diff --git a/base/DatabaseInstaller.php b/base/DatabaseInstaller.php
index 679ff3d..10b6c4d 100644
--- a/base/DatabaseInstaller.php
+++ b/base/DatabaseInstaller.php
@@ -62,7 +62,7 @@ public function installDatabase(): bool {
     $cat = 'cat';
     if ($this->options->dumpIsCompressed) {
       $cat = trim(shell_exec('which gzcat 2>/dev/null'));
-      if ($cat === "") {
+      if (!$cat) {
         $cat = 'zcat';
       }
     }