diff --git a/modules/barclays/browser.py b/modules/barclays/browser.py
index de1338581ac0eb1b6ec9c01a9bc876773abe47b0..aee4a5c8ccd7b83cc002fb35d1ab5c0647567919 100644
--- a/modules/barclays/browser.py
+++ b/modules/barclays/browser.py
@@ -26,9 +26,10 @@
 from weboob.exceptions import BrowserIncorrectPassword
 from weboob.capabilities.bank import Account
 from weboob.capabilities.base import NotAvailable
+from weboob.tools.decorators import retry
 
 from .pages import (
-    LoginPage, AccountsPage, AccountPage, MarketAccountPage,
+    SecretTooShort, LoginPage, AccountsPage, AccountPage, MarketAccountPage,
     LifeInsuranceAccountPage, CardPage, IbanPDFPage, ActionNeededPage,
     RevolvingAccountPage, LoanAccountPage,
 )
@@ -103,6 +104,7 @@ def _multiple_account_choice(self, account):
         accounts = [a for a in self.cache['accounts'] if a._uncleaned_id == account._uncleaned_id]
         return not any(a for a in accounts if a.id in self.cache['history'])
 
+    @retry(SecretTooShort, tries=4)
     def do_login(self):
         self.login.go()
         self.page.login(self.username, self.password)
diff --git a/modules/barclays/pages.py b/modules/barclays/pages.py
index ee9d849c815e27d245baf8d434ec8d185d34040e..635037bcef04a817d5765c77236cbfe6b634bf7a 100644
--- a/modules/barclays/pages.py
+++ b/modules/barclays/pages.py
@@ -30,11 +30,20 @@
 from weboob.tools.capabilities.bank.iban import is_iban_valid
 from weboob.exceptions import ActionNeeded
 
+
 def MyDecimal(*args, **kwargs):
     kwargs.update(replace_dots=True, default=NotAvailable)
     return CleanDecimal(*args, **kwargs)
 
 
+class SecretTooShort(Exception):
+    # secret is a word which contains at least 8 char and website ask us to enter 2 chars of it
+    # char 3 and 4 or 6 and 7
+    # but sometimes it ask us to enter char 9 and 10 even if secret code contains just 8 char
+    # maybe because user didn't enter full secret code or because website is badly coded (who knows...)
+    pass
+
+
 class StatefulPage(LoggedPage, HTMLPage):
     def get_form_for_menu(self, menu):
         btn = Regexp(Attr('//div[@class="menuvert"]//a[contains(., "%s")]' % (menu), 'onclick'), r"\('', '(.*?)',")(self.doc)
@@ -83,6 +92,8 @@ def login_secret(self, secret):
 
         letters = ''
         for n in re.findall('(\d+)', label):
+            if int(n) > len(secret):
+                raise SecretTooShort()
             letters += secret[int(n) - 1]
 
         if ' ' in letters: