diff --git a/createHandler.go b/createHandler.go
index bf81bdee38ec185975323ddf5b3a13ac2f7508bd..6e7bab184afc94e6b0f5d61d36c0c2ccd92103a7 100644
--- a/createHandler.go
+++ b/createHandler.go
@@ -28,11 +28,11 @@ func (m *model) createHandler(writer http.ResponseWriter, request *http.Request)
 	name := query.Get("name")
 	if len(name) == 0 {
 		name = uniuri.NewLen(4)
-		for !m.nameExists(name) {
+		for m.nameExists(name) {
 			name = uniuri.NewLen(4)
 			log.Println("Generated new name:", name)
 		}
-	} else if !m.nameExists(name) {
+	} else if m.nameExists(name) {
 		http.Error(writer, "406 Not Acceptable: A shortened URL with this name already exists", 406)
 		return
 	}
diff --git a/helperfuncs.go b/helperfuncs.go
index e9d561e5d9757361d2fbaaf6681647004dc4b339..e314184168df1bccfca5360ba27e5c068603f51b 100644
--- a/helperfuncs.go
+++ b/helperfuncs.go
@@ -42,7 +42,7 @@ func (m model) nameExists(name string) bool {
 		}
 		return nil
 	})
-	if err != nil {
+	if err == nil {
 		return true
 	}
 	return false