diff --git a/zssh.funcs.zsh b/zssh.funcs.zsh
index f81e8d5..6f88aa0 100644
--- a/zssh.funcs.zsh
+++ b/zssh.funcs.zsh
@@ -93,7 +93,10 @@ function zssh_process()
     if [[ ${#zssh_host_config_accesses} -gt 0 ]]
     then
       zshlibs_log zssh_server "processing ssh server setup"
-      if [[ "${HOME}/.config/zsh/local.config.zsh" -nt $(zssh_host_info -c) ]]
+      # - if there is no generated ssh config,
+      # - if local config not older than (means newer than) generated config
+      # then generate ssh config
+      if ! [[ "${HOME}/.config/zsh/local.config.zsh" -ot $(zssh_host_info -c) ]]
       then
         zshlibs_log zssh_server "publishing our configs …"
         zssh_publish_configs