diff --git a/hub_client.gemspec b/hub_client.gemspec
index 3cc3732..e325202 100644
--- a/hub_client.gemspec
+++ b/hub_client.gemspec
@@ -25,4 +25,5 @@ Gem::Specification.new do |spec|
   spec.add_development_dependency "rspec"
   spec.add_development_dependency "webmock"
   spec.add_development_dependency "pry"
+  spec.add_development_dependency 'pry-byebug'
 end
diff --git a/lib/hub_client.rb b/lib/hub_client.rb
index 5cb32cc..226c56a 100644
--- a/lib/hub_client.rb
+++ b/lib/hub_client.rb
@@ -1,36 +1,56 @@
+require "hub_client/exponential_backoff_interval"
 require "hub_client/configuration"
 require "hub_client/logger"
 require "hub_client/version"
 require "rest-client"
 
 module HubClient
+  REQUEST_HEADERS = {
+      content_type: :json,
+      accept: :json,
+  }
+
   def self.publish(metadata, content, env = nil)
-    raise ConfigArgumentMissing, "endpoint_url missing" unless HubClient.configuration.endpoint_url
+    config = HubClient.configuration
+    raise ConfigArgumentMissing, "endpoint_url missing" unless config.endpoint_url
 
     payload = (metadata.is_a?(String) || metadata.is_a?(Symbol)) ? { type: metadata.to_s } : metadata
     payload[:content] = content
-    payload[:env] ||= env || payload[:env] || payload['env'] || HubClient.configuration.env
+    payload[:env] ||= env || payload[:env] || payload['env'] || config.env
+
+    retry_intervals = config.retry_intervals
 
-    hub_url = build_hub_url(HubClient.configuration.endpoint_url)
+    retries = 0
+    begin
+      RestClient::Request.execute(request_opts(config, payload))
+    rescue RestClient::Exception => e
+      HubClient.logger.warn("HubClient Exception #{e.class}: #{e.message} Code: #{e.http_code} Response: #{e.response} Request: #{payload}")
 
-    RestClient.post(hub_url, payload.to_json, content_type: :json, accept: :json) do |response, request, result|
-      handle_response(response, request, result)
+      retries += 1
+      sleep_interval = retry_intervals && retry_intervals.next(retries)
+      raise unless sleep_interval
+      Kernel.sleep(sleep_interval)
+      retry
     end
   end
 
   private
 
+  def self.request_opts(config, payload)
+    {
+        method: :post,
+        url: build_hub_url(config.endpoint_url),
+        payload: payload.to_json,
+        headers: REQUEST_HEADERS,
+        timeout: config.timeout,
+        open_timeout: config.open_timeout,
+    }.reject {|_k,v| v.nil?}
+  end
+
   def self.build_hub_url(endpoint_url)
     endpoint_url = endpoint_url.gsub(/\/$/, '') # remove last '/' if exists
     "#{endpoint_url}/api/#{HUB_VERSION}/messages"
   end
 
-  def self.handle_response(response, request, result)
-    # When request didn't succeed we log it
-    unless result.code.start_with?("2")
-      HubClient.logger.info("HubClient Code: #{result.code} Response: #{response} Request: #{request.args}")
-    end
-  end
-
   class ConfigArgumentMissing < StandardError; end
 end
diff --git a/lib/hub_client/configuration.rb b/lib/hub_client/configuration.rb
index 6ecbdfd..c2e7ec9 100644
--- a/lib/hub_client/configuration.rb
+++ b/lib/hub_client/configuration.rb
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 module HubClient
   class Configuration
-    attr_accessor :env, :access_token, :endpoint_url
+    attr_accessor :env, :access_token, :endpoint_url, :retry_intervals, :open_timeout, :timeout
   end
 
   def self.configuration
diff --git a/lib/hub_client/exponential_backoff_interval.rb b/lib/hub_client/exponential_backoff_interval.rb
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..013e97b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/lib/hub_client/exponential_backoff_interval.rb
@@ -0,0 +1,27 @@
+module HubClient
+  class ExponentialBackoffInterval
+    attr_accessor :initial, :multiplier, :rand_factor, :max_count
+
+    DEFAULT_OPTS = {
+        initial: 0.5,
+        multiplier: 1.5,
+        rand_factor: 0.05,
+        max_count: 10,
+    }
+
+    def initialize(opts = {})
+      opts = DEFAULT_OPTS.merge(opts)
+      @initial = opts[:initial]
+      @multiplier = opts[:multiplier]
+      @rand_factor = opts[:rand_factor]
+      @max_count = opts[:max_count]
+    end
+
+    def next(count)
+      return nil if count > max_count
+      result = @initial * (@multiplier ** count)
+      r = Kernel.rand(-@rand_factor..@rand_factor)
+      result + result * r
+    end
+  end
+end
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/lib/hub_client/logger.rb b/lib/hub_client/logger.rb
index fc5c6ee..ee2af6e 100644
--- a/lib/hub_client/logger.rb
+++ b/lib/hub_client/logger.rb
@@ -9,5 +9,6 @@ def method_missing(method_sym, *args, &block)
 
   def self.logger
     @logger ||= Logger.new
+    @logger
   end
 end
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/lib/hub_client/version.rb b/lib/hub_client/version.rb
index bb71e01..b7e77d8 100644
--- a/lib/hub_client/version.rb
+++ b/lib/hub_client/version.rb
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
 module HubClient
-  VERSION = "0.0.7"
+  VERSION = "0.0.8"
   HUB_VERSION = "v1"
 end
diff --git a/spec/exponential_backoff_interval_spec.rb b/spec/exponential_backoff_interval_spec.rb
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..f9e911c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/spec/exponential_backoff_interval_spec.rb
@@ -0,0 +1,20 @@
+require 'spec_helper'
+require "hub_client/exponential_backoff_interval"
+
+describe HubClient::ExponentialBackoffInterval do
+  let(:default_opts) {described_class.const_get(:DEFAULT_OPTS)}
+
+  describe '#next' do
+    subject {described_class.new(initial: 12, max_count: 3)}
+
+    context 'when called with 2' do
+      it 'returns a correct value' do
+        multiplier = default_opts[:multiplier]
+        med = 12 * (multiplier ** 2)
+        rand_factor = default_opts[:rand_factor]
+        expect(Kernel).to receive(:rand).with(-rand_factor..rand_factor) {0.1}
+        expect(subject.next(2)).to eq(med + 0.1*med)
+      end
+    end
+  end
+end
diff --git a/spec/hub_client_spec.rb b/spec/hub_client_spec.rb
index e380037..5f9eacb 100644
--- a/spec/hub_client_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/hub_client_spec.rb
@@ -2,9 +2,13 @@
 require 'hub_client'
 
 describe HubClient do
+  before do
+    HubClient.configure {|config| config.retry_intervals = nil}
+  end
+
   describe "#publish" do
     context "not configured" do
-      after(:each) { HubClient.reset_configuration }
+      before {HubClient.reset_configuration}
 
       it "raises an error when endpoint_url is not configured" do
         HubClient.configure { |config| config.env = "il-qa2" }
@@ -29,16 +33,6 @@
         assert_requested :post, HubClient.build_hub_url(HubClient.configuration.endpoint_url)
       end
 
-      it "logs the request when hub didn't return success code" do
-        stub_request(:post, HubClient.build_hub_url(HubClient.configuration.endpoint_url)).
-            with(body: { env: "il-qa2", type: "order_created", content: { some: "content" } }).
-            to_return(status: 500)
-
-        expect(HubClient.logger).to receive(:info)
-        HubClient.publish(:order_created, { some: "content" })
-        assert_requested :post, HubClient.build_hub_url(HubClient.configuration.endpoint_url)
-      end
-
       it "overrides the env when supplied" do
         stub_request(:post, HubClient.build_hub_url(HubClient.configuration.endpoint_url)).
             with(body: { env: "batman-env", type: "order_created", content: { some: "content" } }).
@@ -67,6 +61,190 @@
       end
 
       after(:all) { HubClient.reset_configuration }
+
+      describe 'configured timeout' do
+        before do
+          allow(RestClient::Request).to receive(:new).and_call_original
+          stub_request(:post, HubClient.build_hub_url(HubClient.configuration.endpoint_url))
+        end
+
+        context 'when specified' do
+          before do
+            HubClient.configure do |config|
+              config.timeout = 31
+              config.open_timeout = 33
+            end
+            HubClient.publish(:order_created, { some: "content" })
+          end
+
+          it 'is passed to RestClient' do
+            expect(RestClient::Request).to have_received(:new).with(hash_including(timeout: 31, open_timeout: 33))
+          end
+        end
+
+        context 'when not specified' do
+          HubClient.reset_configuration
+          HubClient.configure do |config|
+            config.env = "il-qa2"
+            config.endpoint_url = "http://service-hub.com"
+          end
+
+          before do
+            HubClient.publish(:order_created, { some: "content" })
+          end
+
+          it 'is not passed to RestClient' do
+            expect(RestClient::Request).to have_received(:new).with(hash_not_including(:timeout, :open_timeout))
+          end
+        end
+      end
+
+      describe 'exception handling' do
+        def action
+          HubClient.publish(:order_created, { some: "content" })
+        end
+
+        def stub_publish_request
+          @net_response = stub_request(:post, HubClient.build_hub_url(HubClient.configuration.endpoint_url)).
+              with(body: { env: "il-qa2", type: "order_created", content: { some: "content" } })
+        end
+
+        shared_examples_for 'raises the exception' do |exception_class|
+          it 'raises the exception' do
+            expect {action}.to raise_error(exception_class)
+          end
+
+          it 'logs the exception' do
+            logger = double('logger', warn: nil)
+            allow(HubClient).to receive(:logger).and_return logger
+            expect(logger).to receive(:warn).with(/#{exception_class}/)
+            action rescue nil
+          end
+        end
+
+        context 'when no retry_intervals is configured (default)' do
+          context 'when a timeout error occurs' do
+            before do
+              stub_publish_request.to_timeout
+            end
+
+            it_behaves_like 'raises the exception', RestClient::RequestTimeout
+          end
+
+          context 'when a HTTP errors occurs' do
+            before do
+              stub_publish_request.to_return(status: 500)
+            end
+
+            it_behaves_like 'raises the exception', RestClient::InternalServerError
+          end
+        end
+
+        context 'when retry_interval is configured' do
+          before do
+            @my_retry_interval = double('my_retry_interval')
+
+            HubClient.configure do |config|
+              config.retry_intervals = @my_retry_interval
+            end
+          end
+
+          context 'when a timeout error occurs' do
+            before do
+              stub_publish_request.to_timeout
+            end
+
+            context 'when the retry_interval.next method returns nil' do
+              before do
+                allow(@my_retry_interval).to receive(:next).with(1).and_return(nil)
+              end
+
+              it_behaves_like 'raises the exception', RestClient::RequestTimeout
+
+              it 'does not sleep' do
+                expect(Kernel).not_to receive(:sleep)
+                action rescue nil
+              end
+            end
+
+            context 'when the retry_interval.next method returns a number' do
+              before do
+                expect(@my_retry_interval).to receive(:next).with(1).and_return(12)
+                allow(Kernel).to receive(:sleep)
+              end
+
+              context 'and the next network call succeeds' do
+                before do
+                  @net_response.then.to_return({body: 'ok'})
+                end
+
+                it 'sleeps for the returned number' do
+                  action
+                  expect(Kernel).to have_received(:sleep).with(12).once
+                end
+
+                it 'does not raise an exception' do
+                  action
+                end
+              end
+
+              context 'and the next network call times out again' do
+                before do
+                  @net_response.then.to_timeout
+                end
+
+                context 'and the the retry_interval.next call returns nil' do
+                  before do
+                    expect(@my_retry_interval).to receive(:next).with(2).and_return(nil)
+                  end
+
+                  it_behaves_like 'raises the exception', RestClient::RequestTimeout
+                end
+
+                context 'and the the retry_interval.next call returns a number' do
+                  before do
+                    expect(@my_retry_interval).to receive(:next).with(2).and_return(13)
+                  end
+
+                  context 'and the next network call succeeds' do
+                    before do
+                      @net_response.then.to_return({body: 'ok'})
+                    end
+
+                    it 'sleeps for the returned number' do
+                      action
+                      expect(Kernel).to have_received(:sleep).with(13).once
+                    end
+
+                    it 'does not raise an exception' do
+                      action
+                    end
+                  end
+                end
+              end
+            end
+          end
+
+          context 'when a HTTP errors occurs' do
+            before do
+              stub_publish_request.to_return(status: 500)
+            end
+
+            context 'when the retry_interval.next method returns nil' do
+              before do
+                allow(@my_retry_interval).to receive(:next).with(1).and_return(nil)
+              end
+
+              it_behaves_like 'raises the exception', RestClient::InternalServerError
+
+              it 'does not sleep' do
+                expect(Kernel).not_to receive(:sleep)
+                action rescue nil
+              end
+            end
+          end
+        end
+      end
     end
   end