diff --git a/src/App/ApplicationPy.cpp b/src/App/ApplicationPy.cpp
index 9f5e8da480..70da7bbff5 100644
--- a/src/App/ApplicationPy.cpp
+++ b/src/App/ApplicationPy.cpp
@@ -667,7 +667,7 @@ PyObject *Application::sGetLogLevel(PyObject * /*self*/, PyObject *args, PyObjec
 #ifdef FC_DEBUG
             l = _pcUserParamMngr->GetGroup("BaseApp/LogLevels")->GetInt(tag,-1);
 #endif
-        }else if(strcmp(tag,"DebugDefault")) {
+        }else if(strcmp(tag,"DebugDefault")==0) {
 #ifndef FC_DEBUG
             l = _pcUserParamMngr->GetGroup("BaseApp/LogLevels")->GetInt(tag,-1);
 #endif