diff --git a/run_scripts/multi-sem/wafer-53b/52_normalize.sh b/run_scripts/multi-sem/wafer-53b/52_normalize.sh
index 0b6e6864..67537c32 100755
--- a/run_scripts/multi-sem/wafer-53b/52_normalize.sh
+++ b/run_scripts/multi-sem/wafer-53b/52_normalize.sh
@@ -86,7 +86,7 @@ NORMALIZED_DATASET="${Z_CORR_DATASET}_normalized"
 NORMALIZED_DATASET_DIR="${N5_PATH}${NORMALIZED_DATASET}"
 if [[ ! -d ${NORMALIZED_DATASET_DIR} ]]; then
   mkdir -p "${NORMALIZED_DATASET_DIR}"
-  if [[ -f ${Z_CORR_PATH}/attributes.json ]]; then
+  if [[ ! -f ${Z_CORR_PATH}/attributes.json ]]; then
     cp "${Z_CORR_PATH}"/attributes.json "${NORMALIZED_DATASET_DIR}"
     echo "copied ${Z_CORR_PATH}/attributes.json to ${N5_PATH}${NORMALIZED_DATASET}"
   fi