diff --git a/http/client.go b/http/client.go
index 1dd2da51a..e343c65c9 100644
--- a/http/client.go
+++ b/http/client.go
@@ -66,7 +66,6 @@ type InternalClientOption func(c *InternalClient)
 // retry failed requests using exponential backoff.
 func WithClientRetryPeriod(waitMax time.Duration) InternalClientOption {
 	return func(c *InternalClient) {
-		fmt.Println("client w/ retry policy", waitMax)
 		rc := retryablehttp.NewClient()
 		rc.HTTPClient = c.httpClient
 		rc.RetryWaitMax = waitMax
diff --git a/internal/clustertests/cluster_test.go b/internal/clustertests/cluster_test.go
index af89abc2a..d3009dbda 100644
--- a/internal/clustertests/cluster_test.go
+++ b/internal/clustertests/cluster_test.go
@@ -153,7 +153,7 @@ func TestClusterStuff(t *testing.T) {
 			t.Fatalf("sending stop command: %v", err)
 		}
 		if backupCmd, err = startCmd(
-			"featurebase", "backup", "--host=pilosa1:10101", fmt.Sprintf("--output=%s", tmpdir+"/backuptest2"), "--retry-period=0.5s"); err != nil {
+			"featurebase", "backup", "--host=pilosa1:10101", fmt.Sprintf("--output=%s", tmpdir+"/backuptest2"), "--retry-period=50ms"); err != nil {
 			t.Fatalf("sending second backup command: %v", err)
 		}
 		time.Sleep(time.Millisecond * 5) // want the backup to get started, then fail