diff --git a/src/agent/generator/openai.rs b/src/agent/generator/openai.rs
index fed5c05..70b2a5e 100644
--- a/src/agent/generator/openai.rs
+++ b/src/agent/generator/openai.rs
@@ -1,10 +1,21 @@
+use std::time::Duration;
+
+use colored::Colorize;
+use duration_string::DurationString;
 use openai_api_rust::chat::*;
 use openai_api_rust::*;
 
 use async_trait::async_trait;
+use lazy_static::lazy_static;
+use regex::Regex;
 
 use super::{Client, Message, Options};
 
+lazy_static! {
+    static ref RETRY_TIME_PARSER: Regex =
+        Regex::new(r"(?m)^.+try again in (.+)\. Visit.*").unwrap();
+}
+
 pub struct OpenAIClient {
     model: String,
     client: OpenAI,
@@ -64,14 +75,55 @@ impl Client for OpenAIClient {
             user: None,
             messages: chat_history,
         };
-        let rs = self
-            .client
-            .chat_completion_create(&body)
-            .map_err(|e| anyhow!(e))?;
+        let resp = self.client.chat_completion_create(&body);
+
+        if let Err(error) = resp {
+            // if rate limit exceeded, parse the retry time and retry
+            if let Some(caps) = RETRY_TIME_PARSER
+                .captures_iter(&format!("{}", &error))
+                .next()
+            {
+                if caps.len() == 2 {
+                    let mut retry_time_str = "".to_string();
+
+                    caps.get(1)
+                        .unwrap()
+                        .as_str()
+                        .clone_into(&mut retry_time_str);
 
-        // println!("{:?}", &rs);
+                    // DurationString can't handle decimals like Xm3.838383s
+                    if retry_time_str.contains('.') {
+                        let (val, _) = retry_time_str.split_once('.').unwrap();
+                        retry_time_str = format!("{}s", val);
+                    }
+
+                    if let Ok(retry_time) = retry_time_str.parse::<DurationString>() {
+                        println!(
+                            "{}: rate limit reached for this model, retrying in {} ...\n",
+                            "WARNING".bold().yellow(),
+                            retry_time,
+                        );
+
+                        tokio::time::sleep(
+                            retry_time.checked_add(Duration::from_millis(1000)).unwrap(),
+                        )
+                        .await;
+
+                        return self.chat(options).await;
+                    } else {
+                        eprintln!("can't parse '{}'", &retry_time_str);
+                    }
+                } else {
+                    eprintln!("cap len wrong");
+                }
+            } else {
+                eprintln!("regex failed");
+            }
+
+            return Err(anyhow!(error));
+        }
 
-        let choice = rs.choices;
+        let choice = resp.unwrap().choices;
         let message = &choice[0].message.as_ref().unwrap();
 
         Ok(message.content.to_string())