diff --git a/nodejs/src/index.ts b/nodejs/src/index.ts
index eef0246..21ea9cd 100644
--- a/nodejs/src/index.ts
+++ b/nodejs/src/index.ts
@@ -13,13 +13,29 @@ const defaultOption: RequestOptions = {
 type OptionReturnType<Opt, T> = Opt extends { unwrapData: false } ? AxiosResponse<T> : Opt extends { unwrapData: true } ? T : T
 
 export type APIClientOptions = {
-  wrapResponseErrors: boolean
+  wrapResponseErrors: boolean;
+  timeout?: number;
+  retryConfig?: {
+    maxRetries: number;
+    baseDelay: number;
+  };
 }
 
 export class API {
   private axios: AxiosInstance
 
-  constructor (readonly accessToken: string, public hackmdAPIEndpointURL: string = "https://api.hackmd.io/v1", public options: APIClientOptions = { wrapResponseErrors: true }) {
+  constructor (
+    readonly accessToken: string,
+    public hackmdAPIEndpointURL: string = "https://api.hackmd.io/v1",
+    public options: APIClientOptions = {
+      wrapResponseErrors: true,
+      timeout: 30000,
+      retryConfig: {
+        maxRetries: 3,
+        baseDelay: 100,
+      },
+    }
+  ) {
     if (!accessToken) {
       throw new HackMDErrors.MissingRequiredArgument('Missing access token when creating HackMD client')
     }
@@ -28,7 +44,8 @@ export class API {
       baseURL: hackmdAPIEndpointURL,
       headers:{
         "Content-Type": "application/json",
-      }
+      },
+      timeout: options.timeout
     })
 
     this.axios.interceptors.request.use(
@@ -71,13 +88,51 @@ export class API {
               `Received an error response (${err.response.status} ${err.response.statusText}) from HackMD`,
               err.response.status,
               err.response.statusText,
-            )
+            );
           }
         }
-      )
+      );
+    }
+    if (options.retryConfig) {
+      this.createRetryInterceptor(this.axios, options.retryConfig.maxRetries, options.retryConfig.baseDelay);
     }
   }
 
+  private exponentialBackoff(retries: number, baseDelay: number): number {
+    return Math.pow(2, retries) * baseDelay;
+  }
+
+  private isRetryableError(error: AxiosError): boolean {
+    return (
+      !error.response ||
+      (error.response.status >= 500 && error.response.status < 600) ||
+      error.response.status === 429
+    );
+  }
+
+  private createRetryInterceptor(axiosInstance: AxiosInstance, maxRetries: number, baseDelay: number): void {
+    let retryCount = 0;
+
+    axiosInstance.interceptors.response.use(
+      response => response,
+      async error => {
+        if (retryCount < maxRetries && this.isRetryableError(error)) {
+          const remainingCredits = parseInt(error.response?.headers['x-ratelimit-userremaining'], 10);
+          
+          if (isNaN(remainingCredits) || remainingCredits > 0) {
+            retryCount++;
+            const delay = this.exponentialBackoff(retryCount, baseDelay);
+            console.warn(`Retrying request... attempt #${retryCount} after delay of ${delay}ms`);
+            await new Promise(resolve => setTimeout(resolve, delay));
+            return axiosInstance(error.config);
+          }
+        }
+
+        retryCount = 0; // Reset retry count after a successful request or when not retrying
+        return Promise.reject(error);
+      }
+    );
+  }
   async getMe<Opt extends RequestOptions> (options = defaultOption as Opt): Promise<OptionReturnType<Opt, GetMe>> {
     return this.unwrapData(this.axios.get<GetMe>("me"), options.unwrapData) as unknown as OptionReturnType<Opt, GetMe>
   }
diff --git a/nodejs/tests/api.spec.ts b/nodejs/tests/api.spec.ts
index d56a846..2acaadc 100644
--- a/nodejs/tests/api.spec.ts
+++ b/nodejs/tests/api.spec.ts
@@ -43,7 +43,7 @@ test('should throw axios error object if set wrapResponseErrors to false', async
   })
 
   server.use(
-    rest.get('https://api.hackmd.io/v1/me', (req, res, ctx) => {
+    rest.get('https://api.hackmd.io/v1/me', (req: any, res: (arg0: any) => any, ctx: { status: (arg0: number) => any }) => {
       return res(ctx.status(429))
     }),
   )