diff --git a/shared/src/UrlReader.cpp b/shared/src/UrlReader.cpp
index 5bd82fe4d1..4b16081fb0 100644
--- a/shared/src/UrlReader.cpp
+++ b/shared/src/UrlReader.cpp
@@ -54,7 +54,7 @@ bool UrlReader::perform(char const* url, transfer_callback* cb)
         while (val_ra_size > 0 && str_error == success)
             cb(0l, 0, 0, this);
     }
-    else if (str_error != success)
+    else if (str_error == success)
         str_error = curl_easy_strerror(rc);
 
     return rc == CURLE_OK;
diff --git a/shared/src/UrlReader.h b/shared/src/UrlReader.h
index dcd5ff3278..273302bb7e 100644
--- a/shared/src/UrlReader.h
+++ b/shared/src/UrlReader.h
@@ -164,7 +164,7 @@ inline char const* UrlReader::getError() const { return this->str_error; }
 
 inline void UrlReader::setError(char const* static_c_string)
 {
-    if (this->str_error != success)
+    if (this->str_error == success)
         this->str_error = static_c_string;
 }