diff --git a/globalize.sh b/globalize.sh
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diff --git a/hashify-filename/hashify-filename.sh b/hashify-filename/hashify-filename.sh
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diff --git a/java-beautifier/java-beautifier.py b/java-beautifier/java-beautifier.py
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diff --git a/merge-pdf/merge-pdf.sh b/merge-pdf/merge-pdf.sh
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diff --git a/nameavability/nameavability.sh b/nameavability/nameavability.sh
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--- a/nameavability/nameavability.sh
+++ b/nameavability/nameavability.sh
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ main() {
             fi
         done
 
-        github_availability=`curl -o /dev/null -s -w "%{http_code}" https://github.com/$name`
+        github_availability=`curl --connect-timeout 3 --retry 3  -o /dev/null -s -w "%{http_code}" https://github.com/$name`
         if [ "$github_availability" == "200" ]; then
             echo -e "\tGitHub: NOT available"
         else
diff --git a/randomize-filename/randomize-filename.sh b/randomize-filename/randomize-filename.sh
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