diff --git a/chch-calendar.sh b/chch-calendar.sh
index 80598a7..137196a 100755
--- a/chch-calendar.sh
+++ b/chch-calendar.sh
@@ -6,13 +6,21 @@ CHCH_ICAL="/var/www/chch_api/chch.ical"
 WIKI_PATH="/var/www/chch/"
 RAND="$(date +%s)$RANDOM$RANDOM$RANDOM"
 CHCH_ICAL_TMP="/tmp/chch_$RAND.ical"
+CHCH_ICAL_FAIL="/tmp/chch_ical_wget_failed"
 
 rm -rf /tmp/chch_*.ical
-wget "$CHCH_ICAL_SRC" -O "$CHCH_ICAL_TMP" -q -T 45
+wget "$CHCH_ICAL_SRC" -O "$CHCH_ICAL_TMP" -q -T 45 -t 1
 if [ $? -ne 0 ]; then
-	echo "ERROR: wget failed to download calendar" >&2
+	if [ ! -f "$CHCH_ICAL_FAIL" ]; then
+		echo "ERROR: wget failed to download calendar" >&2
+		touch "$CHCH_ICAL_FAIL"
+	fi
 else
-	mv "$CHCH_ICAL_TMP" "$CHCH_ICAL"
+	mv "$CHCH_ICAL_TMP" "$CHCH_ICAL" >/dev/null 2>&1
+	if [ -f "$CHCH_ICAL_FAIL" ]; then
+		echo "INFO: wget recovered from previous error" >&2
+		rm -rf "$CHCH_ICAL_FAIL"
+	fi
 fi