diff --git a/packages/backend/src/mag/rpc-client.ts b/packages/backend/src/mag/rpc-client.ts
index 6e6ab0c762..ec999dc0c2 100644
--- a/packages/backend/src/mag/rpc-client.ts
+++ b/packages/backend/src/mag/rpc-client.ts
@@ -13,11 +13,21 @@ let serial: bigint = BigInt(0);
 const logger = new Logger("RpcLog");
 
 async function getRpcClient(): Promise<Socket> {
-    if (client != null) {
-        return client;
-    }
-
     return new Promise((resolve) => {
+        if (client?.connecting) {
+            client!.once("connect", () => {
+                resolve(client!);
+            });
+            return;
+        }
+
+        if (client != null) {
+            resolve(client);
+            return;
+        }
+
+        client = new Socket();
+
         const [host, portStr] = config.rpcHost.trim().split(/:(?=[0-9]+$)/, 2);
         const port = parseInt(portStr);
 
@@ -30,7 +40,6 @@ async function getRpcClient(): Promise<Socket> {
 
             client.on("connect", () => {
                 exponentialBackoff = 0;
-                resolve(client!);
             })
 
             client.on("error", e => {
@@ -49,7 +58,6 @@ async function getRpcClient(): Promise<Socket> {
             });
 
             client.on("data", (recv) => {
-                logger.info(`data: ${recv}`);
                 buf.writeBuffer(recv);
 
                 if (buf.length < 1 + 4 + 8) {
@@ -90,8 +98,8 @@ async function getRpcClient(): Promise<Socket> {
             setTimeout(() => createClient(client!), 1000 * (1 + Math.pow(1.5, exponentialBackoff)));
         };
 
-        client = new Socket();
-        createClient(client);
+        createClient(client!);
+        resolve(client!);
     });
 }
 
diff --git a/packages/backend/src/queue/processors/deliver.ts b/packages/backend/src/queue/processors/deliver.ts
index 5f71075aab..4021903045 100644
--- a/packages/backend/src/queue/processors/deliver.ts
+++ b/packages/backend/src/queue/processors/deliver.ts
@@ -75,7 +75,7 @@ export default async (job: Bull.Job<DeliverJobData>) => {
 			}
 
 			// 5xx etc.
-			throw new Error(`${err.retry_class} ${err.kind}: ${err.message}`);
+			throw new Error(`${err.retry_class}: ${err.message}`);
 		} else {
 			throw res;
 		}