diff --git a/src/bin/bat/app.rs b/src/bin/bat/app.rs
index f7f4c4af..fc84e2a3 100644
--- a/src/bin/bat/app.rs
+++ b/src/bin/bat/app.rs
@@ -104,7 +104,7 @@ impl App {
                     // If we are reading from stdin, only enable paging if we write to an
                     // interactive terminal and if we do not *read* from an interactive
                     // terminal.
-                    if self.interactive_output && std::io::stdin().is_terminal() {
+                    if self.interactive_output && !std::io::stdin().is_terminal() {
                         PagingMode::QuitIfOneScreen
                     } else {
                         PagingMode::Never