diff --git a/rtmc.lua b/rtmc.lua
index 5aa9708..5a3bc3d 100644
--- a/rtmc.lua
+++ b/rtmc.lua
@@ -377,8 +377,10 @@ rawset(__BUNDLER_FILES, "updater", function ()
     end
     function updater:check(branch)
         local curr = os.time();
-        if not ((math.abs(curr - self.last_check) >= self.threshold) and (self.curr_commit_hash ~= "")) then
-            return false;
+        if math.abs(curr - self.last_check) < self.threshold then
+            if self.curr_commit_hash ~= "" then
+                return false;
+            end
         end
         self.last_check = curr;
         local req, rerr = http.get(self.api_url .. "/commits?sha="..branch);
diff --git a/src/updater.lua b/src/updater.lua
index 3b14df2..e323d0f 100644
--- a/src/updater.lua
+++ b/src/updater.lua
@@ -56,9 +56,10 @@ end
 
 function updater:check(branch)
     local curr = os.time();
-    if not ((math.abs(curr - self.last_check) >= self.threshold) and (self.curr_commit_hash ~= "")) then
-        -- log.debug("Not time for an update yet");
-        return false;
+    if math.abs(curr - self.last_check) < self.threshold then
+        if self.curr_commit_hash ~= "" then
+            return false;
+        end
     end
     self.last_check = curr;