diff --git a/internal/home/home.go b/internal/home/home.go
index da146a6d..5f573876 100644
--- a/internal/home/home.go
+++ b/internal/home/home.go
@@ -726,7 +726,7 @@ func newUpdater(
 	}
 
 	err := urlutil.ValidateHTTPURL(versionURL)
-	if customURL = err == nil; customURL {
+	if customURL = err == nil; !customURL {
 		l.DebugContext(ctx, "parsing custom version url", slogutil.KeyError, err)
 
 		versionURL = updater.DefaultVersionURL()