diff --git a/udp/congestion/newreno.go b/udp/congestion/newreno.go
index 7234c7a..c1e3448 100644
--- a/udp/congestion/newreno.go
+++ b/udp/congestion/newreno.go
@@ -80,9 +80,12 @@ func NewNewReno() *NewReno {
 }
 
 func (c *NewReno) ReceivedPacket(seq, nack, ack uint32) {
+	// decide what acks and nacks to send
 	if seq != 0 {
 		c.receivedSequence(seq)
 	}
+
+	// decide how window size was affected
 	if nack != 0 {
 		c.receivedNack(nack)
 	}
@@ -147,16 +150,21 @@ func (c *NewReno) receivedSequence(seq uint32) {
 	c.ackNackMu.Lock()
 	defer c.ackNackMu.Unlock()
 
-	if seq != c.ack+1 && seq != c.nack+1 {
-		if seq > c.ack && seq > c.nack {
-			c.awaitingAck = append(c.awaitingAck, flightInfo{
-				time:     time.Now(),
-				sequence: seq,
-			})
-		} // else discard as it's already been cumulatively ACKed/NACKed
-		return // if this seq doesn't change the ack field, awaitingAck will be unchanged
+	if seq < c.nack || seq < c.ack {
+		// packet received out of order has already been cumulatively NACKed
+		// or duplicate packet received and already ACKed
+		return
 	}
 
+	if seq != c.ack+1 && seq != c.nack+1 {
+		c.awaitingAck = append(c.awaitingAck, flightInfo{
+			time:     time.Now(),
+			sequence: seq,
+		})
+		return // if this seq doesn't change the ack field, awaitingAck will still not do anything useful
+	}
+
+	sort.Sort(c.awaitingAck)
 	c.updateAck(seq)
 }
 
@@ -169,14 +177,15 @@ func (c *NewReno) checkNack() {
 	}
 
 	sort.Sort(c.awaitingAck)
+
 	rtt := time.Duration(c.rttNanos * RttLossDelay)
-
-	if !c.awaitingAck[0].time.Before(time.Now().Add(-rtt)) {
-		return
+	if c.awaitingAck[0].time.Before(time.Now().Add(-rtt)) {
+		// if the next packet sequence to ack was received more than an rttlossdelay ago
+		// mark the packet(s) blocking it as missing with a nack
+		// then update ack from the delayed packet
+		c.nack = c.awaitingAck[0].sequence - 1
+		c.updateAck(c.nack)
 	}
-
-	c.nack = c.awaitingAck[0].sequence - 1
-	c.updateAck(c.nack)
 }
 
 func (c *NewReno) updateAck(a uint32) {
@@ -184,8 +193,8 @@ func (c *NewReno) updateAck(a uint32) {
 	var e flightInfo
 
 	for i, e = range c.awaitingAck {
-		if a+1 == e.sequence {
-			a += 1
+		if e.sequence == a+1 {
+			a = e.sequence
 		} else {
 			break
 		}
@@ -195,7 +204,6 @@ func (c *NewReno) updateAck(a uint32) {
 	c.awaitingAck = c.awaitingAck[i:]
 }
 
-// It is assumed that ReceivedNack will only be called by one thread
 func (c *NewReno) receivedNack(nack uint32) {
 	c.ackNackMu.Lock()
 	defer c.ackNackMu.Unlock()
@@ -209,14 +217,14 @@ func (c *NewReno) receivedNack(nack uint32) {
 		i++
 	}
 
-	c.slowStart = false
 	if i == 0 {
 		return
 	}
 
-	c.inFlight = c.inFlight[i-1:]
+	c.slowStart = false
+	c.inFlight = c.inFlight[i:]
 
-	for i > 0 {
+	for {
 		s := c.windowSize
 		if s > 1 && atomic.CompareAndSwapUint32(&c.windowSize, s, s/2) {
 			break
@@ -229,7 +237,6 @@ func (c *NewReno) receivedNack(nack uint32) {
 	}
 }
 
-// It is assumed that ReceivedAck will only be called by one thread
 func (c *NewReno) receivedAck(ack uint32) {
 	c.ackNackMu.Lock()
 	defer c.ackNackMu.Unlock()
diff --git a/udp/congestion/newreno_test.go b/udp/congestion/newreno_test.go
index 7c37688..44e6f6b 100644
--- a/udp/congestion/newreno_test.go
+++ b/udp/congestion/newreno_test.go
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ type newRenoTest struct {
 	halfRtt time.Duration
 }
 
-func newNewRenoTest(halfRtt time.Duration) *newRenoTest {
+func newNewRenoTest(rtt time.Duration) *newRenoTest {
 	return &newRenoTest{
 		sideA: NewNewReno(),
 		sideB: NewNewReno(),
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@ func newNewRenoTest(halfRtt time.Duration) *newRenoTest {
 		aInbound: make(chan congestionPacket),
 		bInbound: make(chan congestionPacket),
 
-		halfRtt: halfRtt,
+		halfRtt: rtt / 2,
 	}
 }
 
@@ -126,20 +126,21 @@ func TestNewReno_Congestion(t *testing.T) {
 	t.Run("OneWay", func(t *testing.T) {
 		t.Run("Lossless", func(t *testing.T) {
 			// ASSIGN
+			rtt := 80*time.Millisecond
+
 			ctx, cancel := context.WithCancel(context.Background())
 			defer cancel()
 
-			c := newNewRenoTest(10 * time.Millisecond)
+			c := newNewRenoTest(rtt)
 			c.Start(ctx)
 			c.RunSideA(ctx)
 			c.RunSideB(ctx)
 
 			// ACT
-			for i := 0; i < 20; i++ {
-				t1 := time.Now()
+			for i := 0; i < 50; i++ {
+				// sleep to simulate preparing packet
+				time.Sleep(1*time.Millisecond)
 				seq := c.sideA.Sequence()
-				t2 := time.Now()
-				fmt.Printf("waited %dms for sequence\n", t2.Sub(t1).Milliseconds())
 
 				c.aOutbound <- congestionPacket{
 					seq:  seq,
@@ -153,17 +154,11 @@ func TestNewReno_Congestion(t *testing.T) {
 
 			// ASSERT
 
-			assert.InDelta(t,
-				float64(2*10*time.Millisecond.Nanoseconds()),
-				c.sideA.rttNanos,
-				float64(time.Millisecond.Nanoseconds()),
-			)
-
 			assert.Equal(t, uint32(0), c.sideA.nack)
 			assert.Equal(t, uint32(0), c.sideA.ack)
 
 			assert.Equal(t, uint32(0), c.sideB.nack)
-			assert.Equal(t, uint32(20), c.sideB.ack)
+			assert.Equal(t, uint32(50), c.sideB.ack)
 		})
 	})
 }