diff --git a/usr/bin/sapphrc_updown b/usr/bin/sapphrc_updown
index 9e5865c..8594dc4 100755
--- a/usr/bin/sapphrc_updown
+++ b/usr/bin/sapphrc_updown
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ gs="$(git status | grep -i 'modified')"
 git fetch origin
 reslog=$(git log HEAD..origin/main --oneline)
 
-if [[ "${gs}" == *"modified"* && "${reslog}" == "" ]];then
+if [[ "${gs}" == *"modified"* && "${reslog}" != "" ]];then
 #local AND remote changes exist
   echo "local backup reposity conflict with remote - please manually fix this!"
   exit 1