diff --git a/client/backoff.go b/client/backoff.go
index 57407a06..70070da2 100644
--- a/client/backoff.go
+++ b/client/backoff.go
@@ -8,10 +8,7 @@ import (
 
 type BackoffFunc func(ctx context.Context, req Request, attempts int) (time.Duration, error)
 
-// exponential backoff
+// exponential backoff is a function x^e multiplied by a factor of 0.1 second.
 func exponentialBackoff(ctx context.Context, req Request, attempts int) (time.Duration, error) {
-	if attempts == 0 {
-		return time.Duration(0), nil
-	}
-	return time.Duration(math.Pow(10, float64(attempts))) * time.Millisecond, nil
+	return time.Duration(math.Pow(float64(attempts), math.E)) * time.Millisecond * 100, nil
 }
diff --git a/client/backoff_test.go b/client/backoff_test.go
index 60ae19aa..7e1e1990 100644
--- a/client/backoff_test.go
+++ b/client/backoff_test.go
@@ -2,13 +2,19 @@ package client
 
 import (
 	"context"
-	"math"
 	"testing"
 	"time"
 )
 
 func TestBackoff(t *testing.T) {
-	delta := time.Duration(0)
+	results := []time.Duration{
+		0 * time.Second,
+		100 * time.Millisecond,
+		600 * time.Millisecond,
+		1900 * time.Millisecond,
+		4300 * time.Millisecond,
+		7900 * time.Millisecond,
+	}
 
 	c := NewClient()
 
@@ -18,10 +24,8 @@ func TestBackoff(t *testing.T) {
 			t.Fatal(err)
 		}
 
-		if d < delta {
-			t.Fatalf("Expected greater than %v, got %v", delta, d)
+		if d != results[i] {
+			t.Fatalf("Expected equal than %v, got %v", results[i], d)
 		}
-
-		delta = time.Millisecond * time.Duration(math.Pow(10, float64(i+1)))
 	}
 }
diff --git a/runtime/kubernetes/kubernetes.go b/runtime/kubernetes/kubernetes.go
index 3545967b..f24843b0 100644
--- a/runtime/kubernetes/kubernetes.go
+++ b/runtime/kubernetes/kubernetes.go
@@ -271,12 +271,6 @@ func (k *kubernetes) Create(s *runtime.Service, opts ...runtime.CreateOption) er
 		options.Type = k.options.Type
 	}
 
-	// quickly prevalidate the name and version
-	name := s.Name
-	if len(s.Version) > 0 {
-		name = name + "-" + s.Version
-	}
-
 	// create new kubernetes micro service
 	service := newService(s, options)