diff --git a/src/index.ts b/src/index.ts
index 7228f3c88..9c4db4e7f 100644
--- a/src/index.ts
+++ b/src/index.ts
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ const git = (args: string[]): cp.SpawnSyncReturns<Buffer> =>
 
 export function install(dir = '.husky'): void {
   // Ensure that we're inside a git repository
-  if (git(['rev-parse']).status) {
+  if (git(['rev-parse']).status !== 0) {
     return
   }