diff --git a/examples/scribe_tail b/examples/scribe_tail
index cc75ebb1..332d3d16 100755
--- a/examples/scribe_tail
+++ b/examples/scribe_tail
@@ -169,7 +169,7 @@ def do_tail(client, filename):
       except OSError:
         st_results = fd_results
 
-      if st_results.st_size < where:
+      if fd_results.st_size < where:
         logger.info('%s was truncated. Jump back to 0.', filename)
         fd.seek(0)
       elif st_results.st_ino == fd_results.st_ino:
@@ -347,4 +347,4 @@ if __name__ == '__main__':
     main()
   except KeyboardInterrupt:
     logger.info('Exiting on KeyboardInterrupt.')
-    sys.exit()
\ No newline at end of file
+    sys.exit()