diff --git a/MMPatchLoader.cs b/MMPatchLoader.cs
index 44b767f8..5e503a08 100644
--- a/MMPatchLoader.cs
+++ b/MMPatchLoader.cs
@@ -586,7 +586,7 @@ private bool CheckFilesChange(UrlDir.UrlFile[] files, ConfigNode shaConfigNode)
             for (int i = 0; i < files.Length; i++)
             {
                 ConfigNode fileNode = getFileNode(shaConfigNode, files[i].url);
-                string fileSha = fileNode != null ? fileNode.GetValue("SHA") : null;
+                string fileSha = fileNode?.GetValue("SHA");
 
                 if (fileNode == null)
                     continue;