diff --git a/onionr/onionrutils.py b/onionr/onionrutils.py
index 2d9b28a8..1f0190f1 100644
--- a/onionr/onionrutils.py
+++ b/onionr/onionrutils.py
@@ -99,7 +99,7 @@ class OnionrUtils:
     def validateHash(self, data, length=64):
         '''Validate if a string is a valid hex formatted hash'''
         retVal = True
-        if retVal == False or retVal == True:
+        if data == False or data == True:
             return False
         data = data.strip()
         if len(data) != length: