diff --git a/src/browser.js b/src/browser.js
index 063ceb6..f2b7529 100644
--- a/src/browser.js
+++ b/src/browser.js
@@ -20,6 +20,7 @@ class MicrolinkError extends Error {
 
 const got = async (url, opts) => {
   try {
+    if (opts.retry > 0) opts.retry = opts.retry + 1
     if (opts.timeout === undefined) opts.timeout = false
     const response = await ky(url, opts)
     const body = await response.json()
diff --git a/src/factory.js b/src/factory.js
index 2ca07bc..6898926 100644
--- a/src/factory.js
+++ b/src/factory.js
@@ -52,7 +52,7 @@ const factory = ({ VERSION, MicrolinkError, urlHttp, got, flatten }) => {
     }, {})
   }
 
-  const fetchFromApi = async (apiUrl, opts = {}, retryCount = 0) => {
+  const fetchFromApi = async (apiUrl, opts = {}) => {
     try {
       const response = await got(apiUrl, opts)
       return opts.responseType === 'buffer'
@@ -73,10 +73,6 @@ const factory = ({ VERSION, MicrolinkError, urlHttp, got, flatten }) => {
           ? rawBody
           : parseBody(isBodyBuffer ? rawBody.toString() : rawBody, err, uri)
 
-      if (body.code === 'EFATALCLIENT' && retryCount++ < 2) {
-        return fetchFromApi(apiUrl, opts, retryCount)
-      }
-
       throw new MicrolinkError({
         ...body,
         message: body.message,
diff --git a/test/error/client.js b/test/error/client.js
index 8975a2a..cd71f6f 100644
--- a/test/error/client.js
+++ b/test/error/client.js
@@ -19,11 +19,20 @@ clients.forEach(({ constructor: mql, target }) => {
   })
 
   test(`${target} » EFATALCLIENT`, async t => {
+    let count = 0
+
+    const hooks = {
+      beforeRetry: [
+        () => ++count
+      ]
+    }
+
     const error = await t.throwsAsync(
-      mql('https://example.com', { endpoint: 'https://notexist.dev' }),
+      mql('https://example.com', { endpoint: 'https://notexist.dev', retry: 3 }, { hooks }),
       { instanceOf: mql.MicrolinkError }
     )
 
+    t.is(count, 3)
     t.true(error.url === 'https://notexist.dev?url=https%3A%2F%2Fexample.com')
     t.true(error.code === 'EFATALCLIENT')
     t.true(error.status === 'error')