diff --git a/nagios/plugins/check_exporter_health_metric.py b/nagios/plugins/check_exporter_health_metric.py
index df23161..92bebf0 100755
--- a/nagios/plugins/check_exporter_health_metric.py
+++ b/nagios/plugins/check_exporter_health_metric.py
@@ -113,6 +113,7 @@ def query_exporter_metric(exporter_namespace, label_selector, metric_name):
             for metric in line_item_metrics:
                 metric_with_labels, value = metric.split(" ")
                 metrics[metric_with_labels] = float(value)
+            break
         except Exception as e:
             if retry < max_retry:
                 print('Request timeout, Retrying - {}'.format(retry))
diff --git a/nagios/plugins/query_prometheus_alerts.py b/nagios/plugins/query_prometheus_alerts.py
index 542f83a..73fbe57 100755
--- a/nagios/plugins/query_prometheus_alerts.py
+++ b/nagios/plugins/query_prometheus_alerts.py
@@ -154,6 +154,7 @@ def query_prometheus(prometheus_api, alertname, labels_csv, timeout):
             response = requests.get(include_schema(
                 prometheus_api) + "/api/v1/query", **kwargs)
             response_json = response.json()
+            break
         except requests.exceptions.Timeout:
             if retry < max_retry:
                 print('Request timeout, Retrying - {}'.format(retry))
@@ -214,6 +215,7 @@ def check_prom_metrics_available(prometheus_api, metrics, labels_csv, timeout):
                     metrics_available = False
                 else:
                     metrics_available = True
+            break
         except requests.exceptions.Timeout:
             if retry < max_retry:
                 retry += 1