Why would an LED on a guitar killswitch always be on except when the cable is plugged in?

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I am trying to add a 12mm Apiele Momentary switch as a killswitch. I have the following wiring. Positive from LED is going into the battery cable positive with a 270 ohm resistor. The black appears to be the led negative so it’s running to ground. The negative to ground for the killswitch portion. The negative from the battery cable to the stereo jack output. I followed the following wiring diagram. The issue I’m running into is, the led is always on except when I plug in the cable. I want it to be the opposite but I’m not sure where I messed up or what to do to fix it.

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