diff --git a/daras_ai_v2/asr.py b/daras_ai_v2/asr.py
index 04a2f25fe..8f39d0312 100644
--- a/daras_ai_v2/asr.py
+++ b/daras_ai_v2/asr.py
@@ -988,7 +988,15 @@ def download_youtube_to_wav(youtube_url: str) -> bytes:
 
 def audio_url_to_wav(audio_url: str) -> tuple[str, int]:
     r = requests.get(audio_url)
-    raise_for_status(r, is_user_url=True)
+    try:
+        raise_for_status(r, is_user_url=True)
+    except requests.HTTPError:
+        # wait 3 seconds and try again (handles cases where the url has just been uploaded but cache is not updated yet, e.g. for Twilio)
+        from time import sleep
+
+        sleep(3)
+        r = requests.get(audio_url)
+        raise_for_status(r, is_user_url=True)
 
     wavdata, size = audio_bytes_to_wav(r.content)
     if not wavdata: