diff --git a/lib/gat/pool/pool.go b/lib/gat/pool/pool.go
index 98deba803b9d816cfc24c5d2c0f48963751c4e17..df9b7396ceccd68176cbe6581fb19df4a1cba45a 100644
--- a/lib/gat/pool/pool.go
+++ b/lib/gat/pool/pool.go
@@ -200,7 +200,7 @@ func (T *Pool) scaleUp() {
 			}
 			retrying = true
 		}
-		log.Println("backing off for", backoff)
+
 		time.Sleep(backoff)
 
 		backoff *= 2