diff --git a/krebs/5pkgs/simple/git-hooks/default.nix b/krebs/5pkgs/simple/git-hooks/default.nix
index 13fe7aa67..3ec43739c 100644
--- a/krebs/5pkgs/simple/git-hooks/default.nix
+++ b/krebs/5pkgs/simple/git-hooks/default.nix
@@ -96,7 +96,7 @@ with stockholm.lib;
       #$host $GIT_SSH_REPO $ref $link
       add_message $(pink push) $link $(gray "($receive_mode)")
 
-      ${optionalString (verbose == false || typeOf verbose == "set") /* sh */ ''
+      ${optionalString (verbose == true || typeOf verbose == "set") /* sh */ ''
         ${optionalString (verbose.exclude or [] != []) /* sh */ ''
           case $ref in (${concatStringsSep "|" verbose.exclude})
             continue