diff --git a/src/backupformat/rsync.js b/src/backupformat/rsync.js
index c90fad67f..cdf0f9179 100644
--- a/src/backupformat/rsync.js
+++ b/src/backupformat/rsync.js
@@ -1,16 +1,5 @@
 'use strict';
 
-exports = module.exports = {
-    download,
-    upload,
-    verify,
-    getFileExtension,
-    copy,
-
-    _saveFsMetadata: saveFsMetadata,
-    _restoreFsMetadata: restoreFsMetadata
-};
-
 const assert = require('node:assert'),
     async = require('async'),
     backupSites = require('../backupsites.js'),
@@ -382,3 +371,14 @@ async function verify(backupSite, remotePath, integrityMap, progressCallback) {
         sha256: { status: 'passed' },
     };
 }
+
+exports = module.exports = {
+    download,
+    upload,
+    verify,
+    getFileExtension,
+    copy,
+
+    _saveFsMetadata: saveFsMetadata,
+    _restoreFsMetadata: restoreFsMetadata
+};
diff --git a/src/backupformat/tgz.js b/src/backupformat/tgz.js
index 3f265105e..2e6eff2a9 100644
--- a/src/backupformat/tgz.js
+++ b/src/backupformat/tgz.js
@@ -245,7 +245,7 @@ async function download(backupSite, remotePath, dataLayout, progressCallback) {
 
     debug(`download: Downloading ${remotePath} to ${dataLayout.toString()}`);
 
-    await promiseRetry({ times: 5, interval: 20000, debug }, async () => {
+    await promiseRetry({ times: 3, interval: 20000, debug }, async () => {
         progressCallback({ message: `Downloading backup ${remotePath}` });
 
         const sourceStream = await backupSites.storageApi(backupSite).download(backupSite.config, remotePath);