diff --git a/python_apps/airtime_analyzer/tools/ftp-upload-hook.sh b/python_apps/airtime_analyzer/tools/ftp-upload-hook.sh
index de8e9c18d..1fc5c85ef 100755
--- a/python_apps/airtime_analyzer/tools/ftp-upload-hook.sh
+++ b/python_apps/airtime_analyzer/tools/ftp-upload-hook.sh
@@ -1,26 +1,41 @@
 #! /bin/bash
 
-file_path=$1
-filename="${file_path##*/}"
+post_file() {
+    #kill process after 30 minutes (360*5=30 minutes)
+    max_retry=360
+    retry_count=0
 
-#base_instance_path and airtime_conf_path are common to all saas instances
-base_instance_path=/mnt/airtimepro/instances/
-airtime_conf_path=/etc/airtime/airtime.conf
+    file_path=$1
+    filename="${file_path##*/}"
+	
+    #base_instance_path and airtime_conf_path are common to all saas instances
+    base_instance_path=/mnt/airtimepro/instances/
+    airtime_conf_path=/etc/airtime/airtime.conf
+	
+    #maps the instance_path to the url
+    vhost_file=/mnt/airtimepro/system/vhost.map
+	
+    #instance_path will look like 1/1384, for example
+    instance_path=$(echo $file_path | grep -Po "(?<=($base_instance_path)).*?(?=/srv)")
+	
+    #post request url - http://bananas.airtime.pro/rest/media, for example
+    url=http://
+    url+=$(grep -E $instance_path $vhost_file | awk '{print $1;}')
+    url+=/rest/media
+	
+    #path to specific instance's airtime.conf
+    instance_conf_path=$base_instance_path$instance_path$airtime_conf_path
+	
+    api_key=$(sudo awk -F "=" '/api_key/ {print $2}' $instance_conf_path)
+	
+    until curl --max-time 30 $url -u $api_key":" -X POST -F "file=@$file_path" -F "name=$filename"
+    do
+        retry_count=$[$retry_count+1]
+        if [ $retry_count -ge $max_retry ]; then
+            break
+        fi
+        sleep 5
+    done
+}
 
-#maps the instance_path to the url
-vhost_file=/mnt/airtimepro/system/vhost.map
-
-#instance_path will look like 1/1384, for example
-instance_path=$(echo $file_path | grep -Po "(?<=($base_instance_path)).*?(?=/srv)")
-
-#post request url - http://bananas.airtime.pro/rest/media, for example
-url=http://
-url+=$(grep -E $instance_path $vhost_file | awk '{print $1;}')
-url+=/rest/media
-
-#path to specific instance's airtime.conf
-instance_conf_path=$base_instance_path$instance_path$airtime_conf_path
-
-api_key=$(sudo awk -F "=" '/api_key/ {print $2}' $instance_conf_path)
-
-curl $url -u $api_key":" -X POST -F "file=@$file_path" -F "name=$filename"
+post_file "$1" &