diff --git a/bdfr/__main__.py b/bdfr/__main__.py
index dadba517..2f660e32 100644
--- a/bdfr/__main__.py
+++ b/bdfr/__main__.py
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@
 import click
 import requests
 
-from bdfr import __version__
+from bdfr.__init__ import __version__
 from bdfr.archiver import Archiver
 from bdfr.cloner import RedditCloner
 from bdfr.completion import Completion
diff --git a/bdfr/downloader.py b/bdfr/downloader.py
index 20984e69..156337e0 100644
--- a/bdfr/downloader.py
+++ b/bdfr/downloader.py
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@
 import prawcore
 
 from bdfr import exceptions as errors
+from bdfr.site_downloaders import redgifs
 from bdfr.configuration import Configuration
 from bdfr.connector import RedditConnector
 from bdfr.site_downloaders.download_factory import DownloadFactory
@@ -107,7 +108,22 @@ def _download_submission(self, submission: praw.models.Submission):
             content = downloader.find_resources(self.authenticator)
         except errors.SiteDownloaderError as e:
             logger.error(f"Site {downloader_class.__name__} failed to download submission {submission.id}: {e}")
-            return
+            # Redgifs 401 error / temporary auth token handler
+            if (downloader_class.__name__ == "Redgifs") and (str(e).startswith("Server responded with 401")):
+                print("\n-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-\nRedgifs temporary API token out of date")
+
+                # Extracting URL from the error message
+                url_start_index = str(e).rfind("https://")
+                redgifs_url = str(e)[url_start_index:]
+
+                # Getting new temp API token
+                redgifs.Redgifs._get_token(redgifs.Redgifs, redgifs_url)
+
+                # Attempted redownload of link that hit the 401 error. Don't think it works though.
+                redgifs.Redgifs._get_link(redgifs_url)
+                return
+            else:
+                return
         for destination, res in self.file_name_formatter.format_resource_paths(content, self.download_directory):
             if destination.exists():
                 logger.debug(f"File {destination} from submission {submission.id} already exists, continuing")
diff --git a/bdfr/site_downloaders/base_downloader.py b/bdfr/site_downloaders/base_downloader.py
index e4ac111c..b90dc13d 100644
--- a/bdfr/site_downloaders/base_downloader.py
+++ b/bdfr/site_downloaders/base_downloader.py
@@ -32,6 +32,8 @@ def retrieve_url(url: str, cookies: dict = None, headers: dict = None) -> reques
         except requests.exceptions.RequestException as e:
             logger.exception(e)
             raise SiteDownloaderError(f"Failed to get page {url}")
+        if res.status_code == 429:
+            raise ResourceNotFound("\n\nToo many requests\nTry again in a little while\n")
         if res.status_code != 200:
             raise ResourceNotFound(f"Server responded with {res.status_code} to {url}")
         return res
diff --git a/bdfr/site_downloaders/redgifs.py b/bdfr/site_downloaders/redgifs.py
index 9c469bc5..3fefe19c 100644
--- a/bdfr/site_downloaders/redgifs.py
+++ b/bdfr/site_downloaders/redgifs.py
@@ -3,6 +3,8 @@
 
 import json
 import re
+import os
+import tempfile
 from typing import Optional
 
 import requests
@@ -15,6 +17,9 @@
 
 
 class Redgifs(BaseDownloader):
+    # Setting temp token path. Probably would be better somewhere else, but os temp works.
+    TOKEN_FILE_PATH = os.path.join(tempfile.gettempdir(), "redgifs_token.txt")
+
     def __init__(self, post: Submission):
         super().__init__(post)
 
@@ -22,6 +27,36 @@ def find_resources(self, authenticator: Optional[SiteAuthenticator] = None) -> l
         media_urls = self._get_link(self.post.url)
         return [Resource(self.post, m, Resource.retry_download(m), None) for m in media_urls]
 
+    ### Temporary auth token handling ###
+    def _load_token(self, url) -> Optional[str]:
+        try:
+            with open(self.TOKEN_FILE_PATH, "r") as file:
+                return file.read().strip()
+        except FileNotFoundError:
+            print("\n-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-\nRedgifs API token file not found, retrieving new token")
+            self._get_token(self, url)
+            with open(self.TOKEN_FILE_PATH, "r") as file:
+                return file.read().strip()
+
+    def _save_token(self, token: str, url):
+        print(f"Writing Redgifs temporary API token to {self.TOKEN_FILE_PATH}")
+        with open(self.TOKEN_FILE_PATH, "w") as file:
+            file.write(token)
+        print(f"Success!\n\nNew temporary token is: {token}\n-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-\n")
+        return token
+
+    def _get_token(self, redgif_id, other=None) -> str:
+        try:
+            print("Attempting to retrieve new temporary Redgifs API token")
+            response = self.retrieve_url("https://api.redgifs.com/v2/auth/temporary")
+            auth_token = json.loads(response.text)["token"]
+
+            self._save_token(self, auth_token, redgif_id)
+        except Exception as e:
+            raise SiteDownloaderError(f"Failed to retrieve Redgifs API token: {e}")
+        return auth_token
+    ### End temporary auth token handling ###
+
     @staticmethod
     def _get_id(url: str) -> str:
         try:
@@ -38,9 +73,8 @@ def _get_id(url: str) -> str:
     def _get_link(url: str) -> set[str]:
         redgif_id = Redgifs._get_id(url)
 
-        auth_token = json.loads(Redgifs.retrieve_url("https://api.redgifs.com/v2/auth/temporary").text)["token"]
-        if not auth_token:
-            raise SiteDownloaderError("Unable to retrieve Redgifs API token")
+        # Passing url here. Probably don't need to.
+        auth_token = Redgifs._load_token(Redgifs, url)
 
         headers = {
             "referer": "https://www.redgifs.com/",