1 files changed, 1 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/lib/PublicInbox/AltId.pm b/lib/PublicInbox/AltId.pm
index 6b03d603..5add1ea2 100644
--- a/lib/PublicInbox/AltId.pm
+++ b/lib/PublicInbox/AltId.pm
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ sub new {
          } split(/[&;]/, $query);
          my $f = $params{file} or die "file: required for $type spec $spec\n";
          unless (index($f, '/') == 0) {
-                if (($ibx->{version} || 1) == 1) {
+                if ($ibx->version == 1) {
                          $f = "$ibx->{inboxdir}/public-inbox/$f";
                  } else {
                          $f = "$ibx->{inboxdir}/$f";