diff --git a/bin/git-pull-and-if-origin-changed-run-tests b/bin/git-pull-and-if-origin-changed-run-tests
index ad741f6d..7eb86a66 100755
--- a/bin/git-pull-and-if-origin-changed-run-tests
+++ b/bin/git-pull-and-if-origin-changed-run-tests
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ 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