diff --git a/src/commit.rs b/src/commit.rs
index c5caf63..dc9a9ce 100644
--- a/src/commit.rs
+++ b/src/commit.rs
@@ -16,15 +16,15 @@ pub fn git_exec(args: &[&str]) -> Result<Output> {
     }
 }
 
-pub fn commit_as_hook(commit_message: &str) -> Result<()> {
+pub fn get_git_path() -> Result<PathBuf> {
     let output = git_exec(&["rev-parse", "--absolute-git-dir"])?;
     if !output.status.success() {
-        return Err(anyhow!("Could not get git directory"));
+        return Err(anyhow!(
+            "Failed to get git path. Make sure you are in a git repository"
+        ));
     }
-    let git_dir = PathBuf::from(String::from_utf8_lossy(&output.stdout).trim());
-    let commit_file_path = git_dir.join("COMMIT_EDITMSG");
-    fs::write(commit_file_path, commit_message)?;
-    Ok(())
+    let path = String::from_utf8(output.stdout)?;
+    Ok(PathBuf::from(path.trim()))
 }
 
 pub fn commit(commit_message: &str) -> Result<()> {
@@ -46,3 +46,14 @@ pub fn check_staged_files() -> Result<()> {
     }
     Ok(())
 }
+
+pub fn read_cached_commit() -> Result<String> {
+    let commit_file_path = get_git_path()?.join("COMMIT_EDITMSG");
+    let commit_message = fs::read_to_string(commit_file_path)?;
+    Ok(commit_message)
+}
+
+pub fn write_cached_commit(commit_message: &str) -> Result<()> {
+    fs::write(get_git_path()?.join("COMMIT_EDITMSG"), commit_message)?;
+    Ok(())
+}
diff --git a/src/main.rs b/src/main.rs
index 3e74e72..73582d1 100644
--- a/src/main.rs
+++ b/src/main.rs
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ use clap::Parser;
 use std::io::Write;
 use std::path::PathBuf;
 
-use commit::{check_staged_files, commit, commit_as_hook};
+use commit::{check_staged_files, commit, read_cached_commit, write_cached_commit};
 use commit_message::make_message_commit;
 
 const DEFAULT_CONFIG_FILE: &str = include_str!("../commit-default.json");
@@ -33,6 +33,9 @@ struct Args {
     /// Use as hook
     #[arg(long)]
     hook: bool,
+    /// Retry commit with the same message as the last one
+    #[arg(short, long)]
+    retry: bool,
 }
 
 fn main() -> Result<()> {
@@ -45,17 +48,24 @@ fn main() -> Result<()> {
     check_staged_files()?;
 
     let args = Args::parse();
+
     if args.init {
         let mut file = std::fs::File::create("commit.json")?;
         file.write_all(DEFAULT_CONFIG_FILE.as_bytes())?;
         return Ok(());
     }
 
+    if args.retry {
+        let commit_message = read_cached_commit()?;
+        commit(&commit_message)?;
+        return Ok(());
+    }
+
     let pattern = config::get_pattern(args.config)?;
     let commit_message = make_message_commit(pattern)?;
+    write_cached_commit(&commit_message)?;
 
     if args.hook {
-        commit_as_hook(&commit_message)?;
         return Ok(());
     }