diff --git a/app/eve_api/tasks/alliance.py b/app/eve_api/tasks/alliance.py
index ba19b98..2ffa539 100644
--- a/app/eve_api/tasks/alliance.py
+++ b/app/eve_api/tasks/alliance.py
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ from xml.dom import minidom
 from celery.decorators import task
 
 from eve_proxy.models import CachedDocument
+from eve_proxy.exceptions import DocumentRetrievalError
 
 from eve_api.models import EVEAccount, EVEPlayerCorporation, EVEPlayerAlliance
 from eve_api.utils import basic_xml_parse_doc
@@ -11,32 +12,42 @@ from eve_api.tasks.corporation import import_corp_details, import_corp_details_r
 
 from django.core.exceptions import ValidationError
 
-@task(ignore_result=True)
+@task(ignore_result=True, default_retry_delay=10 * 60)
 def import_alliance_details():
     """
     Imports all in-game alliances and links their related corporations 
 
     """
 
-    doc = CachedDocument.objects.api_query('/eve/AllianceList.xml.aspx')
+    try:
+        doc = CachedDocument.objects.api_query('/eve/AllianceList.xml.aspx')
+    except DocumentRetrievalError, exc:
+        import_alliance_details.retry(exc=exc)
+        return
 
-    for alliance in basic_xml_parse_doc(doc)['eveapi']['result']['alliances']:
-        allobj, created = EVEPlayerAlliance.objects.get_or_create(pk=alliance['allianceID'])
-        allobj.name = alliance['name']
-        allobj.ticker = alliance['shortName']
-        allobj.date_founded = datetime.strptime(alliance['startDate'],"%Y-%m-%d %H:%M:%S")
-        allobj.executor, created = EVEPlayerCorporation.objects.get_or_create(id=alliance['executorCorpID'])
-        allobj.member_count = alliance['memberCount']
-        allobj.api_last_updated = datetime.utcnow()
-        allobj.save()
+    parsedoc = basic_xml_parse_doc(doc)
 
-        corplist = allobj.eveplayercorporation_set.all().values_list('id', flat=True)
+    if 'eveapi' in parsedoc and not 'error' in parsedoc['eveapi']:
+        for alliance in parsedoc['eveapi']['result']['alliances']:
+            allobj, created = EVEPlayerAlliance.objects.get_or_create(pk=alliance['allianceID'])
+            allobj.name = alliance['name']
+            allobj.ticker = alliance['shortName']
+            allobj.date_founded = datetime.strptime(alliance['startDate'],"%Y-%m-%d %H:%M:%S")
+            allobj.executor, created = EVEPlayerCorporation.objects.get_or_create(id=alliance['executorCorpID'])
+            allobj.member_count = alliance['memberCount']
+            allobj.api_last_updated = datetime.utcnow()
+            allobj.save()
 
-        validcorps = []
-        for corp in alliance['memberCorporations']:
-            if int(corp['corporationID']) not in corplist:
-                import_corp_details.delay(corp['corporationID'])
-            validcorps.append(int(corp['corporationID']))
+            corplist = allobj.eveplayercorporation_set.all().values_list('id', flat=True)
 
-        delcorps = set(corplist) - set(validcorps)
-        EVEPlayerCorporation.objects.filter(id__in=delcorps).update(alliance=None)
+            validcorps = []
+            for corp in alliance['memberCorporations']:
+                if int(corp['corporationID']) not in corplist:
+                    import_corp_details.delay(corp['corporationID'])
+                validcorps.append(int(corp['corporationID']))
+
+            delcorps = set(corplist) - set(validcorps)
+            EVEPlayerCorporation.objects.filter(id__in=delcorps).update(alliance=None)
+    else:
+        # We got a error, retry
+        import_alliance_details.retry()