diff --git a/components/00-base.js b/components/00-base.js
index fbcc46b4..0690c12a 100644
--- a/components/00-base.js
+++ b/components/00-base.js
@@ -8,6 +8,11 @@ const HandlerManager = require('./classes/HandlerManager.js');
  * @property {number} lastTimeout
  */
 
+// Important backoffs will be logged to debug rather than debug-verbose
+const IMPORTANT_BACKOFFS = [
+	'logOn'
+];
+
 /**
  * I admit, this is a pretty unorthodox pattern, but this is the only way I've found to define a class across multiple
  * files while also making sure that IDE intellisense can figure out which methods belong to the final class.
@@ -19,23 +24,29 @@ class SteamUserBase extends EventEmitter {
 	_exponentialBackoffs = {};
 
 	/**
+	 * @param {boolean} [isConnecting=false]
 	 * @protected
 	 */
-	_resetAllExponentialBackoffs() {
+	_resetAllExponentialBackoffs(isConnecting) {
 		for (let i in this._exponentialBackoffs) {
-			this._resetExponentialBackoff(i);
+			// Don't clear logOn's backoff timer if we're currently connecting
+			this._resetExponentialBackoff(i, isConnecting && i == 'logOn');
 		}
 	}
 
 	/**
 	 * @param {string} backoffName
+	 * @param {boolean} [dontClearBackoffTime=false]
 	 * @protected
 	 */
-	_resetExponentialBackoff(backoffName) {
+	_resetExponentialBackoff(backoffName, dontClearBackoffTime) {
 		if (this._exponentialBackoffs[backoffName]) {
-			this.emit('debug-verbose', `[EBO] Resetting exponential backoff "${backoffName}"`);
+			this.emit('debug-verbose', `[EBO] ${dontClearBackoffTime ? 'Soft-resetting' : 'Resetting'} exponential backoff "${backoffName}"`);
 			clearTimeout(this._exponentialBackoffs[backoffName].timeout);
-			delete this._exponentialBackoffs[backoffName];
+
+			if (!dontClearBackoffTime) {
+				delete this._exponentialBackoffs[backoffName];
+			}
 		}
 	}
 
@@ -55,7 +66,8 @@ class SteamUserBase extends EventEmitter {
 			timeout = Math.max(timeout, minimumTimeout);
 			timeout = Math.min(timeout, maximumTimeout);
 
-			this.emit('debug-verbose', `[EBO] Queueing exponential backoff "${backoffName}" with timeout ${timeout}`);
+			let isImportant = IMPORTANT_BACKOFFS.includes(backoffName);
+			this.emit(isImportant ? 'debug' : 'debug-verbose', `[EBO] Queueing exponential backoff "${backoffName}" with timeout ${timeout}`);
 			this._exponentialBackoffs[backoffName] = {
 				lastTimeout: timeout,
 				timeout: setTimeout(resolve, timeout)
diff --git a/components/02-connection.js b/components/02-connection.js
index 223e43c5..76520fbd 100644
--- a/components/02-connection.js
+++ b/components/02-connection.js
@@ -58,7 +58,7 @@ class SteamUserConnection extends SteamUserEnums {
 		this._connecting = false;
 		this._loggingOff = false;
 
-		this._cancelReconnectTimers();
+		this._cancelReconnectTimers(true);
 		clearInterval(this._heartbeatInterval);
 
 		this._connectionClosed = true;
@@ -68,9 +68,8 @@ class SteamUserConnection extends SteamUserEnums {
 		this._clearChangelistUpdateTimer();
 	}
 
-	_cancelReconnectTimers() {
-		clearTimeout(this._logonTimeout);
-		clearTimeout(this._logonMsgTimeout);
+	_cancelReconnectTimers(dontClearBackoffTime) {
+		this._resetExponentialBackoff('logOn', dontClearBackoffTime);
 		clearTimeout(this._reconnectForCloseDuringAuthTimeout);
 	}
 
diff --git a/components/09-logon.js b/components/09-logon.js
index 666560f4..010914b2 100644
--- a/components/09-logon.js
+++ b/components/09-logon.js
@@ -57,8 +57,8 @@ class SteamUserLogon extends SteamUserMachineAuth {
 			}
 
 			this.steamID = null;
-			this._cancelReconnectTimers();
-			this._initProperties();
+			this._cancelReconnectTimers(true);
+			this._initProperties(true);
 
 			this._connecting = true;
 			this._loggingOff = false;
@@ -494,10 +494,7 @@ class SteamUserLogon extends SteamUserMachineAuth {
 	 * @private
 	 */
 	_enqueueLogonAttempt() {
-		let timer = this._logonTimeoutDuration || 1000;
-		this._logonTimeoutDuration = Math.min(timer * 2, 60000); // exponential backoff, max 1 minute
-		this.emit('debug', `Enqueueing login attempt in ${timer} ms`);
-		this._logonTimeout = setTimeout(() => {
+		this._exponentialBackoff('logOn', 1000, 60000).then(() => {
 			if (this.steamID || this._connecting) {
 				// Not sure why this happened, but we're already connected
 				let whyFail = this.steamID ? 'already connected' : 'already attempting to connect';
@@ -507,7 +504,7 @@ class SteamUserLogon extends SteamUserMachineAuth {
 
 			this.emit('debug', 'Firing queued login attempt');
 			this.logOn(true);
-		}, timer);
+		});
 	}
 
 	/**
@@ -676,9 +673,10 @@ class SteamUserLogon extends SteamUserMachineAuth {
 
 			// if we're manually relogging, or we got disconnected because steam went down, enqueue a reconnect
 			if (!wasLoggingOff || this._relogging) {
-				this._logonTimeout = setTimeout(() => {
+				this._resetExponentialBackoff('logOn');
+				this._exponentialBackoff('logOn', 1000, 1000).then(() => {
 					this.logOn(true);
-				}, 1000);
+				});
 			}
 
 			this._loggingOff = false;
@@ -724,7 +722,7 @@ class SteamUserLogon extends SteamUserMachineAuth {
 
 		switch (body.eresult) {
 			case EResult.OK:
-				delete this._logonTimeoutDuration; // success, so reset reconnect timer
+				this._resetExponentialBackoff('logOn'); // success, so reset reconnect timer
 
 				this._logOnDetails.last_session_id = this._sessionID;
 				this._logOnDetails.client_instance_id = body.client_instance_id;
@@ -820,7 +818,7 @@ class SteamUserLogon extends SteamUserMachineAuth {
 			case EResult.AccountLoginDeniedNeedTwoFactor:
 			case EResult.TwoFactorCodeMismatch:
 				// server is up, so reset logon timer
-				delete this._logonTimeoutDuration;
+				this._resetExponentialBackoff('logOn');
 
 				this._disconnect(true);
 
@@ -844,7 +842,7 @@ class SteamUserLogon extends SteamUserMachineAuth {
 
 			default:
 				// server is up, so reset logon timer
-				delete this._logonTimeoutDuration;
+				this._resetExponentialBackoff('logOn');
 
 				let error = new Error(EResult[body.eresult] || body.eresult);
 				error.eresult = body.eresult;
diff --git a/index.js b/index.js
index f4eca1f4..68e9d045 100644
--- a/index.js
+++ b/index.js
@@ -89,7 +89,7 @@ class SteamUser extends SteamUserTwoFactor {
 		this._initialized = true;
 	}
 
-	_initProperties() {
+	_initProperties(isConnecting) {
 		// Account info
 		this.limitations = null;
 		this.vac = null;
@@ -133,7 +133,7 @@ class SteamUser extends SteamUserTwoFactor {
 		this._ttlCache = new StdLib.DataStructures.TTLCache(1000 * 60 * 5); // default 5 minutes
 		this._getCmListAttempts = 0;
 
-		this._resetAllExponentialBackoffs();
+		this._resetAllExponentialBackoffs(isConnecting);
 
 		delete this._machineAuthToken;
 		delete this._shouldAttemptRefreshTokenRenewal;