diff --git a/code/controllers/subsystem/fail2topic.dm b/code/controllers/subsystem/fail2topic.dm
index 0c2936e936..a589ae2462 100644
--- a/code/controllers/subsystem/fail2topic.dm
+++ b/code/controllers/subsystem/fail2topic.dm
@@ -72,7 +72,7 @@ SUBSYSTEM_DEF(fail2topic)
 
 		if (isnull(failures))
 			fail_counts[ip] = 1
-			return FALSE
+			return TRUE
 		else if (failures > max_fails)
 			BanFromFirewall(ip)
 			return TRUE