diff --git a/testclient/waitlistClient.go b/testclient/waitlistClient.go
index 92098bf..4f673e7 100644
--- a/testclient/waitlistClient.go
+++ b/testclient/waitlistClient.go
@@ -189,7 +189,7 @@
 		}
 	}
 
-	if len(services) == 0 {
+	if len(waitlistServices) == 0 {
 		log.Fatal("no services have waitlist rules")
 	}
 	reducedServices := utils.ReduceServices(waitlistServices, *numTestServices)