diff --git a/modules/src/main/java/org/archive/modules/deciderules/TooManyHopsDecideRule.java b/modules/src/main/java/org/archive/modules/deciderules/TooManyHopsDecideRule.java
index 64da4c71..19b1d94b 100644
--- a/modules/src/main/java/org/archive/modules/deciderules/TooManyHopsDecideRule.java
+++ b/modules/src/main/java/org/archive/modules/deciderules/TooManyHopsDecideRule.java
@@ -66,7 +66,7 @@ public class TooManyHopsDecideRule extends PredicatedDecideRule {
      */
     @Override
     protected boolean evaluate(CrawlURI uri) {
-        return uri.getHopCount() <= getMaxHops();
+        return uri.getHopCount() > getMaxHops();
     }
 
 }