diff --git a/functions.sh b/functions.sh
index 3db0875..0123394 100755
--- a/functions.sh
+++ b/functions.sh
@@ -294,7 +294,7 @@ fvim() {
 function retry() {
     local _retry_interval
     if [[ -z "$RETRY_INTERVAL" ]]; then _retry_interval=1; else _retry_interval=$RETRY_INTERVAL; fi
-    until $@; do sleep $RETRY_INTERVAL; done
+    until $@; do sleep $_retry_interval; done
 }
 
 # Creats a gitignore for the given argument (e.g. python, cpp, etc)