diff --git a/app/contexts/projects/create_context.rb b/app/contexts/projects/create_context.rb
index 9fd24e0eeeacb69185591d1a12a1af6306106c12..1c60a5de141afa8e344b516b57cf0ca8967ab67d 100644
--- a/app/contexts/projects/create_context.rb
+++ b/app/contexts/projects/create_context.rb
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ module Projects
         snippets_enabled: default_features.snippets,
         merge_requests_enabled: default_features.merge_requests,
         public: default_features.public
-      }
+      }.stringify_keys
 
       @project = Project.new(default_opts.merge(params))