diff --git a/3rdparty/RunGuard.hpp b/3rdparty/RunGuard.hpp
index f24c798c9..77d97e2ac 100644
--- a/3rdparty/RunGuard.hpp
+++ b/3rdparty/RunGuard.hpp
@@ -58,12 +58,12 @@ RunGuard::~RunGuard() {
 }
 
 bool RunGuard::isAnotherRunning(quint64 *data_out) {
-    if (sharedMem.isAttached())
+    if (sharedMem.isAttached()) {
         return false;
+    }
 
     memLock.acquire();
-    const bool isRunning = sharedMem.attach();
-    if (isRunning) {
+    const bool isRunning = sharedMem.create(sizeof(quint64));if (!isRunning) {
         if (data_out != nullptr) {
             memcpy(data_out, sharedMem.data(), sizeof(quint64));
         }
@@ -71,15 +71,21 @@ bool RunGuard::isAnotherRunning(quint64 *data_out) {
     }
     memLock.release();
 
-    return isRunning;
+    return !isRunning;
 }
 
+
 bool RunGuard::tryToRun(quint64 *data_in) {
     if (isAnotherRunning(nullptr)) // Extra check
         return false;
 
     memLock.acquire();
-    const bool result = sharedMem.create(sizeof(quint64));
+
+    bool result = sharedMem.attach();
+    // if success attach, attach return false but the error is NoError, magic, love from qt6
+    // qt docs: If false is returned, call error() to determine which error occurred.
+    if (!result) if (sharedMem.error() == QSharedMemory::NoError) result = true;
+
     if (result) memcpy(sharedMem.data(), data_in, sizeof(quint64));
     memLock.release();