diff --git a/micromamba/src/repoquery.cpp b/micromamba/src/repoquery.cpp
index 3a760bd604..862dee2964 100644
--- a/micromamba/src/repoquery.cpp
+++ b/micromamba/src/repoquery.cpp
@@ -69,7 +69,7 @@ namespace
         // show the pretty single package view.
         if (query == mamba::QueryType::Search
             && (options.pretty_print
-                || specs_has_wildcard(options.specs.cbegin(), options.specs.cend())))
+                || !specs_has_wildcard(options.specs.cbegin(), options.specs.cend())))
         {
             format = mamba::QueryResultFormat::Pretty;
         }