diff --git a/quantumlayer/quantumlayer-emulator.go b/quantumlayer/quantumlayer-emulator.go
index 1c6a1fd03c6523d78175e54af63ea9d2a6f59421..e4766318989ae9413b3a1aa59682c765f75b8167 100644
--- a/quantumlayer/quantumlayer-emulator.go
+++ b/quantumlayer/quantumlayer-emulator.go
@@ -43,8 +43,9 @@ func (ql *QuantumlayerEmulator) Start() {
 			err = ql.sendDatatoKMS(data, length, iteration)
 			if err != nil {
 				logrus.Error("Error sending data to KMS, will retry: ", err)
+				time.Sleep(1 * time.Second)
+				continue
 			}
-			time.Sleep(1 * time.Second)
 			break
 		}
 		logrus.Infof("Iteration %d: Sent %d bytes to KMS", iteration, length)