diff --git a/Wabbajack.CLI/Verbs/ValidateLists.cs b/Wabbajack.CLI/Verbs/ValidateLists.cs
index 55a5eeec..321a8aa0 100644
--- a/Wabbajack.CLI/Verbs/ValidateLists.cs
+++ b/Wabbajack.CLI/Verbs/ValidateLists.cs
@@ -137,8 +137,9 @@ public class ValidateLists : IVerb
                 modListData =
                     await StandardInstaller.Load(_dtos, _dispatcher, modList, token);
             }
-            catch (JsonException ex)
+            catch (Exception ex)
             {
+                _logger.LogError(ex, "Forcing down {Modlist} due to error while loading: ", modList.NamespacedName);
                 validatedList.Status = ListStatus.ForcedDown;
                 return validatedList;
             }
diff --git a/Wabbajack.Downloaders.Http/HttpDownloader.cs b/Wabbajack.Downloaders.Http/HttpDownloader.cs
index b593c067..7133dbdd 100644
--- a/Wabbajack.Downloaders.Http/HttpDownloader.cs
+++ b/Wabbajack.Downloaders.Http/HttpDownloader.cs
@@ -176,13 +176,16 @@ public class HttpDownloader : ADownloader<DTOs.DownloadStates.Http>, IUrlDownloa
 
         public override async Task<byte[]> LoadChunk(long offset, int size)
         {
-            var msg = HttpDownloader.MakeMessage(_state);
-            msg.Headers.Range = new RangeHeaderValue(offset, offset + size);
-            using var response = await _downloader._client.SendAsync(msg);
-            if (!response.IsSuccessStatusCode)
-                throw new HttpException(response);
+            return await CircuitBreaker.WithAutoRetryAllAsync(_downloader._logger, async () =>
+            {
+                var msg = HttpDownloader.MakeMessage(_state);
+                msg.Headers.Range = new RangeHeaderValue(offset, offset + size);
+                using var response = await _downloader._client.SendAsync(msg);
+                if (!response.IsSuccessStatusCode)
+                    throw new HttpException(response);
 
-            return await response.Content.ReadAsByteArrayAsync();
+                return await response.Content.ReadAsByteArrayAsync();
+            });
         }
     }
 }
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