diff --git a/tools/lib/filereader.py b/tools/lib/filereader.py
index 0bb4abd2fa..d342ad20da 100644
--- a/tools/lib/filereader.py
+++ b/tools/lib/filereader.py
@@ -1,13 +1,17 @@
 import os
+import functools
 import posixpath
 import socket
 from urllib.parse import urlparse
+from tenacity import retry, retry_if_exception_type, stop_after_attempt
 
 from openpilot.tools.lib.url_file import URLFile
 
 DATA_ENDPOINT = os.getenv("DATA_ENDPOINT", "http://data-raw.comma.internal/")
 
 
+# @functools.cache
+# @retry(retry=retry_if_exception_type(TimeoutError), stop=stop_after_attempt(3), reraise=True)
 def internal_source_available(url=DATA_ENDPOINT):
   if os.path.isdir(url):
     return True