diff --git a/lib/services/p2p/index.js b/lib/services/p2p/index.js
index bef34886..d59a2cd6 100644
--- a/lib/services/p2p/index.js
+++ b/lib/services/p2p/index.js
@@ -426,7 +426,7 @@ P2P.prototype._setListeners = function() {
 P2P.prototype._setResourceFilter = function(filter) {
 
   // FLOSight Error Correction from RanchiMall 17th May 2021. removed the unhandled assert and replaced by looging of error
-  if (filter = false || filter.startHash = false) { 
+  if (filter == false || filter.startHash == false) { 
       log.error('A "startHash" field is required to retrieve headers or blocks');
     }
  // assert(filter && filter.startHash, 'A "startHash" field is required to retrieve headers or blocks');