diff --git a/core/stdlib/src/async/retry/index.ts b/core/stdlib/src/async/retry/index.ts
index a2a099f..1ac6ccb 100644
--- a/core/stdlib/src/async/retry/index.ts
+++ b/core/stdlib/src/async/retry/index.ts
@@ -9,35 +9,40 @@ export interface RetryOptions {
 }
 
 export type RetryFunction<Return> = (
-  args: { 
+  args: {
     count: number;
     stop: (error: any) => void;
   },
 ) => Promise<Return>;
 
-const RetryEarlyExit = Symbol('RetryEarlyExit');
+class RetryEarlyExitError {
+  cause: any;
+  constructor(cause: any) {
+    this.cause = cause;
+  }
+}
 
 /**
  * @name retry
  * @category Async
  * @description Retries a function a specified number of times with a delay between each retry
- * 
+ *
  * @param {Promise<unknown>} fn - The function to retry
  * @param {RetryOptions} options - The options for the retry
  * @returns {Promise<unknown>} - The result of the function
- * 
+ *
  * @example
  * const result = await retry(() => {
  *  return fetch('https://jsonplaceholder.typicode.com/todos/1')
  *   .then(response => response.json())
  * });
- * 
+ *
  * @example
  * const result = await retry(() => {
  *  return fetch('https://jsonplaceholder.typicode.com/todos/1')
  *    .then(response => response.json())
  * }, { times: 3, delay: 1000 });
- * 
+ *
  * @since 0.0.8
  */
 export async function retry<Return>(
@@ -50,24 +55,25 @@ export async function retry<Return>(
     shouldRetry,
   } = options;
 
+  const wrappedFn = tryIt(fn);
+  const delayFn = isFunction(delay) ? delay : null;
+  const delayMs = delayFn ? 0 : delay as number;
+
+  const stop = (error?: any): never => {
+    throw new RetryEarlyExitError(error);
+  };
+
+  let lastError: Error | null = null;
   let count = 1;
-  let lastError: Error = new Error('Retry failed');
 
   while (count <= times) {
-    const metadata = {
-      count,
-      stop: (error?: any) => {
-        throw { [RetryEarlyExit]: error };
-      },
-    };
-
-    const { error, data } = await tryIt(fn)(metadata);
+    const { error, data } = await wrappedFn({ count, stop });
 
     if (!error)
       return data;
 
-    if (RetryEarlyExit in error)
-      throw error[RetryEarlyExit];
+    if (error instanceof RetryEarlyExitError)
+      throw error.cause;
 
     if (shouldRetry && !shouldRetry(error, count))
       throw error;
@@ -77,12 +83,12 @@ export async function retry<Return>(
 
     // Don't delay after the last attempt
     if (count <= times) {
-      const delayMs = isFunction(delay) ? delay(count) : delay;
-      
-      if (delayMs > 0)
-        await sleep(delayMs);
+      const ms = delayFn ? delayFn(count) : delayMs;
+
+      if (ms > 0)
+        await sleep(ms);
     }
   }
 
-  throw lastError;
+  throw lastError!;
 }