diff --git a/retry b/retry
index 321a394..402c517 100755
--- a/retry
+++ b/retry
@@ -44,13 +44,14 @@ retry()
     P="$1"
     for param in "${@:2}"; do P="$P '$param'"; done
     #TODO: replace single quotes in each arg with '"'"' ?
+    export RETRY_ATTEMPT=$attempts
     bash -c "$P"
     return_code=$?
     #__log_out "Process returned $return_code on attempt $attempts"
     if [ $return_code -eq 127 ]; then
       # command not found
       exit $return_code
-    else
+    elif [ $return_code -ne 0 ]; then
       attempts=$[$attempts +1]
     fi
   done