saintbyte
diff --git a/‎telegram/error.py‎
Lines changed: 1 addition & 1 deletion b/‎telegram/error.py‎
Lines changed: 1 addition & 1 deletion
diff --git a/‎telegram/ext/updater.py‎
Lines changed: 4 additions & 1 deletion b/‎telegram/ext/updater.py‎
Lines changed: 4 additions & 1 deletion
@@ -110,4 +110,4 @@ def __init__(self, retry_after):
         """
         super(RetryAfter,
               self).__init__('Flood control exceeded. Retry in {} seconds'.format(retry_after))
-        self.retry_after = retry_after
+        self.retry_after = float(retry_after)
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@
 
 from telegram import Bot, TelegramError
 from telegram.ext import Dispatcher, JobQueue
-from telegram.error import Unauthorized, InvalidToken
+from telegram.error import Unauthorized, InvalidToken, RetryAfter
 from telegram.utils.request import Request
 from telegram.utils.webhookhandler import (WebhookServer, WebhookHandler)
 
@@ -233,6 +233,9 @@ def _start_polling(self, poll_interval, timeout, network_delay, bootstrap_retrie
             try:
                 updates = self.bot.getUpdates(
                     self.last_update_id, timeout=timeout, network_delay=network_delay)
+            except RetryAfter as e:
+                self.logger.info(str(e))
+                cur_interval = 0.5 + e.retry_after
             except TelegramError as te:
                 self.logger.error("Error while getting Updates: {0}".format(te))