diff --git a/src/fileutils.cpp b/src/fileutils.cpp
index d376039c..f729bd5d 100644
--- a/src/fileutils.cpp
+++ b/src/fileutils.cpp
@@ -95,8 +95,8 @@ bool dirExists(const char* what) {
 
 bool makeDir(const char* path) {
 #ifdef _WIN32
-  return (SHCreateDirectory(NULL,utf8To16(path).c_str())!=ERROR_SUCCESS);
+  return (SHCreateDirectory(NULL,utf8To16(path).c_str())==ERROR_SUCCESS);
 #else
   return (mkdir(path,0755)==0);
 #endif
-}
\ No newline at end of file
+}