diff --git a/Dockerfile b/Dockerfile
index 297ebbbf..0ac667fb 100644
--- a/Dockerfile
+++ b/Dockerfile
@@ -4,6 +4,9 @@ WORKDIR /usr/app
 ENV PATH="/usr/app/venv/bin:$PATH"
 
 #RUN apt-get update && apt-get install -y git
+RUN apt-get update
+RUN apt-get install ffmpeg -y #issue 445
+
 RUN mkdir -p /usr/app
 RUN python -m venv ./venv
 
diff --git a/gpt4free/quora/api.py b/gpt4free/quora/api.py
index d388baee..9e3c0b91 100644
--- a/gpt4free/quora/api.py
+++ b/gpt4free/quora/api.py
@@ -56,18 +56,25 @@ def generate_payload(query_name, variables):
     return {"query": queries[query_name], "variables": variables}
 
 
-def request_with_retries(method, *args, **kwargs):
-    attempts = kwargs.get("attempts") or 10
+def retry_request(method, *args, **kwargs):
+    """Retry a request with 10 attempts by default, delay increases exponentially"""
+    max_attempts: int = kwargs.pop("max_attempts", 10)
+    delay = kwargs.pop("delay", 1)
     url = args[0]
-    for i in range(attempts):
-        r = method(*args, **kwargs)
-        if r.status_code == 200:
-            return r
-        logger.warn(
-            f"Server returned a status code of {r.status_code} while downloading {url}. Retrying ({i + 1}/{attempts})..."
-        )
 
-    raise RuntimeError(f"Failed to download {url} too many times.")
+    for attempt in range(1, max_attempts + 1):
+        try:
+            response = method(*args, **kwargs)
+            response.raise_for_status()
+            return response
+        except Exception as error:
+            logger.warning(
+                f"Attempt {attempt}/{max_attempts} failed with error: {error}. "
+                f"Retrying in {delay} seconds..."
+            )
+            time.sleep(delay)
+            delay *= 2
+    raise RuntimeError(f"Failed to download {url} after {max_attempts} attempts.")
 
 
 class Client:
@@ -134,7 +141,7 @@ class Client:
     def get_next_data(self, overwrite_vars=False):
         logger.info("Downloading next_data...")
 
-        r = request_with_retries(self.session.get, self.home_url)
+        r = retry_request(self.session.get, self.home_url)
         json_regex = r'<script id="__NEXT_DATA__" type="application\/json">(.+?)</script>'
         json_text = re.search(json_regex, r.text).group(1)
         next_data = json.loads(json_text)
@@ -149,7 +156,7 @@ class Client:
     def get_bot(self, display_name):
         url = f'https://poe.com/_next/data/{self.next_data["buildId"]}/{display_name}.json'
 
-        r = request_with_retries(self.session.get, url)
+        r = retry_request(self.session.get, url)
 
         chat_data = r.json()["pageProps"]["payload"]["chatOfBotDisplayName"]
         return chat_data
@@ -198,7 +205,7 @@ class Client:
 
     def get_channel_data(self, channel=None):
         logger.info("Downloading channel data...")
-        r = request_with_retries(self.session.get, self.settings_url)
+        r = retry_request(self.session.get, self.settings_url)
         data = r.json()
 
         return data["tchannelData"]
@@ -222,7 +229,7 @@ class Client:
             }
             headers = {**self.gql_headers, **headers}
 
-            r = request_with_retries(self.session.post, self.gql_url, data=payload, headers=headers)
+            r = retry_request(self.session.post, self.gql_url, data=payload, headers=headers)
 
             data = r.json()
             if data["data"] is None:
diff --git a/gpt4free/quora/tests/__init__.py b/gpt4free/quora/tests/__init__.py
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..e69de29b
diff --git a/gpt4free/quora/tests/test_api.py b/gpt4free/quora/tests/test_api.py
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..2a4bb41b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/gpt4free/quora/tests/test_api.py
@@ -0,0 +1,38 @@
+import unittest
+import requests
+from unittest.mock import MagicMock
+from gpt4free.quora.api import retry_request
+
+
+class TestRetryRequest(unittest.TestCase):
+    def test_successful_request(self):
+        # Mock a successful request with a 200 status code
+        mock_response = MagicMock()
+        mock_response.status_code = 200
+        requests.get = MagicMock(return_value=mock_response)
+
+        # Call the function and assert that it returns the response
+        response = retry_request(requests.get, "http://example.com", max_attempts=3)
+        self.assertEqual(response.status_code, 200)
+
+    def test_exponential_backoff(self):
+        # Mock a failed request that succeeds after two retries
+        mock_response = MagicMock()
+        mock_response.status_code = 200
+        requests.get = MagicMock(side_effect=[requests.exceptions.RequestException] * 2 + [mock_response])
+
+        # Call the function and assert that it retries with exponential backoff
+        with self.assertLogs() as logs:
+            response = retry_request(requests.get, "http://example.com", max_attempts=3, delay=1)
+            self.assertEqual(response.status_code, 200)
+            self.assertGreaterEqual(len(logs.output), 2)
+            self.assertIn("Retrying in 1 seconds...", logs.output[0])
+            self.assertIn("Retrying in 2 seconds...", logs.output[1])
+
+    def test_too_many_attempts(self):
+        # Mock a failed request that never succeeds
+        requests.get = MagicMock(side_effect=requests.exceptions.RequestException)
+
+        # Call the function and assert that it raises an exception after the maximum number of attempts
+        with self.assertRaises(RuntimeError):
+            retry_request(requests.get, "http://example.com", max_attempts=3)