diff --git a/inxi b/inxi
index 1d76056..2d264b8 100755
--- a/inxi
+++ b/inxi
@@ -1939,10 +1939,14 @@ sub download_file {
 	# print "$dl{'no-ssl-opt'}\n";
 	# print "$dl{'dl'}\n";
 	# tiny supports spider sort of
+	## NOTE: 1 is success, 0 false for Perl
 	if ($dl{'dl'} eq 'tiny' ){
 		$cmd = "Using tiny: type: $type \nurl: $url \nfile: $file";
 		$result = get_file($type, $url, $file);
+		$debug_data = $result;
 	}
+	# But: 0 is success, and 1 is false for these
+	# when strings are returned, they will be taken as true
 	else {
 		if ($type eq 'stdout'){
 			$args = $dl{'stdout'};
@@ -1954,7 +1958,7 @@ sub download_file {
 			$args = $dl{'file'};
 			$cmd = "$dl{'dl'} $dl{'no-ssl-opt'} $timeout $args $file $url $dl{'null'}";
 			system($cmd);
-			$result = $?;
+			$result = ($?) ? 0 : 1; # reverse these into Perl t/f
 			$debug_data = $result;
 		}
 		elsif ( $dl{'dl'} eq 'wget' && $type eq 'spider'){
@@ -3205,19 +3209,20 @@ sub update_man {
 			system( 'mandb' );
 		}
 	}
-# 	if ( $dl{'dl'} =~ /tiny|wget/){
-# 		print "Checking Man page download URL...\n";
-# 		download_file('spider', $man_file_url);
-# 		$downloader_man_error = $?;
-# 	}
-	if ( $downloader_man_error == 1 ){
-# 		if ( $dl{'dl'} =~ /tiny|wget/){
-# 			print "Man file download URL verified: $man_file_url\n";
-# 		}
+	if ( $dl{'dl'} =~ /tiny|wget/){
+		print "Checking Man page download URL...\n";
+		download_file('spider', $man_file_url);
+		$downloader_man_error = $?;
+	}
+	if ( $downloader_man_error ){
+		if ( $dl{'dl'} =~ /tiny|wget/){
+			print "Man file download URL verified: $man_file_url\n";
+		}
 		print "Downloading Man page file now.\n";
+		# returns perl, 1 for true, 0 for false, even when using shell tool returns
 		download_file('file', $man_file_url,  $man_file_path );
 		$downloader_man_error = $?;
-		if ( $downloader_man_error == 0 ){
+		if ( !$downloader_man_error ){
 			print "Oh no! Something went wrong downloading the Man file at: $man_file_url\n";
 			print "Check the error messages for what happened. Error: $downloader_man_error\n";
 		}