diff --git a/core/java/src/net/i2p/util/EepGet.java b/core/java/src/net/i2p/util/EepGet.java
index 1525cd9e178708ea969edfaea69f09caede12c6a..157a86a7139196220dddd912142f326c28c3a9e2 100644
--- a/core/java/src/net/i2p/util/EepGet.java
+++ b/core/java/src/net/i2p/util/EepGet.java
@@ -176,7 +176,7 @@ public class EepGet {
     public static void main(String args[]) {
         String proxyHost = "127.0.0.1";
         int proxyPort = 4444;
-        int numRetries = 5;
+        int numRetries = 0;
         int markSize = 1024;
         int lineLen = 40;
         long inactivityTimeout = INACTIVITY_TIMEOUT;
@@ -360,7 +360,7 @@ public class EepGet {
 
     private static void usage() {
         System.err.println("eepget [-p 127.0.0.1[:4444]] [-c] [-o outputFile]\n" +
-                           "       [-n #retries] (default 5)\n" +
+                           "       [-n #retries] (default 0)\n" +
                            "       [-m markSize] (default 1024)\n" +
                            "       [-l lineLen]  (default 40)\n" +
                            "       [-t timeout]  (default 60 sec)\n" +