diff --git a/britney.py b/britney.py
index 9cb75b1..5205f64 100755
--- a/britney.py
+++ b/britney.py
@@ -2257,7 +2257,7 @@ class Britney(object):
 
         if force or self.is_nuninst_asgood_generous(self.nuninst_orig, nuninst_end):
             # Result accepted either by force or by being better than the original result.
-            if not force:
+            if recurse:
                 self.output_write("Apparently successful\n")
             self.output_write("final: %s\n" % ",".join(sorted([ x.uvname for x in selected ])))
             self.output_write("start: %s\n" % self.eval_nuninst(nuninst_start))