diff --git a/NumLib/TimeStepping/Algorithms/EvolutionaryPIDcontroller.cpp b/NumLib/TimeStepping/Algorithms/EvolutionaryPIDcontroller.cpp
index 63ef785620750e543ce7246e945ac57edd38091f..71b17e2304683c26c90a4d62182d36465a622ab1 100644
--- a/NumLib/TimeStepping/Algorithms/EvolutionaryPIDcontroller.cpp
+++ b/NumLib/TimeStepping/Algorithms/EvolutionaryPIDcontroller.cpp
@@ -38,11 +38,13 @@ bool EvolutionaryPIDcontroller::next(const double solution_error)
         _ts_current = _ts_prev;
         _ts_current += h_new;
 
-        WARN("\tThis step is rejected due to the relative change from the\n"
-             "\tsolution of the previous time step to the current solution\n"
-             "\t exceeds the given tolerance of %g.\n"
-             "\tThis time step will be repeated with a new time step size of"
-             " %g or the simulation will be halted." , _tol, h_new);
+        WARN("This step is rejected due to the relative change from the"
+             " solution of the previous\n"
+             "\t time step to the current solution exceeds the given tolerance"
+             " of %g.\n"
+             "\t This time step will be repeated with a new time step size of"
+             " %g\n"
+             "\t or the simulation will be halted." , _tol, h_new);
 
         return false;
     }
diff --git a/ProcessLib/UncoupledProcessesTimeLoop.cpp b/ProcessLib/UncoupledProcessesTimeLoop.cpp
index 6ef15d676032a07c6e4d364ad07afb640d065f42..33f96af26a79c38e56e8edaeda22c1a9f5d36db2 100644
--- a/ProcessLib/UncoupledProcessesTimeLoop.cpp
+++ b/ProcessLib/UncoupledProcessesTimeLoop.cpp
@@ -602,6 +602,15 @@ double UncoupledProcessesTimeLoop::computeTimeStepping(
         }
     }
 
+    if (all_process_steps_accepted)
+    {
+        _repeating_times_of_rejected_step = 0;
+    }
+    else
+    {
+        _repeating_times_of_rejected_step++;
+    }
+
     bool is_initial_step = false;
     // Reset the time step with the minimum step size, dt
     // Update the solution of the previous time step in time_disc.
@@ -626,7 +635,6 @@ double UncoupledProcessesTimeLoop::computeTimeStepping(
         if (all_process_steps_accepted)
         {
             time_disc->pushState(t, x, mat_strg);
-            _repeating_times_of_rejected_step = 0;
         }
         else
         {
@@ -635,7 +643,7 @@ double UncoupledProcessesTimeLoop::computeTimeStepping(
                 WARN(
                     "Time step %d was rejected %d times "
                     "and it will be repeated with a reduced step size.",
-                    accepted_steps + 1, _repeating_times_of_rejected_step++);
+                    accepted_steps + 1, _repeating_times_of_rejected_step);
                 time_disc->popState(x);
             }
         }
diff --git a/ProcessLib/UncoupledProcessesTimeLoop.h b/ProcessLib/UncoupledProcessesTimeLoop.h
index fe62579f90c291e370c095b19973a1b10d6ce969..e6a445ba2bcf5d078973cd06168bdf73bed0dd12 100644
--- a/ProcessLib/UncoupledProcessesTimeLoop.h
+++ b/ProcessLib/UncoupledProcessesTimeLoop.h
@@ -67,7 +67,7 @@ private:
     std::vector<std::unique_ptr<SingleProcessData>> _per_process_data;
 
     bool _last_step_rejected = false;
-    bool _repeating_times_of_rejected_step = 0;
+    int _repeating_times_of_rejected_step = 0;
     const double _start_time;
     const double _end_time;