diff --git a/src/main/java/eu/openaire/urls_controller/services/StatsServiceImpl.java b/src/main/java/eu/openaire/urls_controller/services/StatsServiceImpl.java
index 2d497c4..ef0da24 100644
--- a/src/main/java/eu/openaire/urls_controller/services/StatsServiceImpl.java
+++ b/src/main/java/eu/openaire/urls_controller/services/StatsServiceImpl.java
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ public class StatsServiceImpl implements StatsService {
     public ResponseEntity<?> getNumberOfPayloads(String getNumberQuery, String message, int retryCount)
     {
         if ( retryCount > 10 ) {
-            String errorMsg = "Could not find the requested payload-type table in an non-merging state, after " + retryCount + " retries!";
+            String errorMsg = "Could not find the requested payload-type table in an non-merging state, after " + (retryCount -1) + " retries!";
             logger.error(errorMsg);
             return ResponseEntity.status(HttpStatus.INTERNAL_SERVER_ERROR).body(errorMsg);
         }
@@ -59,7 +59,7 @@ public class StatsServiceImpl implements StatsService {
     public ResponseEntity<?> getNumberOfRecordsInspectedByServiceThroughCrawling(int retryCount)
     {
         if ( retryCount > 10 ) {
-            String errorMsg = "Could not find the requested attempt table in an non-merging state, after " + retryCount + " retries!";
+            String errorMsg = "Could not find the requested attempt table in an non-merging state, after " + (retryCount -1) + " retries!";
             logger.error(errorMsg);
             return ResponseEntity.status(HttpStatus.INTERNAL_SERVER_ERROR).body(errorMsg);
         }