diff --git a/src/hz.erl b/src/hz.erl
index 120d17e..cf7b978 100644
--- a/src/hz.erl
+++ b/src/hz.erl
@@ -1822,8 +1822,12 @@ coerce({_, _, signature}, Bin, from_fate) ->
     {ok, unicode:characters_to_list(Address)};
 coerce({_, _, boolean}, true, _) ->
     {ok, true};
+coerce({_, _, boolean}, "true", _) ->
+    {ok, true};
 coerce({_, _, boolean}, false, _) ->
     {ok, false};
+coerce({_, _, boolean}, "false", _) ->
+    {ok, false};
 coerce({O, N, boolean},  S, _) ->
     single_error({invalid, O, N, S});
 coerce({O, N, string}, Str, Direction) ->