diff --git a/lib/core/common.py b/lib/core/common.py
index 5e2732947..938e8ee0c 100644
--- a/lib/core/common.py
+++ b/lib/core/common.py
@@ -2036,11 +2036,11 @@ def adjustTimeDelay(lastQueryDuration, lowerStdLimit):
         kb.delayCandidates = [candidate] + kb.delayCandidates[:-1]
 
         if all([x == candidate for x in kb.delayCandidates]) and candidate < conf.timeSec:
-            infoMsg = "due to good response times you can "
-            infoMsg += "try to adjust the time-delay to "
-            infoMsg += "a more appropriate value (e.g. --time-sec=%d)" % candidate
-            singleTimeLogMessage(infoMsg)
-            kb.adjustTimeDelay = False
+            conf.timeSec = candidate
+
+            infoMsg = "adjusting time delay to "
+            infoMsg += "%d second%s due to good response times" % (conf.timeSec, 's' if conf.timeSec > 1 else '')
+            logger.info(infoMsg)
 
 def getLastRequestHTTPError():
     """
diff --git a/lib/techniques/blind/inference.py b/lib/techniques/blind/inference.py
index 727f27bfd..d296b4a4a 100644
--- a/lib/techniques/blind/inference.py
+++ b/lib/techniques/blind/inference.py
@@ -274,15 +274,16 @@ def bisection(payload, expression, length=None, charsetType=None, firstChar=None
                                         errMsg = "invalid character detected. retrying.."
                                         logger.error(errMsg)
 
+                                        conf.timeSec += 1
+
                                         warnMsg = "increasing time delay to %d second%s " % (conf.timeSec, 's' if conf.timeSec > 1 else '')
                                         logger.warn(warnMsg)
 
-                                        conf.timeSec += 1
-
                                         if kb.adjustTimeDelay:
                                             dbgMsg = "turning off auto-adjustment mechanism"
                                             logger.debug(dbgMsg)
                                             kb.adjustTimeDelay = False
+
                                         return getChar(idx, originalTbl, continuousOrder, expand, shiftTable)
                                     else:
                                         errMsg = "unable to properly validate last character value ('%s').." % decodeIntToUnicode(retVal)