diff --git a/abra-hetzner b/abra-hetzner
index 2de5498..c6a5106 100755
--- a/abra-hetzner
+++ b/abra-hetzner
@@ -152,7 +152,7 @@ abra_hetzner() {
 
   ip=$(echo "$response" | $JQ -r ".server .public_net .ipv4 .ip")
 
-  if [[ -n "$ip" ]]; then
+  if [[ "$ip" == "null" ]]; then
     error_msg=$(echo "$response" | jq -r ".error .message")
     echo "Oops, something went wrong. Hetzner Cloud API responded with: $error_msg"
     exit 1