diff --git a/legendary/downloader/mp/workers.py b/legendary/downloader/mp/workers.py
index 74e34e4..96be350 100644
--- a/legendary/downloader/mp/workers.py
+++ b/legendary/downloader/mp/workers.py
@@ -67,8 +67,8 @@ class DLWorker(Process):
                 while tries < self.max_retries:
                     # retry once immediately, otherwise do exponential backoff
                     if tries > 1:
-                        sleep_time = 2**(tries+1)
-                        logger.debug(f'Sleeping {sleep_time} seconds before retrying...')
+                        sleep_time = 2**(tries-1)
+                        logger.info(f'Sleeping {sleep_time} seconds before retrying.')
                         time.sleep(sleep_time)
 
                     # print('Downloading', job.url)