diff --git a/distribute.sh b/distribute.sh
index 7401dc1..7bad545 100644
--- a/distribute.sh
+++ b/distribute.sh
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ sed '/^$/d' h | tee ./.curr_h >/dev/null # remove empty lines
 
 printf "Attempting to SSH\n"
 
-if [[ -z "$_USERS" ]]
+if [[ "$_USERS" ]]
 then
   for username in $_USERS
   do
@@ -59,7 +59,7 @@ fi
 
 # Stores results in ./.proxy_results
 printf "" >.proxy_results
-if [[ -z "$_PROXY_ROUTES" ]]
+if [[ "$_PROXY_ROUTES" ]]
 then
   for proxy in $_PROXY_ROUTES
   do
@@ -103,7 +103,7 @@ mv .curr_h .discards_h
 
 # Print Result
 printf "Printing results:\n"
-if [[ -z "$_USERS" ]]
+if [[ "$_USERS" ]]
 then
   for username in $_USERS
   do
diff --git a/send_files.sh b/send_files.sh
index 1a83696..1d4b32e 100644
--- a/send_files.sh
+++ b/send_files.sh
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ _SSH_TIMOUT=7
 
 printf "Sending files to /tmp\n"
 
-if [[ -z "$_USERS" ]]
+if [[ "$_USERS" ]]
 then
   for username in $_USERS
   do
@@ -52,7 +52,7 @@ fi
 
 # Copy files to proxy host
 PROXY_IN_RESULTS=$(awk -F ';' '{print $2}' ./.proxy_results | sort  | uniq)
-if [[ -z "$PROXY_IN_RESULTS" ]]
+if [[ "$PROXY_IN_RESULTS" ]]
 then
   for _proxy in $PROXY_IN_RESULTS
   do
@@ -80,7 +80,7 @@ printf "Sending files from proxy hosts\n"
 # Copy files from proxy to remote
 PROXY_SORTED_LINES=$(sort -t ';' -k2 ./.proxy_results)
 
-if [[ -z "$PROXY_SORTED_LINES" ]]
+if [[ "$PROXY_SORTED_LINES" ]]
 then
   while IFS= read -r _LINE
   do