diff --git a/zshrc b/zshrc
index 95eeaff..2309695 100644
--- a/zshrc
+++ b/zshrc
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ HISTFILE=~/.config/zshhistory.log
 
 ### COLOR STDERR ###
 #legacy, this causes problems in output odering exec 2>>( while IFS='' read X; do print "\e[91m${X}\e[0m" > /dev/tty; done & )
-if [[ NO_LDPRELOAD == false ]]; then
+if [[ $NO_LDPRELOAD == false ]]; then
     LD_PRELOAD="$HOME/.config/libcoloredstderr.so"
     COLORED_STDERR_FDS=2,
     export LD_PRELOAD COLORED_STDERR_FDS