diff --git a/datasource/metadata_service.go b/datasource/metadata_service.go
index 06d2412..956d2b9 100644
--- a/datasource/metadata_service.go
+++ b/datasource/metadata_service.go
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@ const (
 type metadataService struct{}
 
 type getter interface {
-	Get(string) ([]byte, error)
+	GetRetry(string) ([]byte, error)
 }
 
 func NewMetadataService() *metadataService {
@@ -49,12 +49,12 @@ func (ms *metadataService) FetchMetadata() ([]byte, error) {
 
 func (ms *metadataService) FetchUserdata() ([]byte, error) {
 	client := pkg.NewHttpClient()
-	if data, err := client.Get(Ec2UserdataUrl); err == nil {
+	if data, err := client.GetRetry(Ec2UserdataUrl); err == nil {
 		return data, err
 	} else if _, ok := err.(pkg.ErrTimeout); ok {
 		return data, err
 	}
-	return client.Get(OpenstackUserdataUrl)
+	return client.GetRetry(OpenstackUserdataUrl)
 }
 
 func (ms *metadataService) Type() string {
@@ -62,7 +62,7 @@ func (ms *metadataService) Type() string {
 }
 
 func fetchMetadata(client getter) ([]byte, error) {
-	if metadata, err := client.Get(OpenstackMetadataUrl); err == nil {
+	if metadata, err := client.GetRetry(OpenstackMetadataUrl); err == nil {
 		return metadata, nil
 	} else if _, ok := err.(pkg.ErrTimeout); ok {
 		return nil, err
@@ -76,7 +76,7 @@ func fetchMetadata(client getter) ([]byte, error) {
 }
 
 func fetchAttributes(client getter, url string) ([]string, error) {
-	resp, err := client.Get(url)
+	resp, err := client.GetRetry(url)
 	if err != nil {
 		return nil, err
 	}
diff --git a/datasource/metadata_service_test.go b/datasource/metadata_service_test.go
index 104f97e..58ee298 100644
--- a/datasource/metadata_service_test.go
+++ b/datasource/metadata_service_test.go
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ type TestHttpClient struct {
 	err      error
 }
 
-func (t *TestHttpClient) Get(url string) ([]byte, error) {
+func (t *TestHttpClient) GetRetry(url string) ([]byte, error) {
 	if t.err != nil {
 		return nil, t.err
 	}
diff --git a/datasource/proc_cmdline.go b/datasource/proc_cmdline.go
index ce181ab..b91ea7d 100644
--- a/datasource/proc_cmdline.go
+++ b/datasource/proc_cmdline.go
@@ -43,7 +43,7 @@ func (c *procCmdline) FetchUserdata() ([]byte, error) {
 	}
 
 	client := pkg.NewHttpClient()
-	cfg, err := client.Get(url)
+	cfg, err := client.GetRetry(url)
 	if err != nil {
 		return nil, err
 	}
diff --git a/datasource/url.go b/datasource/url.go
index 9fcc788..80f6fb1 100644
--- a/datasource/url.go
+++ b/datasource/url.go
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ func (f *remoteFile) FetchMetadata() ([]byte, error) {
 
 func (f *remoteFile) FetchUserdata() ([]byte, error) {
 	client := pkg.NewHttpClient()
-	return client.Get(f.url)
+	return client.GetRetry(f.url)
 }
 
 func (f *remoteFile) Type() string {
diff --git a/initialize/ssh_keys.go b/initialize/ssh_keys.go
index 67870d8..3caf039 100644
--- a/initialize/ssh_keys.go
+++ b/initialize/ssh_keys.go
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ func SSHImportKeysFromURL(system_user string, url string) error {
 
 func fetchUserKeys(url string) ([]string, error) {
 	client := pkg.NewHttpClient()
-	data, err := client.Get(url)
+	data, err := client.GetRetry(url)
 	if err != nil {
 		return nil, err
 	}
diff --git a/pkg/http_client.go b/pkg/http_client.go
index 5152fef..095f64a 100644
--- a/pkg/http_client.go
+++ b/pkg/http_client.go
@@ -20,15 +20,23 @@ const (
 
 type Err error
 
-type ErrTimeout struct{
+type ErrTimeout struct {
 	Err
 }
 
-type ErrNotFound struct{
+type ErrNotFound struct {
 	Err
 }
 
-type ErrInvalid struct{
+type ErrInvalid struct {
+	Err
+}
+
+type ErrServer struct {
+	Err
+}
+
+type ErrNetwork struct {
 	Err
 }
 
@@ -45,15 +53,39 @@ type HttpClient struct {
 
 	// Whether or not to skip TLS verification. Defaults to false
 	SkipTLS bool
+
+	client *http.Client
 }
 
 func NewHttpClient() *HttpClient {
-	return &HttpClient{
+	hc := &HttpClient{
 		MaxBackoff: time.Second * 5,
 		MaxRetries: 15,
 		Timeout:    time.Duration(2) * time.Second,
 		SkipTLS:    false,
 	}
+
+	// We need to create our own client in order to add timeout support.
+	// TODO(c4milo) Replace it once Go 1.3 is officially used by CoreOS
+	// More info: https://code.google.com/p/go/source/detail?r=ada6f2d5f99f
+	hc.client = &http.Client{
+		Transport: &http.Transport{
+			TLSClientConfig: &tls.Config{
+				InsecureSkipVerify: hc.SkipTLS,
+			},
+			Dial: func(network, addr string) (net.Conn, error) {
+				deadline := time.Now().Add(hc.Timeout)
+				c, err := net.DialTimeout(network, addr, hc.Timeout)
+				if err != nil {
+					return nil, err
+				}
+				c.SetDeadline(deadline)
+				return c, nil
+			},
+		},
+	}
+
+	return hc
 }
 
 func expBackoff(interval, max time.Duration) time.Duration {
@@ -64,8 +96,8 @@ func expBackoff(interval, max time.Duration) time.Duration {
 	return interval
 }
 
-// Fetches a given URL with support for exponential backoff and maximum retries
-func (h *HttpClient) Get(rawurl string) ([]byte, error) {
+// GetRetry fetches a given URL with support for exponential backoff and maximum retries
+func (h *HttpClient) GetRetry(rawurl string) ([]byte, error) {
 	if rawurl == "" {
 		return nil, ErrInvalid{errors.New("URL is empty. Skipping.")}
 	}
@@ -83,49 +115,20 @@ func (h *HttpClient) Get(rawurl string) ([]byte, error) {
 
 	dataURL := url.String()
 
-	// We need to create our own client in order to add timeout support.
-	// TODO(c4milo) Replace it once Go 1.3 is officially used by CoreOS
-	// More info: https://code.google.com/p/go/source/detail?r=ada6f2d5f99f
-	transport := &http.Transport{
-		TLSClientConfig: &tls.Config{
-			InsecureSkipVerify: h.SkipTLS,
-		},
-		Dial: func(network, addr string) (net.Conn, error) {
-			deadline := time.Now().Add(h.Timeout)
-			c, err := net.DialTimeout(network, addr, h.Timeout)
-			if err != nil {
-				return nil, err
-			}
-			c.SetDeadline(deadline)
-			return c, nil
-		},
-	}
-
-	client := &http.Client{
-		Transport: transport,
-	}
-
 	duration := 50 * time.Millisecond
 	for retry := 1; retry <= h.MaxRetries; retry++ {
 		log.Printf("Fetching data from %s. Attempt #%d", dataURL, retry)
 
-		resp, err := client.Get(dataURL)
-
-		if err == nil {
-			defer resp.Body.Close()
-			status := resp.StatusCode / 100
-
-			if status == HTTP_2xx {
-				return ioutil.ReadAll(resp.Body)
-			}
-
-			if status == HTTP_4xx {
-				return nil, ErrNotFound{fmt.Errorf("Not found. HTTP status code: %d", resp.StatusCode)}
-			}
-
-			log.Printf("Server error. HTTP status code: %d", resp.StatusCode)
-		} else {
-			log.Printf("Unable to fetch data: %s", err.Error())
+		data, err := h.Get(dataURL)
+		switch err.(type) {
+		case ErrNetwork:
+			log.Printf(err.Error())
+		case ErrServer:
+			log.Printf(err.Error())
+		case ErrNotFound:
+			return data, err
+		default:
+			return data, err
 		}
 
 		duration = expBackoff(duration, h.MaxBackoff)
@@ -135,3 +138,19 @@ func (h *HttpClient) Get(rawurl string) ([]byte, error) {
 
 	return nil, ErrTimeout{fmt.Errorf("Unable to fetch data. Maximum retries reached: %d", h.MaxRetries)}
 }
+
+func (h *HttpClient) Get(dataURL string) ([]byte, error) {
+	if resp, err := h.client.Get(dataURL); err == nil {
+		defer resp.Body.Close()
+		switch resp.StatusCode / 100 {
+		case HTTP_2xx:
+			return ioutil.ReadAll(resp.Body)
+		case HTTP_4xx:
+			return nil, ErrNotFound{fmt.Errorf("Not found. HTTP status code: %d", resp.StatusCode)}
+		default:
+			return nil, ErrServer{fmt.Errorf("Server error. HTTP status code: %d", resp.StatusCode)}
+		}
+	} else {
+		return nil, ErrNetwork{fmt.Errorf("Unable to fetch data: %s", err.Error())}
+	}
+}
diff --git a/pkg/http_client_test.go b/pkg/http_client_test.go
index 4c246a0..2af87b4 100644
--- a/pkg/http_client_test.go
+++ b/pkg/http_client_test.go
@@ -51,7 +51,7 @@ func TestGetURLExpBackOff(t *testing.T) {
 		ts := httptest.NewServer(mux)
 		defer ts.Close()
 
-		data, err := client.Get(ts.URL)
+		data, err := client.GetRetry(ts.URL)
 		if err != nil {
 			t.Errorf("Test case %d produced error: %v", i, err)
 		}
@@ -76,7 +76,7 @@ func TestGetURL4xx(t *testing.T) {
 	}))
 	defer ts.Close()
 
-	_, err := client.Get(ts.URL)
+	_, err := client.GetRetry(ts.URL)
 	if err == nil {
 		t.Errorf("Incorrect result\ngot:  %s\nwant: %s", err.Error(), "Not found. HTTP status code: 404")
 	}
@@ -107,7 +107,7 @@ coreos:
 	}))
 	defer ts.Close()
 
-	data, err := client.Get(ts.URL)
+	data, err := client.GetRetry(ts.URL)
 	if err != nil {
 		t.Errorf("Incorrect result\ngot:  %v\nwant: %v", err, nil)
 	}
@@ -132,7 +132,7 @@ func TestGetMalformedURL(t *testing.T) {
 	}
 
 	for _, test := range tests {
-		_, err := client.Get(test.url)
+		_, err := client.GetRetry(test.url)
 		if err == nil || err.Error() != test.want {
 			t.Errorf("Incorrect result\ngot:  %v\nwant: %v", err, test.want)
 		}