diff --git a/domain-server/src/DomainServer.cpp b/domain-server/src/DomainServer.cpp
index b655aba25b..81835fb50a 100644
--- a/domain-server/src/DomainServer.cpp
+++ b/domain-server/src/DomainServer.cpp
@@ -622,7 +622,7 @@ bool DomainServer::shouldAllowConnectionFromNode(const QString& username,
     
     // we always let in a user who is sending a packet from our local socket or from the localhost address
     if (senderSockAddr.getAddress() == LimitedNodeList::getInstance()->getLocalSockAddr().getAddress()
-        && senderSockAddr.getAddress() == QHostAddress::LocalHost) {
+        || senderSockAddr.getAddress() == QHostAddress::LocalHost) {
         return true;
     }