diff --git a/zenApiLib.py b/zenApiLib.py
index f536a6c..abf3a6d 100755
--- a/zenApiLib.py
+++ b/zenApiLib.py
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@
 from requests.adapters import HTTPAdapter
 from requests.packages.urllib3.util.retry import Retry
 from requests.packages.urllib3.exceptions import InsecureRequestWarning
+import time
 
 # Try to import from python 2 locations, fallback to python3.
 try:
@@ -24,6 +25,9 @@
     )
     logging.getLogger().setLevel(logging.ERROR)
 
+class SetRouterFailure(Exception):
+    pass
+
 
 class zenConnector():
     '''
@@ -44,7 +48,6 @@ def __init__(self, section = 'default', cfgFilePath = "", routerName = None, log
             self.setRouter('IntrospectionRouter')
         else:
             self.setRouter(routerName)
-       
 
     def _getConfigDetails(self, section, cfgFilePath):
         '''
@@ -73,7 +76,6 @@ def _getConfigDetails(self, section, cfgFilePath):
         configuration = self._sanitizeConfig(configuration)
         return configuration
 
-
     def _sanitizeConfig(self, configuration):
         '''
         Ensure 'creds.cfg' configuration file has required fields.
@@ -114,7 +116,6 @@ def _sanitizeConfig(self, configuration):
         configuration['disable_saml'] = disableSaml
         return configuration
 
-
     def getRequestSession(self):
         '''
         Setup defaults for using the requests library 
@@ -134,7 +135,6 @@ def getRequestSession(self):
         )
         return s
 
-
     def callMethod(self, *method, **payload):
         '''
         Call API directly and returns results directly. For paging API calls
@@ -198,7 +198,6 @@ def callMethod(self, *method, **payload):
         else:
             return self._validateRawResponse(r)
 
-
     def pagingMethodCall(self, *method, **payload):
         '''
         Returns an iterative, generator type object of API call results.
@@ -241,7 +240,6 @@ def pagingMethodCall(self, *method, **payload):
                     payload['start'] = limitApiCallResults
             yield rJson
 
-
     def _validateRawResponse(self, r):
         '''
         todo
@@ -279,13 +277,31 @@ def _validateRawResponse(self, r):
                 apiResultsTotal = -1
         return rJson
 
-
     def setRouter(self, routerName):
+        self.log.info('setRouter: routerName:%s' % (routerName))
+        setRouterTryCount = 0
+        while setRouterTryCount <= self.config['retries']:
+            setRouterTryCount += 1
+            try:
+                self._setRouter(routerName)
+            except SetRouterFailure as ex:
+                self.log.warn('SetRouter failed: %r', ex)
+                if setRouterTryCount >= self.config['retries']:
+                    raise Exception(
+                        'SetRouter: failed and maximum number of retries[{}] '
+                        'met.'.format(setRouterTryCount)
+                    )
+                else:
+                    time.sleep(setRouterTryCount * 1.5)
+            else:
+                # no retry needed
+                break
+                
+    def _setRouter(self, routerName):
         '''
         Set object to specific API router.
         Basic error checking that specified router actually exisits.
         '''
-        self.log.info('setRouter: routerName:%s' % (routerName))
         routers = {}
         # To query if specified router exists, first need to query all available routers.
         # Temporarily setting to 'IntrospectionRouter' in order to do so.
@@ -297,10 +313,16 @@ def setRouter(self, routerName):
         if self._routersInfo == {}:
             apiResp = self.callMethod('getAllRouters')
             if not apiResp['result']['success']:
-                raise Exception('getAllRouters call was not sucessful')
+                raise SetRouterFailure(
+                    'getAllRouters call was not successful. API response was: '
+                    '{!r}'.format(apiResp)
+                )
 
             if not len(apiResp['result']['data']) > 0:
-                raise Exception('getAllRouters call did not return any results')
+                raise SetRouterFailure(
+                    'getAllRouters call did not return any results. API '
+                    'response was: {!r}'.format(apiResp)
+                )
             
             for resp in apiResp['result']['data']:
                 routerKey = resp.get('action', 'unknown')
@@ -309,25 +331,32 @@ def setRouter(self, routerName):
             self._routersInfo = dict(routers)
         # Check router is valid
         if not (routerName in self._routersInfo.keys()):
-            raise Exception("Specified router '%s' is not an option. Available routers are: %s" % (
-                routerName,
-                sorted(self._routersInfo.keys())
+            raise Exception(
+                "Specified router '{}' is not an option. Available routers are: "
+                "{!r}".fomrat(
+                    routerName,
+                    sorted(self._routersInfo.keys())
             ))
         # Query specified router's available methods
         if self._routersInfo[routerName]['methods'] == {}:
             apiResp = self.callMethod('getRouterMethods', router = routerName)
             if not apiResp['result']['success']:
-                raise Exception('getRouterMethods call was not sucessful')
+                raise SetRouterFailure(
+                    'getRouterMethods call was not successful. API response '
+                    'was: {!r}'.format(apiResp)
+                )
             else:
                 if not len(apiResp['result']['data']) > 0:
-                    raise Exception('getRouterMethods call did not return any resilts')
+                    raise SetRouterFailure(
+                        'getRouterMethods call did not return any results. API '
+                        'response was: {!r}'.format(apiResp)
+                    )
             self._routersInfo[routerName]['methods'] = dict(apiResp['result']['data'])
         # Set router
         self._routerName = routerName
         self._url = self.config['url'] + self._getEndpoint(routerName)
         if self.config['disable_saml'] == True:
             self._url +='?saml=0'
-       
 
     def _getEndpoint(self, routerName):
         '''