diff --git a/requirements-dev.txt b/requirements-dev.txt
index 7d0559d..a7aaa14 100644
--- a/requirements-dev.txt
+++ b/requirements-dev.txt
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 # etc.) but not necessarily required for _using_ it. Some dev tooling requires
 # newer Python versions than the package itself (>=3.8)
 wheel
-check-wheel-contents ~=0.5.0
+check-wheel-contents ~=0.6.0
 flake8 ~=6.1.0
 twine
 -r requirements-test.txt
diff --git a/wayback/_client.py b/wayback/_client.py
index 3383f53..d2e4a97 100644
--- a/wayback/_client.py
+++ b/wayback/_client.py
@@ -347,7 +347,7 @@ class WaybackSession(_utils.DisableAfterCloseSession, requests.Session):
     user_agent : str, optional
         A custom user-agent string to use in all requests. Defaults to:
         `wayback/{version} (+https://github.com/edgi-govdata-archiving/wayback)`
-    search_calls_per_second : int or float, default: 1.5
+    search_calls_per_second : int or float, default: 1
         The maximum number of calls made to the search API per second.
         To disable the rate limit, set this to 0.
     memento_calls_per_second : int or float, default: 30
@@ -366,7 +366,7 @@ class WaybackSession(_utils.DisableAfterCloseSession, requests.Session):
     handleable_errors = (ConnectionError,) + retryable_errors
 
     def __init__(self, retries=6, backoff=2, timeout=60, user_agent=None,
-                 search_calls_per_second=1.5, memento_calls_per_second=30):
+                 search_calls_per_second=1, memento_calls_per_second=30):
         super().__init__()
         self.retries = retries
         self.backoff = backoff
@@ -400,11 +400,16 @@ def send(self, *args, **kwargs):
         retries = 0
         while True:
             try:
+                logger.debug('sending HTTP request %s "%s", %s', args[0].method, args[0].url, kwargs)
                 result = super().send(*args, **kwargs)
                 if retries >= maximum or not self.should_retry(result):
                     if result.status_code == 429:
                         raise RateLimitError(result)
                     return result
+                else:
+                    # TODO: parse and use Retry-After header if present.
+                    # TODO: add additional delay for 429 responses.
+                    logger.debug('Received error response (status: %s), will retry', result.status_code)
             except WaybackSession.handleable_errors as error:
                 response = getattr(error, 'response', None)
                 if response:
@@ -412,13 +417,16 @@ def send(self, *args, **kwargs):
 
                 if retries >= maximum:
                     raise WaybackRetryError(retries, total_time, error) from error
-                elif not self.should_retry_error(error):
+                elif self.should_retry_error(error):
+                    logger.warn('Caught exception during request, will retry: %s', error)
+                else:
                     raise
 
             # The first retry has no delay.
             if retries > 0:
                 seconds = self.backoff * 2 ** (retries - 1)
                 total_time += seconds
+                logger.debug('Will retry after sleeping for %s seconds...', seconds)
                 time.sleep(seconds)
 
             retries += 1
diff --git a/wayback/_utils.py b/wayback/_utils.py
index 00b1a4f..1df4be2 100644
--- a/wayback/_utils.py
+++ b/wayback/_utils.py
@@ -204,7 +204,7 @@ def set_memento_url_mode(url, mode):
 
 
 @contextmanager
-def rate_limited(calls_per_second=2, group='default'):
+def rate_limited(calls_per_second=1, group='default'):
     """
     A context manager that restricts entries to its body to occur only N times
     per second (N can be a float). The current thread will be put to sleep in
@@ -226,7 +226,9 @@ def rate_limited(calls_per_second=2, group='default'):
             minimum_wait = 1.0 / calls_per_second
             current_time = time.time()
             if current_time - last_call < minimum_wait:
-                time.sleep(minimum_wait - (current_time - last_call))
+                seconds = minimum_wait - (current_time - last_call)
+                logger.debug('Hit %s rate limit, sleeping for %s seconds', group, seconds)
+                time.sleep(seconds)
             _last_call_by_group[group] = time.time()
         yield
 

diff --git a/wayback/tests/test_client.py b/wayback/tests/test_client.py
index cc5548b..cd8e676 100644
--- a/wayback/tests/test_client.py
+++ b/wayback/tests/test_client.py
@@ -792,7 +792,7 @@ def test_search_rate_limits(self):
                 next(client.search('zew.de'))
         duration_with_limits_custom = time.time() - start_time
 
-        assert 1.3 <= duration_with_limits <= 1.4
+        assert 1.9 <= duration_with_limits <= 2.1
         assert 0.0 <= duration_without_limits <= 0.05
         assert 0.0 <= duration_with_limits_custom <= 1.05
 

More logging
I think it would be useful to see more debug logging when requests are being made and when sleeping happens as the result of errors. When I was trying to diagnose #137 I had to sprinkle some `logger.warn` statements in.
wayback/tests/test_client.py::TestWaybackSession::test_search_rate_limits
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