diff --git a/src/epanet.c b/src/epanet.c
index ff56e200..52c5a5ad 100644
--- a/src/epanet.c
+++ b/src/epanet.c
@@ -4554,7 +4554,7 @@ int DLLEXPORT EN_loadpatternfile(EN_Project p, const char *filename, const char
     while (fgets(line, sizeof(line), file) != NULL) {
     
         // Skip lines that don't contain valid numbers
-        if (!getfloat(line, &value) continue;
+        if (!getfloat(line, &value)) continue;
         
         // Resize multiplier array if it's full
         if (len % CHUNK == 0) {