diff --git a/taskflow/persistence/logbook.py b/taskflow/persistence/logbook.py
index f378b677..d3b0a7a4 100644
--- a/taskflow/persistence/logbook.py
+++ b/taskflow/persistence/logbook.py
@@ -21,6 +21,7 @@ import logging
 
 import six
 
+from taskflow import exceptions as exc
 from taskflow.openstack.common import timeutils
 from taskflow.openstack.common import uuidutils
 from taskflow import states
@@ -269,6 +270,13 @@ class AtomDetail(object):
         # information can be associated with.
         self.version = None
 
+    @property
+    def last_results(self):
+        """Gets the atoms last result (if it has many results it should then
+        return the last one of many).
+        """
+        return self.results
+
     def update(self, ad):
         """Updates the objects state to be the same as the given one."""
         if ad is self:
@@ -394,6 +402,20 @@ class RetryDetail(AtomDetail):
         self.state = state
         self.intention = states.EXECUTE
 
+    @property
+    def last_results(self):
+        try:
+            return self.results[-1][0]
+        except IndexError as e:
+            raise exc.NotFound("Last results not found", e)
+
+    @property
+    def last_failures(self):
+        try:
+            return self.results[-1][1]
+        except IndexError as e:
+            raise exc.NotFound("Last failures not found", e)
+
     @classmethod
     def from_dict(cls, data):
         """Translates the given data into an instance of this class."""
diff --git a/taskflow/storage.py b/taskflow/storage.py
index dca870f3..bc70cde5 100644
--- a/taskflow/storage.py
+++ b/taskflow/storage.py
@@ -350,10 +350,16 @@ class Storage(object):
         with self._lock.write_lock():
             ad = self._atomdetail_by_name(retry_name,
                                           expected_type=logbook.RetryDetail)
-            failures = ad.results[-1][1]
-            if failed_atom_name not in failures:
-                failures[failed_atom_name] = failure
-                self._with_connection(self._save_atom_detail, ad)
+            try:
+                failures = ad.last_failures
+            except exceptions.NotFound as e:
+                raise exceptions.StorageFailure("Unable to fetch most recent"
+                                                " retry failures so new retry"
+                                                " failure can be inserted", e)
+            else:
+                if failed_atom_name not in failures:
+                    failures[failed_atom_name] = failure
+                    self._with_connection(self._save_atom_detail, ad)
 
     def cleanup_retry_history(self, retry_name, state):
         """Cleanup history of retry atom with given name."""
@@ -364,8 +370,7 @@ class Storage(object):
             ad.results = []
             self._with_connection(self._save_atom_detail, ad)
 
-    def get(self, atom_name):
-        """Gets the result for an atom with a given name from storage."""
+    def _get(self, atom_name, only_last=False):
         with self._lock.read_lock():
             ad = self._atomdetail_by_name(atom_name)
             if ad.failure is not None:
@@ -376,7 +381,14 @@ class Storage(object):
             if ad.state not in STATES_WITH_RESULTS:
                 raise exceptions.NotFound("Result for atom %s is not currently"
                                           " known" % atom_name)
-            return ad.results
+            if only_last:
+                return ad.last_results
+            else:
+                return ad.results
+
+    def get(self, atom_name):
+        """Gets the results for an atom with a given name from storage."""
+        return self._get(atom_name)
 
     def get_failures(self):
         """Get list of failures that happened with this flow.
@@ -473,17 +485,8 @@ class Storage(object):
             # Return the first one that is found.
             for (atom_name, index) in reversed(indexes):
                 try:
-                    result = self.get(atom_name)
-                    ad = self._atomdetail_by_name(atom_name)
-
-                    # If it is a retry's result then fetch values from the
-                    # latest retry run only.
-                    if isinstance(ad, logbook.RetryDetail):
-                        if result:
-                            result = result[-1][0]
-                        else:
-                            result = None
-                    return misc.item_from(result, index, name)
+                    results = self._get(atom_name, only_last=True)
+                    return misc.item_from(results, index, name)
                 except exceptions.NotFound:
                     pass
             raise exceptions.NotFound("Unable to find result %r" % name)