diff --git a/masync b/masync
index 57ccd21..b3a0369 100755
--- a/masync
+++ b/masync
@@ -67,8 +67,9 @@ hastrailingslash() {
 }
 
 syncexists() {
-  if [ -f "${SYNCFILE}" ]; then 
+  if [ ! -f "${SYNCFILE}" ]; then 
     echo false
+    return
   fi
   localpath_hash=$(echo "$1" | md5sum | cut -f1 --delimiter=" " -)
   if [[ $(cat "${SYNCFILE}" | grep "$localpath_hash" | wc -l) -ge 1 ]]; then