diff --git a/console/src/main/kotlin/notes/multi/console/Console.kt b/console/src/main/kotlin/notes/multi/console/Console.kt
index 178b410ed6664712fd3f57afa951d80c49d32109..d5b30e4b077859210e607ae98b608d45fe7b4393 100644
--- a/console/src/main/kotlin/notes/multi/console/Console.kt
+++ b/console/src/main/kotlin/notes/multi/console/Console.kt
@@ -9,5 +9,5 @@ fun main() {
     // thesea re test functions feel free to use
     val f = Filemanager("${System.getProperty("user.dir")}/test/", "hello.txt")
     f.writefile("hello world")
-    println(f.openfile())
+   println(f.openfile())
 }
diff --git a/utilities/src/main/kotlin/notes/multi/utilities/Filemanager.kt b/utilities/src/main/kotlin/notes/multi/utilities/Filemanager.kt
index b7e723f303e6033312d4552ff0928e01c0dbfbda..e4e934b99dfe665f00c31aef6033b222dc65e885 100644
--- a/utilities/src/main/kotlin/notes/multi/utilities/Filemanager.kt
+++ b/utilities/src/main/kotlin/notes/multi/utilities/Filemanager.kt
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ class Filemanager(private val dir: String, private val name: String) {
 
     // opens and read the existing file
     fun openfile(): String {
-        if (listfiles.contains(filepath)) {
+        if (!listfiles.contains(filepath)) {
             return ""
         }
         val inputStream: InputStream = filepath.inputStream()