diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 3bd27c6..7b568a2 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@ The format is based on [Keep a Changelog](https://keepachangelog.com/en/1.0.0/).
 
 - Put activities generated by CLI commands in a queue instead of immediately sending them.
 - Changed path of user's Atom feed to `/feeds/users/{username}`.
+- Increase number of delivery attempts and increase intervals between them.
 
 ### Deprecated
 
diff --git a/src/activitypub/queues.rs b/src/activitypub/queues.rs
index 46574a7..b52637d 100644
--- a/src/activitypub/queues.rs
+++ b/src/activitypub/queues.rs
@@ -135,12 +135,12 @@ impl OutgoingActivityJobData {
 }
 
 const OUTGOING_QUEUE_BATCH_SIZE: u32 = 1;
-const OUTGOING_QUEUE_RETRIES_MAX: u32 = 2;
+const OUTGOING_QUEUE_RETRIES_MAX: u32 = 3;
 
-// 30 secs, 5 mins, 50 mins, 8 hours
+// 5 mins, 50 mins, 8 hours
 pub fn outgoing_queue_backoff(failure_count: u32) -> u32 {
     debug_assert!(failure_count > 0);
-    3 * 10_u32.pow(failure_count)
+    30 * 10_u32.pow(failure_count)
 }
 
 pub async fn process_queued_outgoing_activities(
@@ -211,7 +211,7 @@ mod tests {
 
     #[test]
     fn test_outgoing_queue_backoff() {
-        assert_eq!(outgoing_queue_backoff(1), 30);
-        assert_eq!(outgoing_queue_backoff(2), 300);
+        assert_eq!(outgoing_queue_backoff(1), 300);
+        assert_eq!(outgoing_queue_backoff(2), 3000);
     }
 }