diff --git a/src/bgvaralg.cpp b/src/bgvaralg.cpp
index c601338..4be4c04 100644
--- a/src/bgvaralg.cpp
+++ b/src/bgvaralg.cpp
@@ -246,7 +246,7 @@ Rcpp::List bgvaralg(Rcpp::List object) {
     sigma_i = omega_i;
   }
   diag_sigma_i.diag() = arma::repmat(sigma_i.diag(), tt, 1);
-  if (covar | sv) {
+  if (covar || sv) {
     diag_omega_i = diag_sigma_i;
   }
   
diff --git a/src/bgvartvpalg.cpp b/src/bgvartvpalg.cpp
index 87de96a..10bd53c 100644
--- a/src/bgvartvpalg.cpp
+++ b/src/bgvartvpalg.cpp
@@ -227,7 +227,7 @@ Rcpp::List bgvartvpalg(Rcpp::List object) {
     sigma_u_i = omega_i;
   }
   diag_sigma_u_i.diag() = arma::repmat(sigma_u_i.diag(), tt, 1);
-  if (covar | sv) {
+  if (covar || sv) {
     diag_omega_i = diag_sigma_u_i;
   }
   
diff --git a/src/bgvecalg.cpp b/src/bgvecalg.cpp
index c9a503a..ab6d667 100644
--- a/src/bgvecalg.cpp
+++ b/src/bgvecalg.cpp
@@ -348,7 +348,7 @@ Rcpp::List bgvecalg(Rcpp::List object) {
     sigma_i = omega_i;
   }
   diag_sigma_i = arma::kron(diag_tt, sigma_i);
-  if (covar | sv) {
+  if (covar || sv) {
     diag_omega_i = diag_sigma_i;
   }
   g_i = sigma_i;
diff --git a/src/bgvectvpalg.cpp b/src/bgvectvpalg.cpp
index 7793806..aeecb57 100644
--- a/src/bgvectvpalg.cpp
+++ b/src/bgvectvpalg.cpp
@@ -361,7 +361,7 @@ Rcpp::List bgvectvpalg(Rcpp::List object) {
     sigma_u_i = omega_i;
   }
   diag_sigma_u_i = arma::kron(diag_tt, sigma_u_i); //diag_sigma_u_i.diag() = arma::repmat(sigma_u_i.diag(), tt, 1);
-  if (covar | sv) {
+  if (covar || sv) {
     diag_omega_i = diag_sigma_u_i;
   }