diff --git a/slate/slate.py b/slate/slate.py
index f798e8e..5eed72b 100644
--- a/slate/slate.py
+++ b/slate/slate.py
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@ import wandb
 import yaml
 import os
 import math
+import time
 import random
 import copy
 import re
@@ -307,16 +308,28 @@ class Slate():
             wandbC = self.consume(runnerConf, 'wandb', {}, expand=True, delta_desc=runnerConf.pop('delta_desc', 'BASE'))
             if 'job_type' in wandbC and len(wandbC['job_type']) > 62:
                 wandbC['job_type'] = "..."+wandbC['job_type'][-50:]
-            with wandb.init(
-                project=project,
-                config=copy.deepcopy(runnerConf),
-                reinit=self.consume(wandbC, 'reinit', DEFAULT_REINIT),
-                settings=wandb.Settings(**self.consume(wandbC, 'settings', {})),
-                **wandbC
-            ) as run:
-                runner = Runner(self, runnerConf)
-                runner.setup()
-                runner.run(run)
+
+            retry = 5
+            while retry:
+                try:
+                    with wandb.init(
+                        project=project,
+                        config=copy.deepcopy(runnerConf),
+                        reinit=self.consume(wandbC, 'reinit', DEFAULT_REINIT),
+                        settings=wandb.Settings(**self.consume(wandbC, 'settings', {})),
+                        **wandbC
+                    ) as run:
+                        runner = Runner(self, runnerConf)
+                        runner.setup()
+                        runner.run(run)
+                except wandb.errors.CommError as e:
+                    retry -= 1
+                    if retry:
+                        print('Catched CommErr; retrying...')
+                        time.sleep(int(60*random.random()))
+                    else:
+                        print('Catched CommErr; not retrying')
+                        raise e
 
             if runnerConf != {}:
                 msg = ('Config was not completely consumed: ', runnerConf)