diff --git a/mailu/templates/fetchmail/deployment.yaml b/mailu/templates/fetchmail/deployment.yaml
index bdf73bed..08cb28ad 100644
--- a/mailu/templates/fetchmail/deployment.yaml
+++ b/mailu/templates/fetchmail/deployment.yaml
@@ -74,7 +74,7 @@ spec:
             {{- end }}
           env:
             - name: DEBUG
-              {{- if (default .Values.logLevel .Values.fetchmail.logLevel) "DEBUG" }}
+              {{- if eq (default .Values.logLevel .Values.fetchmail.logLevel) "DEBUG" }}
               value: "True"
               {{- else }}
               value: "False"