diff --git a/app/plugins/contactRetry.go b/app/plugins/contactRetry.go
index e8f67dd..d7fa5b0 100644
--- a/app/plugins/contactRetry.go
+++ b/app/plugins/contactRetry.go
@@ -104,6 +104,10 @@ func (cq *connectionQueue) dequeue() *contact {
 	return c
 }
 
+func (cq *connectionQueue) len() int {
+	return len(cq.queue)
+}
+
 type contactRetry struct {
 	bus            event.Manager
 	queue          event.Queue
@@ -117,14 +121,13 @@ type contactRetry struct {
 	acnProgress    int
 
 	connections   sync.Map //[string]*contact
-	connCount     int
 	pendingQueue  *connectionQueue
 	priorityQueue *connectionQueue
 }
 
 // NewConnectionRetry returns a Plugin that when started will retry connecting to contacts with a failedCount timing
 func NewConnectionRetry(bus event.Manager, onion string) Plugin {
-	cr := &contactRetry{bus: bus, queue: event.NewQueue(), breakChan: make(chan bool, 1), connections: sync.Map{}, connCount: 0, ACNUp: false, ACNUpTime: time.Now(), protocolEngine: false, onion: onion, pendingQueue: newConnectionQueue(), priorityQueue: newConnectionQueue()}
+	cr := &contactRetry{bus: bus, queue: event.NewQueue(), breakChan: make(chan bool, 1), connections: sync.Map{}, ACNUp: false, ACNUpTime: time.Now(), protocolEngine: false, onion: onion, pendingQueue: newConnectionQueue(), priorityQueue: newConnectionQueue()}
 	return cr
 }
 
@@ -182,7 +185,6 @@ func (cr *contactRetry) run() {
 			log.Debugf("restartFlow time to queue!!")
 			cr.requeueReady()
 			connectingCount := cr.connectingCount()
-			log.Debugf("checking queues (priority len: %v) (pending len: %v) of total conns watched: %v, with current connecingCount: %v", len(cr.priorityQueue.queue), len(cr.pendingQueue.queue), cr.connCount, connectingCount)
 
 			// do priority connections first...
 			for connectingCount < cr.maxTorCircuitsPending() && len(cr.priorityQueue.queue) > 0 {
@@ -301,7 +303,6 @@ func (cr *contactRetry) processStatus() {
 		cr.ACNUpTime = time.Now()
 
 		// reset all of the queues...
-		cr.connCount = 0
 		cr.priorityQueue = newConnectionQueue()
 		cr.pendingQueue = newConnectionQueue()
 
@@ -340,8 +341,14 @@ func (cr *contactRetry) requeueReady() {
 
 	var retryable []*contact
 
-	throughPutPerMin := cr.maxTorCircuitsPending() / (circuitTimeoutSecs / 60)
-	adjustedBaseTimeout := cr.connCount / throughPutPerMin * 60
+	throughPutPerMin := int((float64(cr.maxTorCircuitsPending()) / float64(circuitTimeoutSecs)) * 60.0)
+	queueCount := cr.priorityQueue.len() + cr.pendingQueue.len()
+	// adjustedBaseTimeout = basetimeoust * (queuedItemsCount / throughPutPerMin)
+	//   when less items are queued than through put it'll lower adjustedBaseTimeOut, but that'll be reset in the next block
+	//   when more items are queued it will increase the timeout, to a max of MaxBaseTimeoutSec (enforced in the next block)
+	adjustedBaseTimeout := circuitTimeoutSecs * (queueCount / throughPutPerMin)
+
+	// circuitTimeoutSecs (120s) < adjustedBaseTimeout < MaxBaseTimeoutSec (300s)
 	if adjustedBaseTimeout < circuitTimeoutSecs {
 		adjustedBaseTimeout = circuitTimeoutSecs
 	} else if adjustedBaseTimeout > MaxBaseTimeoutSec {
@@ -388,14 +395,12 @@ func (cr *contactRetry) addConnection(id string, state connections.ConnectionSta
 	if _, exists := cr.connections.Load(id); !exists {
 		p := &contact{id: id, state: state, failedCount: 0, lastAttempt: event.CwtchEpoch, ctype: ctype, lastSeen: lastSeen, queued: false}
 		cr.connections.Store(id, p)
-		cr.connCount += 1
 		return
 	} else {
 		// we have rerequested this connnection. Force set the queued parameter to true.
 		p, _ := cr.connections.Load(id)
 		if !p.(*contact).queued {
 			p.(*contact).queued = true
-			cr.connCount += 1
 		}
 	}
 }
diff --git a/app/plugins/contactRetry_test.go b/app/plugins/contactRetry_test.go
index d1c202e..adf2604 100644
--- a/app/plugins/contactRetry_test.go
+++ b/app/plugins/contactRetry_test.go
@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@ import (
 // We are invasively checking the internal state of the retry plugin and accessing pointers from another
 // thread.
 // We could build an entire thread safe monitoring functonality, but that would dramatically expand the scope of this test.
+
 func TestContactRetryQueue(t *testing.T) {
 	log.SetLevel(log.LevelDebug)
 	bus := event.NewEventManager()
@@ -72,3 +73,56 @@ func TestContactRetryQueue(t *testing.T) {
 
 	cr.Shutdown()
 }
+
+// Takes around 4 min unless you adjust the consts for tickTimeSec and circuitTimeoutSecs
+/*
+func TestRetryEmission(t *testing.T) {
+	log.SetLevel(log.LevelDebug)
+	log.Infof("*** Starting TestRetryEmission! ***")
+	bus := event.NewEventManager()
+
+	testQueue := event.NewQueue()
+	bus.Subscribe(event.PeerRequest, testQueue)
+
+	cr := NewConnectionRetry(bus, "").(*contactRetry)
+	cr.Start()
+	time.Sleep(100 * time.Millisecond)
+
+	bus.Publish(event.NewEventList(event.ACNStatus, event.Progress, "100"))
+	bus.Publish(event.NewEventList(event.ProtocolEngineCreated))
+
+	pub, _, _ := ed25519.GenerateKey(rand.Reader)
+	peerAddr := tor.GetTorV3Hostname(pub)
+
+	bus.Publish(event.NewEventList(event.QueuePeerRequest, event.RemotePeer, peerAddr, event.LastSeen, time.Now().Format(time.RFC3339Nano)))
+
+	log.Infof("Fetching 1st event")
+	ev := testQueue.Next()
+	if ev.EventType != event.PeerRequest {
+		t.Errorf("1st event emitted was %v, expected %v", ev.EventType, event.PeerRequest)
+	}
+	log.Infof("1st event: %v", ev)
+
+	bus.Publish(event.NewEventList(event.PeerStateChange, event.RemotePeer, peerAddr, event.ConnectionState, connections.ConnectionStateName[connections.DISCONNECTED]))
+
+	log.Infof("fetching 2nd event")
+	ev = testQueue.Next()
+	log.Infof("2nd event: %v", ev)
+	if ev.EventType != event.PeerRequest {
+		t.Errorf("2nd event emitted was %v, expected %v", ev.EventType, event.PeerRequest)
+	}
+
+	bus.Publish(event.NewEventList(event.PeerStateChange, event.RemotePeer, peerAddr, event.ConnectionState, connections.ConnectionStateName[connections.CONNECTED]))
+	time.Sleep(100 * time.Millisecond)
+	bus.Publish(event.NewEventList(event.PeerStateChange, event.RemotePeer, peerAddr, event.ConnectionState, connections.ConnectionStateName[connections.DISCONNECTED]))
+
+	log.Infof("fetching 3rd event")
+	ev = testQueue.Next()
+	log.Infof("3nd event: %v", ev)
+	if ev.EventType != event.PeerRequest {
+		t.Errorf("3nd event emitted was %v, expected %v", ev.EventType, event.PeerRequest)
+	}
+
+	cr.Shutdown()
+}
+*/