diff --git a/ape_alchemy/provider.py b/ape_alchemy/provider.py
index 40f1d6b..4b49c55 100644
--- a/ape_alchemy/provider.py
+++ b/ape_alchemy/provider.py
@@ -139,8 +139,16 @@ def get_virtual_machine_error(self, exception: Exception) -> VirtualMachineError
 
         return VirtualMachineError(message=message)
 
-    def _make_request(self, endpoint: str, parameters: list,min_retry_delay:int = 1000, retry_backoff_factor:int = 2,
-        max_retry_delay:int = 30000, max_retries:int = 3, retry_jitter:int = 250) -> Any:
+    def _make_request(
+        self,
+        endpoint: str,
+        parameters: list,
+        min_retry_delay: int=1_000, # 1 second
+        retry_backoff_factor: int=2, # exponential backoff
+        max_retry_delay: int=30_000, # 30 seconds
+        max_retries: int=3,
+        retry_jitter: int=250,
+    ) -> Any:
         
         for i in range(0,max_retries):
             try:
@@ -157,8 +165,12 @@ def _make_request(self, endpoint: str, parameters: list,min_retry_delay:int = 10
                     else error_data
                 )
                 if "exceeded its compute units" in message:
-                    retry_interval = min(max_retry_delay, min_retry_delay * retry_backoff_factor ** i)
-                    logger.info(f"Alchemy compute units exceeded, retrying #{i} in {retry_interval} ms")
+                    retry_interval = min(
+                        max_retry_delay,
+                        min_retry_delay * retry_backoff_factor ** i
+                    )
+                    logger.info(f"Alchemy compute units exceeded, retrying,"
+                        + f" attempt #{i+1}/{max_retries} in {retry_interval} ms")
                     delay = retry_interval + random.randint(0, retry_jitter)
                     time.sleep(delay / 1000)
                     continue