diff --git a/src/components/options/AdvancedSkipOptionsComponent.tsx b/src/components/options/AdvancedSkipOptionsComponent.tsx
index 5daf0373..71bbce6f 100644
--- a/src/components/options/AdvancedSkipOptionsComponent.tsx
+++ b/src/components/options/AdvancedSkipOptionsComponent.tsx
@@ -136,19 +136,18 @@ function compileConfig(config: string): AdvancedSkipRuleSet[] | null {
                     return null; // Invalid attribute or operator
                 }
 
-                if (attribute === SkipRuleAttribute.Category
-                        && operator === SkipRuleOperator.Equal
-                        && !CompileConfig.categoryList.includes(value as string)) {
-                    return null; // Invalid category value
-                } else if (attribute === SkipRuleAttribute.ActionType
-                    && operator === SkipRuleOperator.Equal
-                    && !ActionTypes.includes(value as ActionType)) {
-                return null; // Invalid category value
-                } else if (attribute === SkipRuleAttribute.Source
-                    && operator === SkipRuleOperator.Equal
-                    && !["local", "youtube", "autogenerated", "server"].includes(value as string)) {
-                return null; // Invalid category value
-            }
+                if ([SkipRuleOperator.Equal, SkipRuleOperator.NotEqual].includes(operator)) {
+                    if (attribute === SkipRuleAttribute.Category
+                            && !CompileConfig.categoryList.includes(value as string)) {
+                        return null; // Invalid category value
+                    } else if (attribute === SkipRuleAttribute.ActionType
+                            && !ActionTypes.includes(value as ActionType)) {
+                        return null; // Invalid category value
+                    } else if (attribute === SkipRuleAttribute.Source
+                            && !["local", "youtube", "autogenerated", "server"].includes(value as string)) {
+                        return null; // Invalid category value
+                    }
+                }
 
                 ruleSet.rules.push({
                     attribute,