diff --git a/connections.js b/connections.js
index f1f0e98..272cb18 100644
--- a/connections.js
+++ b/connections.js
@@ -95,7 +95,7 @@ export class Connections extends HTMLElement {
       } else if (path === this.path) {
         edit.error = 'samePage'
         return
-      } else if (path in this.data) {
+      } else if (this.data[path] ?? true !== true) {
         edit.error = 'alreadyConnected'
         return
       }