diff --git a/stateserver.py b/stateserver.py
index 1757af6..105df98 100755
--- a/stateserver.py
+++ b/stateserver.py
@@ -292,7 +292,7 @@ def post_registerCheck() -> Any:
     if "wsid" in content:
         print("got wsid from client! {}".format(content["wsid"]))
         connection["wsid"] = content["wsid"]
-        if start_time > now_time + datetime.timedelta(minutes=2):
+        if start_time + datetime.timedelta(minutes=2) < now_time:
             # they're late, bring them live now
             print("({}, {}) late, bringing on air now".format(connection["connid"], connection["wsid"]))
             do_ws_srv_telnet(connection["wsid"])