diff --git a/.gitlab-ci.yml b/.gitlab-ci.yml
index dc81023c46240bcea73be0f1a17860bc815fdfef..2860f8f9eddc58d05ae65cdc6d57126bfa5903f8 100644
--- a/.gitlab-ci.yml
+++ b/.gitlab-ci.yml
@@ -113,7 +113,7 @@ overlap_check:
   script:
     - checkOverlaps -c topside.xml  | tee doc/overlap_check.out 
     - echo "$(cat doc/overlap_check.out | grep ovlp | wc -l) overlaps..."
-    - if [[ "$(cat doc/overlap_check.out | grep ovlp | wc -l)" -gt "1" ]] ; then echo "Overlaps exist!" && false ; fi
+    - if [[ "$(cat doc/overlap_check.out | grep ovlp | wc -l)" -gt "0" ]] ; then echo "Overlaps exist!" && false ; fi
 
 topside:config_testing:
   stage: test