diff --git a/internal/core/rtmp_conn.go b/internal/core/rtmp_conn.go
index 4dcd6310..89e5e38c 100644
--- a/internal/core/rtmp_conn.go
+++ b/internal/core/rtmp_conn.go
@@ -206,12 +206,12 @@ func (c *rtmpConn) runInner(ctx context.Context) error {
 
 	c.nconn.SetReadDeadline(time.Now().Add(time.Duration(c.readTimeout)))
 	c.nconn.SetWriteDeadline(time.Now().Add(time.Duration(c.writeTimeout)))
-	u, isReading, err := c.conn.InitializeServer()
+	u, isPublishing, err := c.conn.InitializeServer()
 	if err != nil {
 		return err
 	}
 
-	if isReading {
+	if !isPublishing {
 		return c.runRead(ctx, u)
 	}
 	return c.runPublish(ctx, u)
diff --git a/internal/core/rtmp_server_test.go b/internal/core/rtmp_server_test.go
index 53f1313f..b52aca05 100644
--- a/internal/core/rtmp_server_test.go
+++ b/internal/core/rtmp_server_test.go
@@ -143,7 +143,7 @@ func TestRTMPServerAuth(t *testing.T) {
 			defer nconn.Close()
 			conn := rtmp.NewConn(nconn)
 
-			err = conn.InitializeClient(u, true)
+			err = conn.InitializeClient(u, false)
 			require.NoError(t, err)
 
 			_, _, err = conn.ReadTracks()
@@ -231,7 +231,7 @@ func TestRTMPServerAuthFail(t *testing.T) {
 		defer nconn.Close()
 		conn := rtmp.NewConn(nconn)
 
-		err = conn.InitializeClient(u, true)
+		err = conn.InitializeClient(u, false)
 		require.NoError(t, err)
 
 		for i := 0; i < 3; i++ {
diff --git a/internal/core/rtmp_source.go b/internal/core/rtmp_source.go
index 0f02f3de..954c5cdb 100644
--- a/internal/core/rtmp_source.go
+++ b/internal/core/rtmp_source.go
@@ -79,7 +79,7 @@ func (s *rtmpSource) run(ctx context.Context) error {
 		readDone <- func() error {
 			nconn.SetReadDeadline(time.Now().Add(time.Duration(s.readTimeout)))
 			nconn.SetWriteDeadline(time.Now().Add(time.Duration(s.writeTimeout)))
-			err = conn.InitializeClient(u, true)
+			err = conn.InitializeClient(u, false)
 			if err != nil {
 				return err
 			}
diff --git a/internal/rtmp/conn.go b/internal/rtmp/conn.go
index ef407cd4..3535d864 100644
--- a/internal/rtmp/conn.go
+++ b/internal/rtmp/conn.go
@@ -152,7 +152,7 @@ func (c *Conn) readCommandResult(commandName string, isValid func(*message.MsgCo
 }
 
 // InitializeClient performs the initialization of a client-side connection.
-func (c *Conn) InitializeClient(u *url.URL, isPlaying bool) error {
+func (c *Conn) InitializeClient(u *url.URL, isPublishing bool) error {
 	connectpath, actionpath := splitPath(u)
 
 	err := handshake.DoClient(c.bc, false)
@@ -208,7 +208,7 @@ func (c *Conn) InitializeClient(u *url.URL, isPlaying bool) error {
 		return err
 	}
 
-	if isPlaying {
+	if !isPublishing {
 		err = c.mrw.Write(&message.MsgCommandAMF0{
 			ChunkStreamID: 3,
 			Name:          "createStream",
@@ -524,7 +524,7 @@ func (c *Conn) InitializeServer() (*url.URL, bool, error) {
 				return nil, false, err
 			}
 
-			return u, true, nil
+			return u, false, nil
 
 		case "publish":
 			if len(cmd.Arguments) < 2 {
@@ -559,7 +559,7 @@ func (c *Conn) InitializeServer() (*url.URL, bool, error) {
 				return nil, false, err
 			}
 
-			return u, false, nil
+			return u, true, nil
 		}
 	}
 }
diff --git a/internal/rtmp/conn_test.go b/internal/rtmp/conn_test.go
index d50c5d6e..6a5f1f76 100644
--- a/internal/rtmp/conn_test.go
+++ b/internal/rtmp/conn_test.go
@@ -257,7 +257,7 @@ func TestInitializeClient(t *testing.T) {
 			defer nconn.Close()
 			conn := NewConn(nconn)
 
-			err = conn.InitializeClient(u, ca == "read")
+			err = conn.InitializeClient(u, ca == "publish")
 			require.NoError(t, err)
 
 			<-done
@@ -280,14 +280,14 @@ func TestInitializeServer(t *testing.T) {
 				defer nconn.Close()
 
 				conn := NewConn(nconn)
-				u, isReading, err := conn.InitializeServer()
+				u, isPublishing, err := conn.InitializeServer()
 				require.NoError(t, err)
 				require.Equal(t, &url.URL{
 					Scheme: "rtmp",
 					Host:   "127.0.0.1:9121",
 					Path:   "//stream/",
 				}, u)
-				require.Equal(t, ca == "read", isReading)
+				require.Equal(t, ca == "publish", isPublishing)
 
 				close(done)
 			}()