diff --git a/inxi b/inxi
index f8d6ae1..ec0a56a 100755
--- a/inxi
+++ b/inxi
@@ -1964,7 +1964,7 @@ sub download_file {
 		elsif ( $dl{'dl'} eq 'wget' && $type eq 'spider'){
 			$cmd = "$dl{'dl'} $dl{'no-ssl-opt'} $timeout $dl{'spider'} $url";
 			system($cmd);
-			$result = $?;
+			$result = ($?) ? 0 : 1; # reverse these into Perl t/f
 			$debug_data = $result;
 		}
 	}