diff --git a/TODO.md b/TODO.md
index 7c24028..ac09aa6 100644
--- a/TODO.md
+++ b/TODO.md
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@
   - [x] remove including from disk
 - [ ] DHT
   - [ ] for torrents with a few seeds might be cool to re-query DHT once in a while.
+  - [ ] Buckets that have not been changed in 15 minutes should be "refreshed." (per RFC)
   - [x] it's sending many requests now way too fast, locks up Mac OS UI annoyingly
   - [ ] After the search is exhausted, the client then inserts the peer contact information for itself onto the responding nodes with IDs closest to the infohash of the torrent.
   - [ ] Bad actors:
diff --git a/crates/dht/src/dht.rs b/crates/dht/src/dht.rs
index bfa5018..f6d8143 100644
--- a/crates/dht/src/dht.rs
+++ b/crates/dht/src/dht.rs
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ use std::{
         Arc,
     },
     task::Poll,
-    time::Duration,
+    time::{Duration, Instant},
 };
 
 use crate::{
@@ -40,7 +40,7 @@ pub struct DhtStats {
     pub id: Id20,
     pub outstanding_requests: usize,
     pub seen_peers: usize,
-    pub outstanding_backoff_tasks: usize,
+    pub recent_requests: usize,
     pub routing_table_size: usize,
 }
 
@@ -63,7 +63,7 @@ pub struct DhtState {
     inflight_by_transaction_id: DashMap<(u16, SocketAddr), OutstandingRequest>,
 
     // Current requests to addr being re-sent with backoff.
-    inflight_by_request: DashSet<(Request, SocketAddr)>,
+    recent_requests: DashMap<(Request, SocketAddr), Instant>,
 
     routing_table: RwLock<RoutingTable>,
     listen_addr: SocketAddr,
@@ -92,7 +92,7 @@ impl DhtState {
             listen_addr,
             seen_peers: Default::default(),
             get_peers_subscribers: Default::default(),
-            inflight_by_request: Default::default(),
+            recent_requests: Default::default(),
         }
     }
 
@@ -355,7 +355,7 @@ impl DhtState {
             id: self.id,
             outstanding_requests: self.inflight_by_transaction_id.len(),
             seen_peers: self.seen_peers.iter().map(|e| e.value().len()).sum(),
-            outstanding_backoff_tasks: self.inflight_by_request.len(),
+            recent_requests: self.recent_requests.len(),
             routing_table_size: self.routing_table.read().len(),
         }
     }
@@ -421,59 +421,45 @@ impl DhtState {
         addr: SocketAddr,
     ) -> anyhow::Result<()> {
         let key = (request, addr);
-        if !self.inflight_by_request.insert(key) {
-            return Ok(());
+
+        use dashmap::mapref::entry::Entry;
+        match self.recent_requests.entry(key) {
+            Entry::Occupied(mut o) => {
+                if o.get().elapsed() < REQUERY_INTERVAL {
+                    return Ok(());
+                }
+                o.insert(Instant::now());
+            }
+            Entry::Vacant(v) => {
+                v.insert(Instant::now());
+            }
         }
 
         let this = self.clone();
 
         let fut = async move {
-            let mut backoff = ExponentialBackoffBuilder::new()
-                .with_initial_interval(Duration::from_secs(60))
-                .with_multiplier(1.5)
-                .with_max_interval(Duration::from_secs(10 * 60))
-                .with_max_elapsed_time(Some(Duration::from_secs(15 * 60)))
-                .build();
+            this.routing_table
+                .write()
+                .mark_outgoing_request(&target_node);
 
-            loop {
-                this.routing_table
-                    .write()
-                    .mark_outgoing_request(&target_node);
-
-                let resp = this.request(request, addr).await;
-                let sleep = match resp {
-                    Ok(ResponseOrError::Response(response)) => {
-                        match this.on_response(addr, request, response) {
-                            Ok(()) => {
-                                backoff.reset();
-                                Some(REQUERY_INTERVAL)
-                            }
-                            Err(e) => {
-                                warn!("error in on_response: {:?}", e);
-                                backoff.next_backoff()
-                            }
+            let resp = this.request(request, addr).await;
+            match resp {
+                Ok(ResponseOrError::Response(response)) => {
+                    match this.on_response(addr, request, response) {
+                        Ok(()) => {}
+                        Err(e) => {
+                            warn!("error in on_response: {:?}", e);
                         }
                     }
-                    Ok(ResponseOrError::Error(e)) => {
-                        debug!("error response: {:?}", e);
-                        backoff.next_backoff()
-                    }
-                    Err(e) => {
-                        debug!("error: {:?}", e);
-                        backoff.next_backoff()
-                    }
-                };
-                if let Some(sleep) = sleep {
-                    tokio::time::sleep(sleep).await;
-                    continue;
                 }
-
-                tokio::task::spawn(async move {
-                    this.inflight_by_request.remove(&key);
-                });
-
-                return Ok(());
-            }
+                Ok(ResponseOrError::Error(e)) => {
+                    debug!("error response: {:?}", e);
+                }
+                Err(e) => {
+                    debug!("error: {:?}", e);
+                }
+            };
+            Ok(())
         };
 
         spawn(