diff --git a/functions b/functions
index 8f1fbfc..bb9dadf 100644
--- a/functions
+++ b/functions
@@ -599,7 +599,7 @@ function create_kayobe_environment {
     local allow_unclean_kayobe_config=${KAYOBE_AUTOMATION_ALLOW_UNCLEAN_KAYOBE_CONFIG:-0}
     mkdir -p "$env"/{src/kayobe,src/kayobe-config,venvs/kayobe}
 
-    if [ "$allow_unclean_kayobe_config" != 0 ]; then
+    if [ "$allow_unclean_kayobe_config" == 0 ]; then
         # Ensure we have an unmodified copy of kayobe-config
         if [[ $(realpath "$kayobe_config_source_path") != $(realpath "$env/src/kayobe-config") ]]; then
             clean_copy "$kayobe_config_source_path" "$env/src/kayobe-config"