diff --git a/boswatch/utils/paths.py b/boswatch/utils/paths.py
index 3c0fe8d..9b52f12 100644
--- a/boswatch/utils/paths.py
+++ b/boswatch/utils/paths.py
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ logging.debug("- %s loaded", __name__)
 # todo searching for root part is not a nice solution atm
 ROOT_PATH = os.path.dirname(sys.modules['boswatch'].__file__).replace("\\", "/") + "/../"
 
-if platform.system() is "Linux":
+if platform.system() == "Linux":
     LOG_PATH = "/var/log/boswatch/"
 else:
     LOG_PATH = ROOT_PATH + "log/"