diff --git a/queue/direct.go b/queue/direct.go
index 082d1bf..bcb2d44 100644
--- a/queue/direct.go
+++ b/queue/direct.go
@@ -426,7 +426,6 @@ func deliverHost(log mlog.Log, resolver dns.Resolver, dialer smtpclient.Dialer,
 
 		log.Debugx("queue deliverhost result", result.err,
 			slog.Any("host", host),
-			slog.Int("attempt", m0.Attempts),
 			slog.String("result", r),
 			slog.Int("delivered", len(result.delivered)),
 			slog.Int("failed", len(result.failed)),
diff --git a/queue/queue.go b/queue/queue.go
index 4289691..5cf22a7 100644
--- a/queue/queue.go
+++ b/queue/queue.go
@@ -1338,7 +1338,7 @@ func deliver(log mlog.Log, resolver dns.Resolver, m0 Msg) {
 
 	qlog := log.WithCid(mox.Cid()).With(
 		slog.Any("from", m0.Sender()),
-		slog.Int("attempts", m0.Attempts))
+		slog.Int("attempts", m0.Attempts+1))
 
 	defer func() {
 		deliveryResults <- formatIPDomain(m0.RecipientDomain)
diff --git a/queue/submit.go b/queue/submit.go
index f6bdbbe..f258968 100644
--- a/queue/submit.go
+++ b/queue/submit.go
@@ -68,7 +68,6 @@ func deliverSubmit(qlog mlog.Log, resolver dns.Resolver, dialer smtpclient.Diale
 		qlog.Debugx("queue deliversubmit result", submiterr,
 			slog.Any("host", transport.DNSHost),
 			slog.Int("port", port),
-			slog.Int("attempt", m0.Attempts),
 			slog.String("result", r),
 			slog.Int("delivered", delivered),
 			slog.Int("failed", failed),