diff --git a/src/backoff.mjs b/src/backoff.mjs
index 55f44b0..38bea93 100644
--- a/src/backoff.mjs
+++ b/src/backoff.mjs
@@ -2,21 +2,21 @@ export async function backoff(action, maxRetries = 6, initialDelay = 15) {
   let retries = 0;
   let delay = initialDelay;
 
-  while (retries < maxRetries) {
+  while (true) {
     try {
       const results = await action();
       return results;
     } catch (e) {
-      if (retries === maxRetries) {
-        throw new Error('Max retries exceeded.');
-      }
-
       retries++;
       console.error(e.message);
-      console.error(`Error. Retrying in ${delay}s. [Attempt ${retries}/${maxRetries}]`);
 
-      await new Promise(resolve => setTimeout(resolve, 1000 * delay));
-      delay *= 2;
+      if (retries <= maxRetries) {
+        console.error(`Error. Retrying in ${delay}s. [Attempt ${retries}/${maxRetries}]`);
+        await new Promise(resolve => setTimeout(resolve, 1000 * delay));
+        delay *= 2;
+      } else {
+        throw new Error('Max retries exceeded.');
+      }
     }
   }
 }
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diff --git a/src/main.mjs b/src/main.mjs
index 096ae52..311736d 100644
--- a/src/main.mjs
+++ b/src/main.mjs
@@ -129,4 +129,4 @@ async function runFullChallenge(systemPrompt, runs = 50, batchSize = 1) {
   console.log();
 }
 
-await runFullChallenge(prompt, 500, 10);
+await runFullChallenge(prompt, 500, 7);