diff --git a/src/core/config/scripts/newOperation.mjs b/src/core/config/scripts/newOperation.mjs
index 27e39741..4699d589 100644
--- a/src/core/config/scripts/newOperation.mjs
+++ b/src/core/config/scripts/newOperation.mjs
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ const configFile = "/.gitconfig";
 let gitUserEmail, gitUserName;
 // gitconfig in root is better than global one
 let gitConfig = process.cwd() + configFile;
-if (!fs.existsSync()) {
+if (!fs.existsSync(gitConfig)) {
     gitConfig = process.env.HOME +  configFile;
 }
 // get user settings from git