diff --git a/webserver.cc b/webserver.cc
index 5fdd3fc..c46e1d0 100644
--- a/webserver.cc
+++ b/webserver.cc
@@ -276,7 +276,7 @@ int WebServerClient::SendResponseFile (WebRequestBuffer *request, std::string fn
 
     //
     // send header and file
-	if (filefd <= 0) {
+	if (filefd > 0) {
     	header = CreateHeader (request, error, filetype, filestat.st_size, addheader);
     	outbufferpos = header.length();
     	outbuffer = (char*) malloc (outbufferpos + filestat.st_size + 16);