diff --git a/bin/helpers/logger.js b/bin/helpers/logger.js
index 7454b8b7..7563fce3 100644
--- a/bin/helpers/logger.js
+++ b/bin/helpers/logger.js
@@ -2,9 +2,6 @@ const winston = require('winston'),
   fs = require("fs"),
   path = require("path");
 
-const { format } = winston;
-// const { format } = require("logform");
-
 const logDir = "log"; // directory path for logs
 if (!fs.existsSync(logDir)) {
   // Create the directory if it does not exist
diff --git a/bin/helpers/usageReporting.js b/bin/helpers/usageReporting.js
index a225c192..020b5613 100644
--- a/bin/helpers/usageReporting.js
+++ b/bin/helpers/usageReporting.js
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 'use strict';
-const cp = require('child_process'),
-  os = require('os'),
-  request = require('request'),
+const cp = require("child_process"),
+  os = require("os"),
+  request = require("requestretry"),
   fs = require('fs'),
   path = require('path');
 
@@ -188,19 +188,25 @@ function send(args) {
     url: config.usageReportingUrl,
     body: payload,
     json: true,
+    maxAttempts: 10, // (default) try 3 times
+    retryDelay: 2000, // (default) wait for 2s before trying again
+    retrySrategy: request.RetryStrategies.HTTPOrNetworkError, // (default) retry on 5xx or network errors
   };
 
-  fileLogger.info(`Sending ${payload} to ${config.usageReportingUrl}`);
+  fileLogger.info(`Sending ${JSON.stringify(payload)} to ${config.usageReportingUrl}`);
   request(options, function (error, res, body) {
     if (error) {
       //write err response to file
-      fileLogger.err(JSON.stringify(error));
+      fileLogger.error(JSON.stringify(error));
       return;
     }
-    // write response and body to file
-    fileLogger.info(
-      `statusCode: ${res.statusCode}, body: ${JSON.stringify(body)}`
-    );
+    // write response file
+    let response = {
+      attempts: res.attempts,
+      statusCode: res.statusCode,
+      body: body
+    };
+    fileLogger.info(`${JSON.stringify(response)}`);
   });
 }
 
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index f4c7f866..1ce65ef7 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -16,8 +16,9 @@
     "fs-extra": "^8.1.0",
     "mkdirp": "^1.0.3",
     "request": "^2.88.0",
-    "yargs": "^14.2.2",
-    "winston": "^2.3.1"
+    "requestretry": "^4.1.0",
+    "winston": "^2.3.1",
+    "yargs": "^14.2.2"
   },
   "repository": {
     "type": "git",