diff --git a/app/src/api.js b/app/src/api.js
index 1fd82867..219ef240 100644
--- a/app/src/api.js
+++ b/app/src/api.js
@@ -486,6 +486,10 @@ export async function killDownload(download_id) {
     return response;
 }
 
+export async function restartDownload(download_id) {
+    return await apiPost(`${API_URI}/download/${download_id}/restart`);
+}
+
 export async function killDownloads() {
     let response = await apiPost(`${API_URI}/download/kill`);
     return response;
diff --git a/app/src/components/admin/Downloads.js b/app/src/components/admin/Downloads.js
index 4d1f67e0..ca29f16b 100644
--- a/app/src/components/admin/Downloads.js
+++ b/app/src/components/admin/Downloads.js
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 import React from "react";
-import {clearCompletedDownloads, clearFailedDownloads, deleteDownload, killDownload, postDownload} from "../../api";
+import {clearCompletedDownloads, clearFailedDownloads, deleteDownload, killDownload, restartDownload} from "../../api";
 import {Link} from "react-router-dom";
 import {
     APIButton,
@@ -24,6 +24,7 @@ import {
 } from "semantic-ui-react";
 import {Button, Header, Modal, ModalActions, ModalContent, ModalHeader, Placeholder, Segment, Table} from "../Theme";
 import {useDownloads} from "../../hooks/customHooks";
+import {toast} from "react-semantic-toasts-2";
 
 function ClearCompleteDownloads({callback}) {
     async function localClearDownloads() {
@@ -67,7 +68,7 @@ function ClearFailedDownloads({callback}) {
     </APIButton>
 }
 
-class DownloadRow extends React.Component {
+class RecurringDownloadRow extends React.Component {
     constructor(props) {
         super(props);
         this.state = {
@@ -86,6 +87,28 @@ class DownloadRow extends React.Component {
         }
     }
 
+    handleRetry = async () => {
+        const {id} = this.props;
+        try {
+            const response = await restartDownload(id);
+            if (response.status !== 204) {
+                throw Error('Unable to restart download');
+            }
+        } catch (e) {
+            toast({
+                type: 'error',
+                title: 'Error',
+                description: 'Unable to start download',
+                time: 5000,
+            })
+            throw e;
+        } finally {
+            if (this.props.fetchDownloads) {
+                this.props.fetchDownloads();
+            }
+        }
+    }
+
     render() {
         let {url, frequency, last_successful_download, status, location, next_download, error} = this.props;
         const {errorModalOpen} = this.state;
@@ -121,6 +144,17 @@ class DownloadRow extends React.Component {
             />
         </>;
 
+        const retryButton = <>
+            <APIButton
+                color='green'
+                icon='redo'
+                confirmContent='Are you sure you want to retry this download?'
+                confirmButton='Retry'
+                onClick={this.handleRetry}
+                obeyWROLMode={true}
+            />
+        </>;
+
         // Show "now" if we have passed the next_download.
         let next = 'now';
         if (next_download) {
@@ -142,12 +176,13 @@ class DownloadRow extends React.Component {
             <TableCell>
                 {error && errorModal}
                 {deleteButton}
+                {retryButton}
             </TableCell>
         </TableRow>
     }
 }
 
-class StoppableRow extends React.Component {
+class OnceDownloadRow extends React.Component {
     constructor(props) {
         super(props);
     }
@@ -163,8 +198,17 @@ class StoppableRow extends React.Component {
     };
 
     handleStart = async () => {
-        let downloader = this.props.downloader;
-        await postDownload(`${this.props.url}`, downloader);
+        try {
+            await restartDownload(this.props.id);
+        } catch (e) {
+            toast({
+                type: 'error',
+                title: 'Error',
+                description: 'Unable to start download',
+                time: 5000,
+            })
+            throw e;
+        }
         await this.props.fetchDownloads();
     };
 
@@ -203,11 +247,12 @@ class StoppableRow extends React.Component {
                     />
                     <APIButton
                         color='green'
+                        icon='redo'
                         confirmContent='Are you sure you want to restart this download?'
                         confirmButton='Start'
                         onClick={this.handleStart}
                         obeyWROLMode={true}
-                    >Retry</APIButton>
+                    />
                 </TableCell>
             );
         } else if (status === 'complete' && location) {
@@ -256,7 +301,7 @@ export function OnceDownloadsTable({downloads, fetchDownloads}) {
                     </TableRow>
                 </TableHeader>
                 <TableBody>
-                    {downloads.map(i => <StoppableRow fetchDownloads={fetchDownloads} key={i.id} {...i}/>)}
+                    {downloads.map(i => <OnceDownloadRow fetchDownloads={fetchDownloads} key={i.id} {...i}/>)}
                 </TableBody>
                 <TableFooter>
                     <TableRow>
@@ -292,7 +337,7 @@ export function RecurringDownloadsTable({downloads, fetchDownloads}) {
                 </TableRow>
             </TableHeader>
             <TableBody>
-                {downloads.map(i => <DownloadRow key={i.id} fetchDownloads={fetchDownloads} {...i}/>)}
+                {downloads.map(i => <RecurringDownloadRow key={i.id} fetchDownloads={fetchDownloads} {...i}/>)}
             </TableBody>
         </Table>
     } else if (downloads) {
diff --git a/wrolpi/downloader.py b/wrolpi/downloader.py
index 6e8bfa8b..b14b5f57 100644
--- a/wrolpi/downloader.py
+++ b/wrolpi/downloader.py
@@ -766,6 +766,17 @@ class DownloadManager:
             return True
         return False
 
+    @optional_session
+    def restart_download(self, download_id: int, session: Session = None) -> Download:
+        """Renews a download and resets its download attempts."""
+        download = self.get_download(session, id_=download_id)
+        if not download:
+            raise InvalidDownload(f'No download with id {download_id}')
+        download.renew(reset_attempts=True)
+        session.commit()
+
+        return download
+
     def kill_download(self, download_id: int):
         """Fail a Download. If it is pending, kill the Downloader so the download stops."""
         with get_db_session(commit=True) as session:
diff --git a/wrolpi/root_api.py b/wrolpi/root_api.py
index 015c1d13..3567cb74 100644
--- a/wrolpi/root_api.py
+++ b/wrolpi/root_api.py
@@ -251,6 +251,13 @@ async def post_download(_: Request, body: schema.DownloadRequest):
     return response.empty()
 
 
+@api_bp.post('/download/<download_id:int>/restart')
+@openapi.description('Restart a download.')
+async def restart_download(_: Request, download_id: int):
+    download_manager.restart_download(download_id)
+    return response.empty()
+
+
 @api_bp.get('/download')
 @openapi.description('Get all Downloads that need to be processed.')
 async def get_downloads(_: Request):
diff --git a/wrolpi/test/test_root_api.py b/wrolpi/test/test_root_api.py
index ec669e8b..492b07e0 100644
--- a/wrolpi/test/test_root_api.py
+++ b/wrolpi/test/test_root_api.py
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+import asyncio
 import json
 from http import HTTPStatus
 from itertools import zip_longest
@@ -374,6 +375,25 @@ def test_get_downloaders(test_client):
         'No downloaders returned'
 
 
+@pytest.mark.asyncio
+async def test_restart_download(test_session, test_async_client, test_download_manager, test_downloader):
+    """A Download can be restarted."""
+    # Create a download, fail it, it should be restarted.
+    download = test_download_manager.create_download('https://example.com', test_downloader.name)
+    download.fail()
+    test_session.commit()
+    assert test_session.query(Download).one().status == 'failed'
+
+    # Download is now "new" again.
+    request, response = await test_async_client.post(f'/api/download/{download.id}/restart')
+    assert response.status_code == HTTPStatus.NO_CONTENT
+    assert test_session.query(Download).one().status == 'new'
+
+    # Wait for the background download to fail.  It should be deferred.
+    await asyncio.sleep(0.5)
+    assert test_session.query(Download).one().status == 'deferred'
+
+
 def test_get_global_statistics(test_session, test_client):
     request, response = test_client.get('/api/statistics')
     assert response.json['global_statistics']['db_size'] > 1