diff --git a/open-vulnerability-clients/src/main/java/io/github/jeremylong/openvulnerability/client/nvd/NvdApiRetryStrategy.java b/open-vulnerability-clients/src/main/java/io/github/jeremylong/openvulnerability/client/nvd/NvdApiRetryStrategy.java
index 5322b3c2..e97751e3 100644
--- a/open-vulnerability-clients/src/main/java/io/github/jeremylong/openvulnerability/client/nvd/NvdApiRetryStrategy.java
+++ b/open-vulnerability-clients/src/main/java/io/github/jeremylong/openvulnerability/client/nvd/NvdApiRetryStrategy.java
@@ -62,9 +62,9 @@ public NvdApiRetryStrategy(int maxRetries, long delay) {
 
     @Override
     public boolean retryRequest(HttpRequest request, IOException exception, int execCount, HttpContext context) {
-        if (execCount>=(maxRetries/2)) {
+        if (execCount >= (maxRetries / 2)) {
             LOG.warn("NVD API request failures are occurring; retrying request for the {} time", execCount);
-        } else {
+        } else if (execCount > 1) {
             LOG.debug("Retrying request {} : {} time", request.getRequestUri(), execCount);
         }
         return super.retryRequest(request, exception, execCount, context);
@@ -72,9 +72,9 @@ public boolean retryRequest(HttpRequest request, IOException exception, int exec
 
     @Override
     public boolean retryRequest(HttpResponse response, int execCount, HttpContext context) {
-        if (execCount>=(maxRetries/2)) {
+        if (execCount >= (maxRetries / 2)) {
             LOG.warn("NVD API request failures are occurring; retrying request for the {} time", execCount);
-        } else {
+        } else if (execCount > 1) {
             LOG.debug("Retrying request {} time", execCount);
         }
         return super.retryRequest(response, execCount, context);
@@ -88,7 +88,7 @@ public TimeValue getRetryInterval(final HttpResponse response, final int execCou
         } else {
             value = TimeValue.of(delay * execCount / 2, TimeUnit.MILLISECONDS);
         }
-        //check retry after header
+        // check retry after header
         final Header header = response.getFirstHeader(HttpHeaders.RETRY_AFTER);
         if (header != null) {
             TimeValue retryAfter = null;