diff --git a/utils/do_debian_package.sh b/utils/do_debian_package.sh
index 2a4dd6989..6c8c06c00 100755
--- a/utils/do_debian_package.sh
+++ b/utils/do_debian_package.sh
@@ -230,12 +230,11 @@ rm .gitignore
 cd ../
 
 
-if [ !-e "$DIRECTORY.orig.tar.gz" ]; then
-read -p "$DIRECTORY.orig.tar.gz does not exist, create it? [Y/n]"
-      if [[ $REPLY == [yY] ]]; then
-
-  tar zcf $DIRECTORY.orig.tar.gz $DIRECTORY.orig
-fi;
+if [ ! -e "$DIRECTORY.orig.tar.gz" ]; then
+  read -p "$DIRECTORY.orig.tar.gz does not exist, create it? [Y/n]"
+  if [[ "$REPLY" == "" || "$REPLY" == [yY] ]]; then
+    tar zcf $DIRECTORY.orig.tar.gz $DIRECTORY.orig
+  fi;
 fi;
 
 IFS=',' ;for DISTRO in `echo "$DISTROS"`; do