diff --git a/llama_proxy_man/src/main.rs b/llama_proxy_man/src/main.rs
index cf08966..1c8d317 100644
--- a/llama_proxy_man/src/main.rs
+++ b/llama_proxy_man/src/main.rs
@@ -315,7 +315,7 @@ async fn handle_request(
 
     // Proxy the request
     let retry_policy = reqwest_retry::policies::ExponentialBackoff::builder()
-        .retry_bounds(Duration::from_secs(1), Duration::from_secs(8))
+        .retry_bounds(Duration::from_millis(500), Duration::from_secs(8))
         .jitter(reqwest_retry::Jitter::None)
         .base(2)
         .build_with_max_retries(8);