diff --git a/cmd/cmd.go b/cmd/cmd.go
index 784d785e9..65873bfb5 100644
--- a/cmd/cmd.go
+++ b/cmd/cmd.go
@@ -47,13 +47,11 @@ import (
 // Globals
 var (
 	// Flags
-	cpuProfile      = flags.StringP("cpuprofile", "", "", "Write cpu profile to file", "Debugging")
-	memProfile      = flags.StringP("memprofile", "", "", "Write memory profile to file", "Debugging")
-	statsInterval   = flags.DurationP("stats", "", time.Minute*1, "Interval between printing stats, e.g. 500ms, 60s, 5m (0 to disable)", "Logging")
-	dataRateUnit    = flags.StringP("stats-unit", "", "bytes", "Show data rate in stats as either 'bits' or 'bytes' per second", "Logging")
-	version         bool
-	retries         = flags.IntP("retries", "", 3, "Retry operations this many times if they fail", "Config")
-	retriesInterval = flags.DurationP("retries-sleep", "", 0, "Interval between retrying operations if they fail, e.g. 500ms, 60s, 5m (0 to disable)", "Config")
+	cpuProfile    = flags.StringP("cpuprofile", "", "", "Write cpu profile to file", "Debugging")
+	memProfile    = flags.StringP("memprofile", "", "", "Write memory profile to file", "Debugging")
+	statsInterval = flags.DurationP("stats", "", time.Minute*1, "Interval between printing stats, e.g. 500ms, 60s, 5m (0 to disable)", "Logging")
+	dataRateUnit  = flags.StringP("stats-unit", "", "bytes", "Show data rate in stats as either 'bits' or 'bytes' per second", "Logging")
+	version       bool
 	// Errors
 	errorCommandNotFound    = errors.New("command not found")
 	errorUncategorized      = errors.New("uncategorized error")
@@ -253,7 +251,7 @@ func Run(Retry bool, showStats bool, cmd *cobra.Command, f func() error) {
 		stopStats = StartStats()
 	}
 	SigInfoHandler()
-	for try := 1; try <= *retries; try++ {
+	for try := 1; try <= ci.Retries; try++ {
 		cmdErr = f()
 		cmdErr = fs.CountError(cmdErr)
 		lastErr := accounting.GlobalStats().GetLastError()
@@ -262,7 +260,7 @@ func Run(Retry bool, showStats bool, cmd *cobra.Command, f func() error) {
 		}
 		if !Retry || !accounting.GlobalStats().Errored() {
 			if try > 1 {
-				fs.Errorf(nil, "Attempt %d/%d succeeded", try, *retries)
+				fs.Errorf(nil, "Attempt %d/%d succeeded", try, ci.Retries)
 			}
 			break
 		}
@@ -282,15 +280,15 @@ func Run(Retry bool, showStats bool, cmd *cobra.Command, f func() error) {
 			}
 		}
 		if lastErr != nil {
-			fs.Errorf(nil, "Attempt %d/%d failed with %d errors and: %v", try, *retries, accounting.GlobalStats().GetErrors(), lastErr)
+			fs.Errorf(nil, "Attempt %d/%d failed with %d errors and: %v", try, ci.Retries, accounting.GlobalStats().GetErrors(), lastErr)
 		} else {
-			fs.Errorf(nil, "Attempt %d/%d failed with %d errors", try, *retries, accounting.GlobalStats().GetErrors())
+			fs.Errorf(nil, "Attempt %d/%d failed with %d errors", try, ci.Retries, accounting.GlobalStats().GetErrors())
 		}
-		if try < *retries {
+		if try < ci.Retries {
 			accounting.GlobalStats().ResetErrors()
 		}
-		if *retriesInterval > 0 {
-			time.Sleep(*retriesInterval)
+		if ci.RetriesInterval > 0 {
+			time.Sleep(ci.RetriesInterval)
 		}
 	}
 	stopStats()
@@ -339,7 +337,6 @@ func Run(Retry bool, showStats bool, cmd *cobra.Command, f func() error) {
 		}
 	}
 	resolveExitCode(cmdErr)
-
 }
 
 // CheckArgs checks there are enough arguments and prints a message if not
@@ -554,7 +551,7 @@ func AddBackendFlags() {
 			} else {
 				fs.Errorf(nil, "Not adding duplicate flag --%s", name)
 			}
-			//flag.Hidden = true
+			// flag.Hidden = true
 		}
 	}
 }
diff --git a/fs/config.go b/fs/config.go
index 5b1e483dc..5deb921fd 100644
--- a/fs/config.go
+++ b/fs/config.go
@@ -72,8 +72,10 @@ type ConfigInfo struct {
 	DeleteMode                 DeleteMode
 	MaxDelete                  int64
 	MaxDeleteSize              SizeSuffix
-	TrackRenames               bool   // Track file renames.
-	TrackRenamesStrategy       string // Comma separated list of strategies used to track renames
+	TrackRenames               bool          // Track file renames.
+	TrackRenamesStrategy       string        // Comma separated list of strategies used to track renames
+	Retries                    int           // High-level retries
+	RetriesInterval            time.Duration // --retries-sleep
 	LowLevelRetries            int
 	UpdateOlder                bool // Skip files that are newer on the destination
 	NoGzip                     bool // Disable compression
@@ -171,6 +173,7 @@ func NewConfig() *ConfigInfo {
 	c.DeleteMode = DeleteModeDefault
 	c.MaxDelete = -1
 	c.MaxDeleteSize = SizeSuffix(-1)
+	c.Retries = 3
 	c.LowLevelRetries = 10
 	c.MaxDepth = -1
 	c.DataRateUnit = "bytes"
diff --git a/fs/config/configflags/configflags.go b/fs/config/configflags/configflags.go
index 232af61d5..ce891f2b4 100644
--- a/fs/config/configflags/configflags.go
+++ b/fs/config/configflags/configflags.go
@@ -75,6 +75,8 @@ func AddFlags(ci *fs.ConfigInfo, flagSet *pflag.FlagSet) {
 	flags.FVarP(flagSet, &ci.MaxDeleteSize, "max-delete-size", "", "When synchronizing, limit the total size of deletes", "Sync")
 	flags.BoolVarP(flagSet, &ci.TrackRenames, "track-renames", "", ci.TrackRenames, "When synchronizing, track file renames and do a server-side move if possible", "Sync")
 	flags.StringVarP(flagSet, &ci.TrackRenamesStrategy, "track-renames-strategy", "", ci.TrackRenamesStrategy, "Strategies to use when synchronizing using track-renames hash|modtime|leaf", "Sync")
+	flags.IntVarP(flagSet, &ci.Retries, "retries", "", 3, "Retry operations this many times if they fail", "Config")
+	flags.DurationVarP(flagSet, &ci.RetriesInterval, "retries-sleep", "", 0, "Interval between retrying operations if they fail, e.g. 500ms, 60s, 5m (0 to disable)", "Config")
 	flags.IntVarP(flagSet, &ci.LowLevelRetries, "low-level-retries", "", ci.LowLevelRetries, "Number of low level retries to do", "Config")
 	flags.BoolVarP(flagSet, &ci.UpdateOlder, "update", "u", ci.UpdateOlder, "Skip files that are newer on the destination", "Copy")
 	flags.BoolVarP(flagSet, &ci.UseServerModTime, "use-server-modtime", "", ci.UseServerModTime, "Use server modified time instead of object metadata", "Config")