diff --git a/src/ChangeLog b/src/ChangeLog
index a07b6a14b4..1194eb208c 100644
--- a/src/ChangeLog
+++ b/src/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,7 @@
+2005-02-20  Jean-Marc Lasgouttes  <lasgouttes@lyx.org>
+
+	* lyx_main.C (queryUserLyXDir): fix test for rerunning configure
+
 2005-02-15  Angus Leeming  <leeming@lyx.org>
 
 	* rowpainter.C (paintText): Ensure that "paragraphs().size() - 1"
diff --git a/src/lyx_main.C b/src/lyx_main.C
index 67deea775e..2b08c9b95c 100644
--- a/src/lyx_main.C
+++ b/src/lyx_main.C
@@ -625,7 +625,7 @@ bool LyX::queryUserLyXDir(bool explicit_userdir)
 		if (fs::exists(configure_script) &&
 		    fs::exists(userDefaults) &&
 		    fs::last_write_time(configure_script)
-		    < fs::last_write_time(userDefaults)) {
+		    > fs::last_write_time(userDefaults)) {
 			reconfigure = true;
 		}
 		return reconfigure;