diff --git a/bin/git-pull-and-run-if-origin-changed b/bin/git-pull-and-run-if-origin-changed
index 48c5f22e..fa34e06a 100755
--- a/bin/git-pull-and-run-if-origin-changed
+++ b/bin/git-pull-and-run-if-origin-changed
@@ -5,6 +5,9 @@ if [ -z "$1" ]; then
   exit 1
 fi
 
+shopt -s expand_aliases
+source .aliases
+
 # get the current branch name
 BRANCH=$(git rev-parse --abbrev-ref HEAD)
 
@@ -16,7 +19,7 @@ while true; do
   REMOTE=$(git rev-parse origin/$BRANCH)
 
   # check if the local branch differs from the remote branch
-  if [ "$LOCAL" != "$REMOTE" ]; then
+  if [ "$LOCAL" == "$REMOTE" ]; then
     echo "pulling changes from origin"
     git pull origin $BRANCH