diff --git a/push/index.ts b/push/index.ts
index 9b4cc66..6d73228 100644
--- a/push/index.ts
+++ b/push/index.ts
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-import { $, CryptoHasher, file, write } from "bun";
+import { $, CryptoHasher, file, sleep, write } from "bun";
 import { extract } from "tar";
 
 import stream from "node:stream";
@@ -71,7 +71,7 @@ if (!(await file(tarFile).exists())) {
 
   await mkdir(imagePath);
 
-  const result = await extract({
+  await extract({
     file: tarFile,
     cwd: imagePath,
   });
@@ -251,7 +251,6 @@ async function pushLayer(layerDigest: string, readableStream: ReadableStream, to
     throw new Error(`oci-chunk-max-length header is malformed (not a number)`);
   }
 
-  const reader = readableStream.getReader();
   const uploadId = createUploadResponse.headers.get("docker-upload-uuid");
   if (uploadId === null) {
     throw new Error("Docker-Upload-UUID not defined in headers");
@@ -271,9 +270,13 @@ async function pushLayer(layerDigest: string, readableStream: ReadableStream, to
   let written = 0;
   let previousReadable: ReadableLimiter | undefined;
   let totalLayerSizeLeft = totalLayerSize;
+  const reader = readableStream.getReader();
+  let fail = "true";
+  let failures = 0;
   while (totalLayerSizeLeft > 0) {
     const range = `0-${Math.min(end, totalLayerSize) - 1}`;
     const current = new ReadableLimiter(reader as ReadableStreamDefaultReader, maxToWrite, previousReadable);
+    await current.init();
     const patchChunkUploadURL = parseLocation(location);
     // we have to do fetchNode because Bun doesn't allow setting custom Content-Length.
     // https://github.com/oven-sh/bun/issues/10507
@@ -284,14 +287,19 @@ async function pushLayer(layerDigest: string, readableStream: ReadableStream, to
         "range": range,
         "authorization": cred,
         "content-length": `${Math.min(totalLayerSizeLeft, maxToWrite)}`,
+        "x-fail": fail,
       }),
     });
     if (!patchChunkResult.ok) {
-      throw new Error(
-        `uploading chunk ${patchChunkUploadURL} returned ${patchChunkResult.status}: ${await patchChunkResult.text()}`,
-      );
+      previousReadable = current;
+      console.error(`${layerDigest}: Pushing ${range} failed with ${patchChunkResult.status}, retrying`);
+      await sleep(500);
+      if (failures++ >= 2) fail = "false";
+      continue;
     }
 
+    fail = "true";
+    current.ok();
     const rangeResponse = patchChunkResult.headers.get("range");
     if (rangeResponse !== range) {
       throw new Error(`unexpected Range header ${rangeResponse}, expected ${range}`);
@@ -308,18 +316,24 @@ async function pushLayer(layerDigest: string, readableStream: ReadableStream, to
   const range = `0-${written - 1}`;
   const uploadURL = new URL(parseLocation(location));
   uploadURL.searchParams.append("digest", layerDigest);
-  const response = await fetch(uploadURL.toString(), {
-    method: "PUT",
-    headers: new Headers({
-      Range: range,
-      Authorization: cred,
-    }),
-  });
-  if (!response.ok) {
-    throw new Error(`${uploadURL.toString()} failed with ${response.status}: ${await response.text()}`);
+  for (let tries = 0; tries < 3; tries++) {
+    const response = await fetch(uploadURL.toString(), {
+      method: "PUT",
+      headers: new Headers({
+        Range: range,
+        Authorization: cred,
+      }),
+    });
+    if (!response.ok) {
+      console.error(`${layerDigest}: Finishing ${range} failed with ${response.status}, retrying`);
+      continue;
+    }
+
+    console.log("Pushed", layerDigest);
+    return;
   }
 
-  console.log("Pushed", layerDigest);
+  throw new Error(`Could not push after multiple tries`);
 }
 
 const layersManifest = [] as {
diff --git a/push/limiter.ts b/push/limiter.ts
index 422e068..8d08f88 100644
--- a/push/limiter.ts
+++ b/push/limiter.ts
@@ -6,6 +6,8 @@ import stream from "node:stream";
 export class ReadableLimiter extends stream.Readable {
   public written: number = 0;
   private leftover: Uint8Array | undefined;
+  private promise: Promise<Uint8Array> | undefined;
+  private accumulator: Uint8Array[];
 
   constructor(
     // reader will be used to read bytes until limit.
@@ -17,7 +19,27 @@ export class ReadableLimiter extends stream.Readable {
   ) {
     super();
 
-    if (previousReader) this.leftover = previousReader.leftover;
+    if (previousReader) {
+      this.leftover = previousReader.leftover;
+      if (previousReader.accumulator.length > 0) {
+        this.promise = new Blob(previousReader.accumulator).bytes();
+        previousReader.accumulator = [];
+      }
+    }
+
+    this.accumulator = [];
+  }
+
+  async init() {
+    if (this.promise !== undefined) {
+      if (this.leftover !== undefined && this.leftover.length > 0)
+        this.leftover = await new Blob([await this.promise, this.leftover ?? []]).bytes();
+      else this.leftover = await this.promise;
+    }
+  }
+
+  ok() {
+    this.accumulator = [];
   }
 
   _read(): void {
@@ -27,6 +49,7 @@ export class ReadableLimiter extends stream.Readable {
 
     if (this.leftover !== undefined) {
       const toPushNow = this.leftover.slice(0, this.limit);
+      this.accumulator.push(toPushNow);
       this.leftover = this.leftover.slice(this.limit);
       this.push(toPushNow);
       this.limit -= toPushNow.length;
@@ -50,7 +73,7 @@ export class ReadableLimiter extends stream.Readable {
       }
 
       if (arr.length === 0) return this.push(null);
-
+      this.accumulator.push(arr);
       this.push(arr);
       this.limit -= arr.length;
       this.written += arr.length;