diff --git a/HISTORY.rst b/HISTORY.rst
index 5cabb08..499ec99 100644
--- a/HISTORY.rst
+++ b/HISTORY.rst
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ Release History
 1.0.3 (unreleased)
 ------------------
 
-- Nothing changed yet.
+- Increase the wait time in between failed API request retries.
 
 
 1.0.2 (2019-11-07)
diff --git a/src/mega/mega.py b/src/mega/mega.py
index f509f59..44a79c6 100644
--- a/src/mega/mega.py
+++ b/src/mega/mega.py
@@ -141,7 +141,7 @@ class Mega:
 
     @retry(
         retry=retry_if_exception_type(RuntimeError),
-        wait=wait_exponential(multiplier=1, min=1, max=20)
+        wait=wait_exponential(multiplier=2, min=2, max=30)
     )
     def _api_request(self, data):
         params = {'id': self.sequence_num}