diff --git a/neofetch b/neofetch
index 8781466a..d5d44c92 100755
--- a/neofetch
+++ b/neofetch
@@ -2307,7 +2307,7 @@ getimage () {
 
     # If $img isn't a file or the terminal doesn't support xterm escape sequences,
     # fallback to ascii mode.
-    if [ ! -f "$img" ] || [ ${#term_size} -le 5 ] && [ "$image_backend" != "tycat" ]; then
+    if [ ! -f "$img" ] || ([ ${#term_size} -le 5 ] && [ "$image_backend" != "tycat" ]); then
         image="ascii"
         getascii