diff --git a/zssh.funcs.zsh b/zssh.funcs.zsh
index d7ef6c9..5351682 100644
--- a/zssh.funcs.zsh
+++ b/zssh.funcs.zsh
@@ -200,7 +200,7 @@ function zssh_generate_config4
   then
     sshkey="$zssh_private_keys/$ssh_node.key"
     zshlibs_log zssh_client "generating '$dst' with key '$sshkey'"
-    matched="1"
+    matched=1
     rm "$dst" 2> /dev/null
     for src in "$srcs"/*.sshconf(N)
     do
@@ -209,7 +209,7 @@ function zssh_generate_config4
       cat "$src" >> "$dst"
       printf "\n  IdentityFile %s\n\n" "$sshkey" >> "$dst"
     done
-    if ! $matched
+    if ! [[ $matched ]]
     then
       zshlibs_log zssh_client "no configs for '$dst'"
     fi