diff --git a/OpenFlow/src/Messages/Message.ts b/OpenFlow/src/Messages/Message.ts
index a5e01b0e..4b25e404 100644
--- a/OpenFlow/src/Messages/Message.ts
+++ b/OpenFlow/src/Messages/Message.ts
@@ -4932,11 +4932,11 @@ export class Message {
                 } else if (["failed", "successful", "retry", "processing"].indexOf(msg.state) == -1) {
                     throw new Error("Illegal state " + msg.state + " on Workitem, must be failed, successful, processing or retry");
                 }
-                if (msg.errortype == "business" && msg.state == "retry" && msg.ignoremaxretries == false) msg.state = "failed";
+                if (msg.errortype == "business" && msg.state == "retry" && msg.ignoremaxretries != true) msg.state = "failed";
                 // if (msg.errortype == "business" && msg.ignoremaxretries == false) msg.state = "failed";
                 if (msg.state == "retry") {
                     if (NoderedUtil.IsNullEmpty(wi.retries)) wi.retries = 0;
-                    if (wi.retries < wiq.maxretries || msg.ignoremaxretries) {
+                    if ((wi.retries + 1) < wiq.maxretries || msg.ignoremaxretries) {
                         wi.retries += 1;
                         retry = true;
                         wi.state = "new";