diff --git a/src/mqtt.cpp b/src/mqtt.cpp
index 1b084f4..42b4c9f 100644
--- a/src/mqtt.cpp
+++ b/src/mqtt.cpp
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ void mqtt_callback(char* original_topic, byte* pl, unsigned int length) {
 	pl[length] = '\0';
 	String payload((char*)pl);
 	String topic (original_topic);
-	if (topic.compareTo(MQTT_TOPIC "log")==0 || topic.compareTo(MQTT_TOPIC "status") || topic.compareTo(MQTT_TOPIC "metrics")) {
+	if (topic.equals(MQTT_TOPIC "log") || topic.equals(MQTT_TOPIC "status") || topic.equals(MQTT_TOPIC "metrics")) {
 		// Return our own messages
 		return;
 	}