diff --git a/lib/dns.js b/lib/dns.js
index b96ca16..a0b7332 100644
--- a/lib/dns.js
+++ b/lib/dns.js
@@ -52,11 +52,12 @@ class DNSResolver {
       // Test if the error indicates a miss, or if the records returned are empty
       if ((err && (err.code === 'ENOTFOUND' || err.code === 'ENODATA')) || !records || records.length === 0) {
         // Compare config.skipSrvTimeout directly since SKIP_SRV_TIMEOUT has an or'd value
-        const isSkipSrvTimeoutActive = typeof config.skipSrvTimeout !== 'number' || config.skipSrvTimeout > 0
+        // isValidSkipSrvTimeout == whether the config has a valid skipSrvTimeout value set
+        const isValidSkipSrvTimeout = typeof config.skipSrvTimeout === 'number' && config.skipSrvTimeout > 0
 
         // Only activate _skipSrv if the skipSrvTimeout value is either NaN or > 0
         // 0 represents a disabled flag
-        if (!this._isSkipSrv() && !isSkipSrvTimeoutActive) {
+        if (!this._isSkipSrv() && isValidSkipSrvTimeout) {
           this._skipSrv()
 
           logger.log('warn', 'No SRV records were resolved for %s. Minetrack will skip attempting to resolve %s SRV records for %d minutes.', this._ip, this._ip, SKIP_SRV_TIMEOUT / (60 * 1000))