diff --git a/lib/tasks/geocoder.rake b/lib/tasks/geocoder.rake
index 4d0840fca20a2a08b56f0c2a61afe4f04a262eca..9bb15c5b6522b93230d98f6cc28e7124f51e09ad 100644
--- a/lib/tasks/geocoder.rake
+++ b/lib/tasks/geocoder.rake
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ namespace :geocode do
 
     klass.not_geocoded.each do |obj|
       obj.geocode; obj.save
-      sleep(sleep_timer.to_f) if sleep_timer.present?
+      sleep(sleep_timer.to_f) unless sleep_timer.nil?
     end
   end
 end