diff --git a/main.py b/main.py
index 09c8738..1931c44 100755
--- a/main.py
+++ b/main.py
@@ -33,6 +33,7 @@ def retry_failures(fn, msg, *args, **kwargs):
         except Exception:
             logging.exception(msg)
             delay = min(2 ** tries, 64)
+            tries = tries + 1
             time.sleep(delay)