diff --git a/src/backoff.mjs b/src/backoff.mjs
index b305b29..e801157 100644
--- a/src/backoff.mjs
+++ b/src/backoff.mjs
@@ -2,19 +2,20 @@ export async function backoff(action, maxRetries = 6, initialDelay = 15) {
   let retries = 0;
   let delay = initialDelay;
 
-  while (true) {
+  while (retries < maxRetries) {
     try {
       const results = await action();
       return results;
     } catch (e) {
       retries++;
-      console.error(e.message);
-      console.error(`Error. Retrying in ${delay}s. [Attempt ${retries}/${maxRetries}]`);
 
       if (retries === maxRetries) {
         throw new Error('Max retries exceeded.');
       }
 
+      console.error(e.message);
+      console.error(`Error. Retrying in ${delay}s. [Attempt ${retries}/${maxRetries}]`);
+
       await new Promise(resolve => setTimeout(resolve, 1000 * delay));
       delay *= 2;
     }
diff --git a/src/main.mjs b/src/main.mjs
index 311736d..e24c6f4 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, 7);
+await runFullChallenge(prompt, 500, 6);