diff --git a/etc-git/files/etc-git-status.sh b/etc-git/files/etc-git-status.sh
index 806d7977..1b78f138 100644
--- a/etc-git/files/etc-git-status.sh
+++ b/etc-git/files/etc-git-status.sh
@@ -34,7 +34,8 @@ fi
 
 # Send the mail if git status not empty
 git --git-dir=/etc/.git --work-tree=/etc status --short > $gitOutput
-if [ $gitOuput -n ]; then
+gitOutputNumber=$(wc -l $gitOutput | awk '{ print $1 }')
+if [ $gitOutputNumber -gt 0 ]; then
     cat << EOT > $template
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