diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index a198265..7b84edc 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -94,6 +94,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "i2c-linux",
  "income",
  "nix 0.26.2",
+ "retry",
 ]
 
 [[package]]
@@ -635,6 +636,12 @@ version = "1.3.3"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "767eb9f07d4a5ebcb39bbf2d452058a93c011373abf6832e24194a1c3f004794"
 
+[[package]]
+name = "ppv-lite86"
+version = "0.2.17"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "5b40af805b3121feab8a3c29f04d8ad262fa8e0561883e7653e024ae4479e6de"
+
 [[package]]
 name = "proc-macro-crate"
 version = "1.3.1"
@@ -669,6 +676,36 @@ version = "0.7.0"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "dc33ff2d4973d518d823d61aa239014831e521c75da58e3df4840d3f47749d09"
 
+[[package]]
+name = "rand"
+version = "0.8.5"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "34af8d1a0e25924bc5b7c43c079c942339d8f0a8b57c39049bef581b46327404"
+dependencies = [
+ "libc",
+ "rand_chacha",
+ "rand_core",
+]
+
+[[package]]
+name = "rand_chacha"
+version = "0.3.1"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "e6c10a63a0fa32252be49d21e7709d4d4baf8d231c2dbce1eaa8141b9b127d88"
+dependencies = [
+ "ppv-lite86",
+ "rand_core",
+]
+
+[[package]]
+name = "rand_core"
+version = "0.6.4"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "ec0be4795e2f6a28069bec0b5ff3e2ac9bafc99e6a9a7dc3547996c5c816922c"
+dependencies = [
+ "getrandom",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "redox_syscall"
 version = "0.3.5"
@@ -687,6 +724,15 @@ dependencies = [
  "uninitialized",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "retry"
+version = "2.0.0"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "9166d72162de3575f950507683fac47e30f6f2c3836b71b7fbc61aa517c9c5f4"
+dependencies = [
+ "rand",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "rustix"
 version = "0.37.20"
diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index 1348492..5742722 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -15,3 +15,4 @@ howudoin = {version="0.1.*", features=["term-line"]}
 i2c-linux = "0.1.*"
 income = "0.1.*"
 nix = "0.26.*"
+retry = "2.0.0"
diff --git a/src/bin/sdcard.rs b/src/bin/sdcard.rs
index 2a95197..152622d 100644
--- a/src/bin/sdcard.rs
+++ b/src/bin/sdcard.rs
@@ -13,6 +13,8 @@
 use nix::errno::Errno;
 use nix::mount::{mount, MsFlags};
 
+use retry::{delay::Fixed, retry};
+
 use std::{
     fs,
     io::{self, Read, Seek},
@@ -253,7 +255,6 @@ fn rtl8370mb_led_thread(rx: mpsc::Receiver<[bool; 4]>) {
     }
 }
 
-
 /// This runs in a thread and manages the LED blinking.
 ///
 /// Send new blink patterns through the MPSC channel to change the active pattern.
@@ -464,10 +465,16 @@ fn main() -> ! {
     let nand_ubi = MtdNand::open_named("ubi").unwrap_or_else(|e| init_error(e));
 
     // Locate the rootfs and bootloader to be written
-    let mut rootfs = fs::File::open(ROOTFS_PATH).unwrap_or_else(|e| init_error(e.into()));
+    let mut rootfs = retry(Fixed::from_millis(100).take(10), || {
+        fs::File::open(ROOTFS_PATH)
+    })
+    .unwrap_or_else(|e| init_error(e.into()));
     let rootfs_size = image::erofs_size(&mut rootfs).unwrap_or_else(|e| init_error(e));
 
-    let mut bootloader = fs::File::open(BOOTLOADER_PATH).unwrap_or_else(|e| init_error(e.into()));
+    let mut bootloader = retry(Fixed::from_millis(100).take(10), || {
+        fs::File::open(BOOTLOADER_PATH)
+    })
+    .unwrap_or_else(|e| init_error(e.into()));
     bootloader
         .seek(io::SeekFrom::Start(BOOTLOADER_OFFSET))
         .unwrap_or_else(|e| init_error(e.into()));