diff --git a/wipe.pl b/wipe.pl
index d0077f3..da8063d 100755
--- a/wipe.pl
+++ b/wipe.pl
@@ -142,7 +142,7 @@ sub wipethemdrives {
 		return 0;
 	}
 #	If long flag than zero whole disk and give a progress bar
-	if ($longrun) {
+	if ($longrun && !$notreally) {
 		say "Zeroing $disks->{$diskid}{path}...";
 		open(my $longdiskw, ">:raw", $disks->{$diskid}{path}) or return warning("could not open $disks->{$diskid}{path}");
 		seek($longdiskw,0,2);