diff --git a/src/main/java/de/hftstuttgart/dtabackend/utils/JGitUtil.java b/src/main/java/de/hftstuttgart/dtabackend/utils/JGitUtil.java
index b229c303b7efe11ef647f44956080ef9fea3db06..19ad406c07eb4b47f57a64ed372e1b3b724c910a 100644
--- a/src/main/java/de/hftstuttgart/dtabackend/utils/JGitUtil.java
+++ b/src/main/java/de/hftstuttgart/dtabackend/utils/JGitUtil.java
@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@ public class JGitUtil {
         {
         	//create companion checkout dir "targetPath"+"_checkout"
             checkoutDirectory = new File(targetPath+"_checkout");
-            if (targetDirectory.exists()) {
+            if (checkoutDirectory.exists()) {
             	LOG.debug("clone checkout directory existing yet, deleting now");
             	FileSystemUtils.deleteRecursively(checkoutDirectory);
             }