diff --git a/src/Hash2Pub/PostService.hs b/src/Hash2Pub/PostService.hs
index b943ea6..d84b58b 100644
--- a/src/Hash2Pub/PostService.hs
+++ b/src/Hash2Pub/PostService.hs
@@ -611,6 +611,7 @@ launchWorkerThreads serv = concurrently_
         (fetchTagPosts serv)
         (relayWorker serv)
 
+
 -- | process the pending relay inbox of incoming posts from the internal queue:
 -- Look up responsible relay node for given hashtag and forward post to it
 processIncomingPosts :: DHT d => PostService d -> IO ()
@@ -642,7 +643,7 @@ processIncomingPosts serv = forever $ do
                   now <- getPOSIXTime
                   subscriptionStatus <- HMap.lookup (hashtagToId tag) <$> readTVarIO (ownSubscriptions serv)
                   -- if not yet subscribed or subscription expires within 2 minutes, (re)subscribe to tag
-                  when (maybe False (\subLease -> now - subLease < 120) subscriptionStatus) $
+                  when (maybe True (\subLease -> now - subLease < 120) subscriptionStatus) $
                       void $ clientSubscribeTo serv tag
 
                   -- for evaluation, return the tag of the successfully forwarded post