diff --git a/ollama/_client.py b/ollama/_client.py
index 541d9c8..1f289b5 100644
--- a/ollama/_client.py
+++ b/ollama/_client.py
@@ -102,6 +102,8 @@ def __init__(
           'User-Agent': f'ollama-python/{__version__} ({platform.machine()} {platform.system().lower()}) Python/{platform.python_version()}',
         }.items()
       },
+      http2=False,
+      transport=httpx.HTTPTransport(retries=3),
       **kwargs,
     )