diff --git a/docs/HISTORY.rst b/docs/HISTORY.rst
index ecfd130..26e44d7 100644
--- a/docs/HISTORY.rst
+++ b/docs/HISTORY.rst
@@ -3,6 +3,11 @@
 History
 =======
 
+0.4.6 (2015/10/12)
+------------------
+
+- Added rate limiting to the client
+
 0.4.5 (2015/10/01)
 ------------------
 
diff --git a/duedil/api.py b/duedil/api.py
index e0cf657..2461624 100644
--- a/duedil/api.py
+++ b/duedil/api.py
@@ -29,6 +29,8 @@
 import requests
 from requests.exceptions import HTTPError
 
+from retrying import retry
+
 try:  # pragma: no cover
     long
 except NameError:  # pragma: no cover
@@ -49,6 +51,17 @@
 API_KEY = os.environ.get('DUEDIL_API_KEY', None)
 
 
+def retry_throttling(exception):
+    if isinstance(exception, HTTPError):
+        if exception.response.status_code == 403:
+            if exception.response.reason == "Forbidden - Over rate limit":
+                if 'Developer Over Qps' in exception.response.text:
+                    return True
+                elif 'Developer Over Rate' in exception.response.text:
+                    return True
+    return False
+
+
 class Client(object):
     cache = None
     base_url = None
@@ -77,6 +90,7 @@ def set_api(self, api_key=None, sandbox=False):
     def get(self, endpoint, data=None):
         return self._get(endpoint, data)
 
+    @retry(retry_on_exception=retry_throttling, wait_exponential_multiplier=1000, wait_exponential_max=10000)
     def _get(self, endpoint, data=None):
         'this should become the private interface to all reequests to the api'
 
@@ -89,8 +103,6 @@ def _get(self, endpoint, data=None):
         else:
             resp_format = ''
 
-
-
         url = "{base_url}/{endpoint}{format}"
         prepared_url = url.format(base_url=self.base_url,
                                   endpoint=endpoint,
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index 2760717..2c741f3 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ def run_tests(self):
         sys.exit(errno)
 
 
-version = '0.4.5'
+version = '0.4.6'
 
 setup(name='duedil',
       version=version,
@@ -54,7 +54,8 @@ def run_tests(self):
       install_requires=[
           # -*- Extra requirements: -*-
           'requests>=2,<3',
-          'six==1.9.0'
+          'six==1.9.0',
+          'retrying'
       ],
       tests_require=['pytest', 'requests_mock'],
       cmdclass = {'test': PyTest},
diff --git a/tests/test_client.py b/tests/test_client.py
index 6e0e53b..006fb1e 100644
--- a/tests/test_client.py
+++ b/tests/test_client.py
@@ -110,6 +110,31 @@ def test_other_http_error(self, m):
             response = client.get('12345')
             self.assertIsNone(response)
 
+    @requests_mock.mock()
+    def test_throttling_qps(self, m):
+        client = TestClient(API_KEY)
+        url = 'http://duedil.io/v3/12345.json'
+        m.register_uri('GET', (url + '?api_key=' + API_KEY), [
+                       {'status_code': 403, 'reason': "Forbidden - Over rate limit", "text": "<h1>Developer Over Qps</h1>"},
+                       {'status_code': 200, 'json': {'name': 'Duedil', 'id': '12345'}},
+                      ])
+        data = {'name': 'Duedil', 'id': '12345'}
+        response = client.get('12345')
+        self.assertEqual(response, {'name': 'Duedil', 'id': '12345'})
+
+    @requests_mock.mock()
+    def test_throttling_quota(self, m):
+        client = TestClient(API_KEY)
+        url = 'http://duedil.io/v3/12345.json'
+        m.register_uri('GET', (url + '?api_key=' + API_KEY), [
+                       {'status_code': 403, 'reason': "Forbidden - Over rate limit", "text": "<h1>Developer Over Rate</h1>"},
+                       {'status_code': 200, 'json': {'name': 'Duedil', 'id': '12345'}},
+                      ])
+        data = {'name': 'Duedil', 'id': '12345'}
+        response = client.get('12345')
+        self.assertEqual(response, {'name': 'Duedil', 'id': '12345'})
+
+
     def test_incorrect_query_params(self):
         with self.assertRaises(ValueError):
             TestClient(API_KEY)._build_search_string(q='searchthing')