diff --git a/podman-peerjs/10_install.sh b/podman-peerjs/10_install.sh
index f558dc5..51ec8a5 100755
--- a/podman-peerjs/10_install.sh
+++ b/podman-peerjs/10_install.sh
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ ensure_not_root
 
 ensure_container_not_exists ${container_name}
 
-if podman image exists ${upstream_images}:${version}; then
+if ! podman image exists ${upstream_images}:${version}; then
     podman image pull ${upstream_images}:${version} || exit 1
 fi
 podman run --name ${container_name} --user nobody -p ${listen_if}:${listen_port}:9000 -d ${upstream_images}:${version} &&