diff --git a/src/mcbe/assets/bin/maint b/src/mcbe/assets/bin/maint
index 4c3f8e5..b4897c9 100755
--- a/src/mcbe/assets/bin/maint
+++ b/src/mcbe/assets/bin/maint
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ if [[ $hour -eq 1 ]]; then
     # if no players are present, restart the server
     # should help deal with any memory leaks
     players=$(mcbe-exec list | head -n 1 | cut -d ' ' -f 3 | cut -d '/' -f 1)
-    if [[ $players -eq 0 ]]; then
+    if [[ $players == "0" ]]; then
 	mcbe-restart
     fi
     # save daily and longterm backups