diff --git a/init.sh b/init.sh
index 6c12bca..b06bda0 100755
--- a/init.sh
+++ b/init.sh
@@ -7,6 +7,29 @@ echo "         basic init of wiseadvice node          "
 echo "################################################"
 
 
+function clone_repo_with_retry(){
+    REPO_NAME=$1
+    echo "starting to pull into $(pwd)"
+    git clone git@git.service.wiseadvice.eu:wiseadvice_apps/$REPO_NAME.git -b main
+    if [ "$?" != "0" ]; then 
+      echo " "
+      echo -n "Have you checked? Should we try again? type yes: "
+      read -r yes_no
+      if [ "$yes_no" = "yes" ]; then
+        echo "starting to pull into $(pwd)"
+        git clone git@git.service.wiseadvice.eu:wiseadvice_apps/$REPO_NAME.git -b main
+      else
+        echo "Aborting"
+        exit 1
+      fi
+    fi
+
+    if [ "$?" != "0" ]; then 
+        echo "Aborting"
+      exit 1
+    fi
+}
+
 if [ -d "$WA_REPO" ]; then
   echo "$WA_REPO does exist, skipping cloning"
   source $WA_REPO/export_client_name.sh
@@ -52,17 +75,16 @@ Host git.service.wiseadvice.eu
         IdentitiesOnly yes
 
 EOT
-    rm -rf $WA_REPO
     mkdir -p $WA_REPO
 
     echo "export CLIENT_NAME=$CLIENT_NAME" > $WA_REPO/export_client_name.sh
     source $WA_REPO/export_client_name.sh
 
     cd $WA_REPO
-    echo "starting to pull into $(pwd)"
-    git clone git@git.service.wiseadvice.eu:wiseadvice_apps/shared_resources_k8s.git -b main
-    git clone git@git.service.wiseadvice.eu:wiseadvice_apps/cimp_$CLIENT_NAME.git -b main
-    git clone git@git.service.wiseadvice.eu:wiseadvice_apps/common_sysadmin.git -b main
+    clone_repo_with_retry cimp_$CLIENT_NAME
+    clone_repo_with_retry shared_resources_k8s
+    clone_repo_with_retry common_sysadmin
+
 
     ln -sf $WA_REPO/common_sysadmin/k8s $HOME/kubeconfs_common
     ln -sf $WA_REPO/shared_resources_k8s/k8s $HOME/kubeconfs_common