diff --git a/todolist/core/src/test/java/todolist/core/TodoListTest.java b/todolist/core/src/test/java/todolist/core/TodoListTest.java
index c0b0a0962614a0902dd583f23dea3856674ec564..3f4c20f954facaf72ed23d8431c016133021d424 100644
--- a/todolist/core/src/test/java/todolist/core/TodoListTest.java
+++ b/todolist/core/src/test/java/todolist/core/TodoListTest.java
@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@ public class TodoListTest {
     TodoItem addedItem = newList.iterator().next();
     // check that values are correctly copied
     assertEquals(item.getText(), addedItem.getText());
-    assertTrue(item.isOverdue() == addedItem.isOverdue());
+    assertEquals(item.isOverdue(),addedItem.isOverdue());
     assertEquals(item.getDeadline(), addedItem.getDeadline());
   }