diff --git a/handler.go b/handler.go
index 4f4515d..afd58a6 100644
--- a/handler.go
+++ b/handler.go
@@ -53,8 +53,9 @@ func handleGeminiRequest(conn net.Conn, sysConfig SysConfig, config UserConfig,
 	if sysConfig.RateLimitEnable {
 		noPort := logEntry.RemoteAddr.String()
 		noPort = noPort[0:strings.LastIndex(noPort, ":")]
-		if !rl.Allowed(noPort) {
-			conn.Write([]byte("44 10 second cool down, please!\r\n"))
+		drips, allowed := rl.Allowed(noPort)
+		if !allowed {
+			conn.Write([]byte("44 " + strconv.Itoa(drips) + " second cool down, please!\r\n"))
 			logEntry.Status = 44
 			return
 		}
diff --git a/ratelim.go b/ratelim.go
index ff399f3..9c97ec9 100644
--- a/ratelim.go
+++ b/ratelim.go
@@ -35,18 +35,16 @@ func newRateLimiter(rate int, burst int) RateLimiter {
 	return *rl
 }
 
-func  (rl *RateLimiter) Allowed(addr string) bool {
+func  (rl *RateLimiter) Allowed(addr string) (int, bool) {
 	rl.mu.Lock()
 	defer rl.mu.Unlock()
 	drips, present := rl.bucket[addr]
 	if !present {
 		rl.bucket[addr] = 1
-		return true
+		return 1, true
 	}
-	if drips == rl.burst {
-		return false
-	}
-	rl.bucket[addr] = drips + 1
-	return true
+	drips += 1
+	rl.bucket[addr] = drips
+	return drips, drips < rl.burst
 }