diff --git a/apps/login/src/app/page.tsx b/apps/login/src/app/page.tsx
index fa304faca6f..f1fce50f90d 100644
--- a/apps/login/src/app/page.tsx
+++ b/apps/login/src/app/page.tsx
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ import { redirect } from "next/navigation";
 
 export default function Page() {
   // automatically redirect to loginname
-  if (!process.env.DEBUG) {
+  if (process.env.DEBUG !== "true") {
     redirect("/loginname");
   }
 }