $| = 1;
@@ -370,7 +370,8 @@
         print "$status $url\n";
 
-        my $max_retries = 1 if ($dontretry);
-
-        for (1..3) {
+        my $max_tries = 3;
+	$max_tries = 1 if ($dontretry);
+
+        for (1..$max_tries) {
                 $response = $ua->request($request);
                 last if ($response->is_success || $dontretry);
@@ -378,5 +379,9 @@
                 $stats{http_failed_requests}++;
                 $attempts++;
-                &sleepy("attempt $attempts failed (url $url), sleeping for 10 seconds",10);
+                print "Failed attempt # $attempts to retrieve $url\n";
+		unless ($attempts == $max_tries) {
+		    print "Sleeping for 10 seconds.\n";
+		    sleep 10;
+		}
         }
         if (!($response->is_success)) {