diff --git a/src/backend/global_preferences.cc b/src/backend/global_preferences.cc
index dbb6f1f..9367957 100644
--- a/src/backend/global_preferences.cc
+++ b/src/backend/global_preferences.cc
@@ -45,7 +45,7 @@ GlobalPreferences::get_preferences_dir() const throw(Glib::FileError)
 {
   using namespace Glib;
   static const ustring dir = get_home_dir() + G_DIR_SEPARATOR_S + ".sgpemv2";
-  if(!file_test(dir, FILE_TEST_EXISTS & FILE_TEST_IS_DIR))
+  if(!file_test(dir, FILE_TEST_IS_DIR))
     {
       const int err = g_mkdir(dir.c_str(), 0755);
       if(err != 0)