diff --git a/options.go b/options.go
index 5577ee7..f79fa98 100644
--- a/options.go
+++ b/options.go
@@ -124,6 +124,8 @@ func BackOffDelay(n uint, _ error, config *Config) time.Duration {
 		config.maxBackOffN = max - uint(math.Floor(math.Log2(float64(config.delay))))
 	}
 
+	n--
+
 	if n > config.maxBackOffN {
 		n = config.maxBackOffN
 	}
diff --git a/retry_test.go b/retry_test.go
index 1ee3739..2a1ec11 100644
--- a/retry_test.go
+++ b/retry_test.go
@@ -294,7 +294,7 @@ func TestBackOffDelay(t *testing.T) {
 			delay:         -1,
 			expectedMaxN:  62,
 			n:             2,
-			expectedDelay: 4,
+			expectedDelay: 2,
 		},
 		{
 			label:         "zero-delay",
@@ -310,6 +310,13 @@ func TestBackOffDelay(t *testing.T) {
 			n:             62,
 			expectedDelay: time.Second << 33,
 		},
+		{
+			label:         "one-second-n",
+			delay:         time.Second,
+			expectedMaxN:  33,
+			n:             1,
+			expectedDelay: time.Second,
+		},
 	} {
 		t.Run(
 			c.label,
@@ -489,7 +496,7 @@ func TestContext(t *testing.T) {
 	})
 
 	t.Run("timed out on retry infinte attempts - wraps context error with last retried function error", func(t *testing.T) {
-		ctx, cancel := context.WithTimeout(context.Background(), time.Millisecond*500)
+		ctx, cancel := context.WithTimeout(context.Background(), time.Millisecond*200)
 		defer cancel()
 
 		retrySum := 0