diff --git a/mason.py b/mason.py
index 00238a42b..fafa64d0f 100644
--- a/mason.py
+++ b/mason.py
@@ -9,7 +9,9 @@
 import sys
 import time
 
+import backoff
 import beaker
+import requests
 from rich.console import Console
 from rich.text import Text
 
@@ -796,6 +798,9 @@ def main():
         beaker_secrets = [secret.name for secret in beaker_client.secret.list()]
         whoami = beaker_client.user.get().name
 
+        # Increase timeout to 300s for large experiment specs.
+        beaker_client.TIMEOUT = 300
+
     full_commands = [make_internal_command(command, args, whoami, is_external_user) for command in commands]
     if is_external_user:
         console.rule("[bold red]Non-Ai2 User Detected[/bold red]")
@@ -822,8 +827,20 @@ def main():
         budget=args.budget,
         retry=beaker.BeakerRetrySpec(allowed_task_retries=args.max_retries),
     )
-    exp = beaker_client.experiment.create(spec=experiment_spec)
-    console.log(f"Kicked off Beaker job. https://beaker.org/ex/{exp.experiment.id}")
+
+    @backoff.on_exception(
+        backoff.expo,
+        requests.exceptions.Timeout,
+        max_tries=5,
+        # Factor here is the multiplier for the backoff delay, in seconds.
+        factor=5,
+    )
+    def launch_experiment():
+        exp = beaker_client.experiment.create(spec=experiment_spec)
+        console.log(f"Kicked off Beaker job. https://beaker.org/ex/{exp.experiment.id}")
+        return exp
+
+    launch_experiment()
 
 
 if __name__ == "__main__":
diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index 277c64aa8..70ec3a00c 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@ requires-python = "==3.12.*"
 dependencies = [
     "accelerate>=1.10.1",
     "antlr4-python3-runtime==4.11",
+    "backoff>=2.2.1",
     "bitsandbytes>=0.44.1; platform_system != 'Darwin'",
     "datasets>=4.0.0",
     "debugpy>=1.8.13",
diff --git a/uv.lock b/uv.lock
index 17ac55a36..a230939ee 100644
--- a/uv.lock
+++ b/uv.lock
@@ -163,6 +163,15 @@ wheels = [
     { url = "https://files.pythonhosted.org/packages/b7/b8/3fe70c75fe32afc4bb507f75563d39bc5642255d1d94f1f23604725780bf/babel-2.17.0-py3-none-any.whl", hash = "sha256:4d0b53093fdfb4b21c92b5213dba5a1b23885afa8383709427046b21c366e5f2", size = 10182537, upload-time = "2025-02-01T15:17:37.39Z" },
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "backoff"
+version = "2.2.1"
+source = { registry = "https://pypi.org/simple" }
+sdist = { url = "https://files.pythonhosted.org/packages/47/d7/5bbeb12c44d7c4f2fb5b56abce497eb5ed9f34d85701de869acedd602619/backoff-2.2.1.tar.gz", hash = "sha256:03f829f5bb1923180821643f8753b0502c3b682293992485b0eef2807afa5cba", size = 17001, upload-time = "2022-10-05T19:19:32.061Z" }
+wheels = [
+    { url = "https://files.pythonhosted.org/packages/df/73/b6e24bd22e6720ca8ee9a85a0c4a2971af8497d8f3193fa05390cbd46e09/backoff-2.2.1-py3-none-any.whl", hash = "sha256:63579f9a0628e06278f7e47b7d7d5b6ce20dc65c5e96a6f3ca99a6adca0396e8", size = 15148, upload-time = "2022-10-05T19:19:30.546Z" },
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "backrefs"
 version = "5.9"
@@ -1752,6 +1761,7 @@ source = { editable = "." }
 dependencies = [
     { name = "accelerate" },
     { name = "antlr4-python3-runtime" },
+    { name = "backoff" },
     { name = "bitsandbytes", marker = "sys_platform != 'darwin'" },
     { name = "datasets" },
     { name = "debugpy" },
@@ -1802,6 +1812,7 @@ dev = [
 requires-dist = [
     { name = "accelerate", specifier = ">=1.10.1" },
     { name = "antlr4-python3-runtime", specifier = "==4.11" },
+    { name = "backoff", specifier = ">=2.2.1" },
     { name = "bitsandbytes", marker = "sys_platform != 'darwin'", specifier = ">=0.44.1" },
     { name = "datasets", specifier = ">=4.0.0" },
     { name = "debugpy", specifier = ">=1.8.13" },