diff --git a/go.mod b/go.mod
index 82f3b37..9b35713 100644
--- a/go.mod
+++ b/go.mod
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@ require (
 	github.com/valyala/fasthttp v1.36.0
 	github.com/valyala/quicktemplate v1.7.0
 	github.com/xujiajun/nutsdb v0.8.0
+	golang.org/x/time v0.0.0-20220411224347-583f2d630306
 )
 
 require (
diff --git a/go.sum b/go.sum
index c4d7b93..28f86ab 100644
--- a/go.sum
+++ b/go.sum
@@ -65,6 +65,8 @@ golang.org/x/term v0.0.0-20210927222741-03fcf44c2211/go.mod h1:jbD1KX2456YbFQfuX
 golang.org/x/text v0.3.3/go.mod h1:5Zoc/QRtKVWzQhOtBMvqHzDpF6irO9z98xDceosuGiQ=
 golang.org/x/text v0.3.6/go.mod h1:5Zoc/QRtKVWzQhOtBMvqHzDpF6irO9z98xDceosuGiQ=
 golang.org/x/text v0.3.7/go.mod h1:u+2+/6zg+i71rQMx5EYifcz6MCKuco9NR6JIITiCfzQ=
+golang.org/x/time v0.0.0-20220411224347-583f2d630306 h1:+gHMid33q6pen7kv9xvT+JRinntgeXO2AeZVd0AWD3w=
+golang.org/x/time v0.0.0-20220411224347-583f2d630306/go.mod h1:tRJNPiyCQ0inRvYxbN9jk5I+vvW/OXSQhTDSoE431IQ=
 golang.org/x/tools v0.0.0-20180917221912-90fa682c2a6e/go.mod h1:n7NCudcB/nEzxVGmLbDWY5pfWTLqBcC2KZ6jyYvM4mQ=
 gopkg.in/check.v1 v0.0.0-20161208181325-20d25e280405/go.mod h1:Co6ibVJAznAaIkqp8huTwlJQCZ016jof/cbN4VW5Yz0=
 gopkg.in/yaml.v3 v3.0.0-20200313102051-9f266ea9e77c h1:dUUwHk2QECo/6vqA44rthZ8ie2QXMNeKRTHCNY2nXvo=
diff --git a/huso.go b/huso.go
index e95bdb5..556a20c 100644
--- a/huso.go
+++ b/huso.go
@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@ import (
 	"github.com/allegro/bigcache/v3"
 	"github.com/gookit/color"
 	"github.com/xujiajun/nutsdb"
+	"golang.org/x/time/rate"
 )
 
 const (
@@ -44,6 +45,7 @@ var (
 	searchCache     *bigcache.BigCache
 	animeListCache  *bigcache.BigCache
 	db              *nutsdb.DB
+	jikanLimiter    *rate.Limiter
 )
 
 func main() {
@@ -55,6 +57,8 @@ func main() {
 
 	color.Notice.Printf("huso %s %s\n", husoVersion, runtime.Version())
 
+	jikanLimiter = rate.NewLimiter(rate.Every(time.Second), 3)
+
 	// cache init
 	var err error
 	animeCache, err = bigcache.NewBigCache(bigcache.DefaultConfig(7 * time.Hour))
diff --git a/knecht.go b/knecht.go
index ca99a57..c1f4189 100644
--- a/knecht.go
+++ b/knecht.go
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@ package main
 
 import (
 	"bytes"
+	"context"
 	"encoding/json"
 	"fmt"
 	"strconv"
@@ -91,11 +92,7 @@ func GetUserData(username string) (*User, []byte, error) {
 		err = nil
 		dataJikan, err := GetDataJikan(userApiJikan + username)
 		if err != nil {
-			// retry bcs Jikan big baka
-			dataJikan, err = GetDataJikan(userApiJikan + username)
-			if err != nil {
-				return nil, nil, err
-			}
+			return nil, nil, err
 		}
 		if strings.Contains(string(dataJikan), "BadResponseException") {
 			return nil, nil, fmt.Errorf("user not found: %s", username)
@@ -194,6 +191,8 @@ func GetDataMal(apiAddr string) ([]byte, error) {
 
 func GetDataJikan(apiAddr string) ([]byte, error) {
 	var body []byte
+	ctx := context.Background()
+	jikanLimiter.Wait(ctx)
 	statusCode, body, err := fasthttp.Get(body, *jikanApiBaseUri+apiAddr)
 	if statusCode != fasthttp.StatusOK {
 		return body, fmt.Errorf("unexpected response code: %s %d", *jikanApiBaseUri+apiAddr, statusCode)