diff --git a/src/main.c b/src/main.c
index 4f4595c..f39756f 100644
--- a/src/main.c
+++ b/src/main.c
@@ -115,8 +115,12 @@ static Tox *init_tox(int ipv4)
     int ipv6 = !ipv4;
     Tox *m = tox_new(ipv6);
 
-    if (TOX_ENABLE_IPV6_DEFAULT && m == NULL) {
-        fprintf(stderr, "IPv6 didn't initialize, trying IPv4 only\n");
+    /* 
+    * TOX_ENABLE_IPV6_DEFAULT is always 1.
+    * Checking it is redundant, this *should* be doing ipv4 fallback
+    */
+    if (ipv6 && m == NULL) {
+        fprintf(stderr, "IPv6 didn't initialize, trying IPv4\n");
         m = tox_new(0);
     }