diff --git a/cohere/compass/clients/parser.py b/cohere/compass/clients/parser.py
index 9fa3bc9..ab55bb9 100644
--- a/cohere/compass/clients/parser.py
+++ b/cohere/compass/clients/parser.py
@@ -54,6 +54,7 @@ def __init__(
         username: Optional[str] = None,
         password: Optional[str] = None,
         num_workers: int = 4,
+        retries: int = 3,
     ):
         """
         Initialize the CompassParserClient.
@@ -79,8 +80,9 @@ def __init__(
         self.username = username or os.getenv("COHERE_COMPASS_USERNAME")
         self.password = password or os.getenv("COHERE_COMPASS_PASSWORD")
         self.session = requests.Session()
-        self.thread_pool = ThreadPoolExecutor(num_workers)
+        self.thread_pool = ThreadPoolExecutor(num_workers * 2)
         self.num_workers = num_workers
+        self.retries = retries
 
         self.metadata_config = metadata_config
         logger.info(
@@ -181,6 +183,7 @@ def process_file(i: int) -> list[CompassDocument]:
             process_file,
             range(len(filenames)),
             max_queued=self.num_workers,
+            retries=self.retries,
         ):
             yield from results
 
diff --git a/cohere/compass/utils.py b/cohere/compass/utils.py
index 371b258..3398896 100644
--- a/cohere/compass/utils.py
+++ b/cohere/compass/utils.py
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 # Python imports
 import base64
 import glob
+import logging
 import os
 import uuid
 from collections.abc import Iterable, Iterator
@@ -23,9 +24,15 @@
 T = TypeVar("T")
 U = TypeVar("U")
 
+logger = logging.getLogger(__name__)
+
 
 def imap_queued(
-    executor: Executor, f: Callable[[T], U], it: Iterable[T], max_queued: int
+    executor: Executor,
+    f: Callable[[T], U],
+    it: Iterable[T],
+    max_queued: int,
+    retries: int = 3,
 ) -> Iterator[U]:
     """
     Similar to Python's `map`, but uses an executor to parallelize the calls.
@@ -34,20 +41,43 @@ def imap_queued(
     :param f: the function to call.
     :param it: the iterable to map over.
     :param max_queued: the maximum number of futures to keep in flight.
+    :param retries: maximum number of retries to make in case of failure
 
     :returns: an iterator over the results.
     """
+
+    def _execute_with_retry(f: Callable[[T], U], x: T):
+        """
+        Execute a function with retries on failure.
+
+        :param f: the function to call.
+        :param x: the parameter to pass to function.
+        """
+        for attempt in range(retries):
+            future = executor.submit(f, x)
+            try:
+                return future.result()  # Attempt to get the result
+            except Exception as e:
+                logger.info(f"Attempt {attempt + 1} failed for input {x}: {e}")
+                if (
+                    attempt == retries - 1
+                ):  # If it's the last attempt, re-raise the exception
+                    logger.error(f"Cannot process file {x} after {retries} attempts")
+
     assert max_queued >= 1
     futures_set: set[futures.Future[U]] = set()
 
     for x in it:
-        futures_set.add(executor.submit(f, x))
+        futures_set.add(executor.submit(_execute_with_retry, f, x))
         while len(futures_set) > max_queued:
             done, futures_set = futures.wait(
                 futures_set, return_when=futures.FIRST_COMPLETED
             )
             for future in done:
-                yield future.result()
+                try:
+                    yield future.result()
+                except Exception:
+                    logger.error(f"Cannot process file {x} after {retries} attempts")
 
     for future in futures.as_completed(futures_set):
         yield future.result()